HI guys,
I had a larger watchman goby for almost a year now and I love him. His day was like clock work, the lights would come on, he would burst out of his home, and sift my sand like a champ. Well a few weeks ago it seemed like he wasn't happy with his home (he had a rock that he created a hallow area under, but it seemed like he hallowed out as much as he could) He started looking for a different home about a week ago. Since then I haven't seen him, not in my refugium, not on the floor, no where that I would think to find a goby. My numbers are good and have been good for a long time. I should also add that when he started to look around for another home I had made no changes at all to the tank.
I am thinking that maybe he got into a rock formation that shifted and fallen on him but I don't really notice any changes. Has anyone lost a goby to being squished under rocks? I have corals and things on the rock formation that he was trying to get into so I don't really want to move anything around to try and find him. I am just trying to figure out if this is "normal". I would like to get another goby to help keep my sand nice and white, but I want to make sure that I am not setting myself up for failure yet again.
I had a larger watchman goby for almost a year now and I love him. His day was like clock work, the lights would come on, he would burst out of his home, and sift my sand like a champ. Well a few weeks ago it seemed like he wasn't happy with his home (he had a rock that he created a hallow area under, but it seemed like he hallowed out as much as he could) He started looking for a different home about a week ago. Since then I haven't seen him, not in my refugium, not on the floor, no where that I would think to find a goby. My numbers are good and have been good for a long time. I should also add that when he started to look around for another home I had made no changes at all to the tank.
I am thinking that maybe he got into a rock formation that shifted and fallen on him but I don't really notice any changes. Has anyone lost a goby to being squished under rocks? I have corals and things on the rock formation that he was trying to get into so I don't really want to move anything around to try and find him. I am just trying to figure out if this is "normal". I would like to get another goby to help keep my sand nice and white, but I want to make sure that I am not setting myself up for failure yet again.
