Goby Landscaping?

[whiteshark]

OK, No one hangs out in any other forums except this and newbie land.

About three or four weeks ago I added a six spot goby to my tank. He promptly dug himself a hole under a rock where he would go at night. A kind of home base if you will. Well, today I was moving some rock around and accidentaly blocked his enterance with a shell. So he went to work making another home under another rock. When he finished clearing out a cave, he came out and began building a large mound next to the opening. Not in front of it, but next to it, like he was decorating his front door. He also took all the sand for this mound from one area where there is now a crater. Anyway, I know they like to make caves to hide in, but is it normal for them to build mounds around the opening? Is it for protection or maybe concealment? He didn't do it with his first cave.

 

[ReefNasty]

He probably built it to keep you from knocking over his house!:lmao:

 

[whiteshark]

AAAAAAAAAhahahahahahahaha. Probably!

 

[bandedangel]

I think so

 

[afishyonados]

Yep! Defensive construction!

 

[whiteshark]

You should see it. Hes' built himself a fort comparable to fort knox. Guess I should apologize to him for blocking his 1st house????

 

[afishyonados]

He wouldn't believe you. He probably has trust issues.

 

[ACBlinky]

Sixspots are amazing landscapers, yours sounds completely normal to me

Here's the house my pair built for themselves, they're always working on it. Their front door is now decorated with about 25 snail shells, which were originally intended for the hermits. They've also tried adding hermits and snails to this pile, and seem discouraged when their work walks away