made an uninformed purchase

[jstack]

title says it all I recently well a month ago picked up a diamond goby as I was under the impression these balls of personality helped clean sand bed. WELL they don't they eat the fauna we so patiently cultivate and the crap just gets turned into smaller silt that splits mostly back deeper into the sand bed where the little guy's that would have took care of it but are now residing in the goby belly.
so just a little FWI for anyone who was interested in any of the hyper-sifting gobies these fish have large areas in the wild that they deplete and move on to another location rotating them out. they have the appetite of a hummingbird and sift thru most flake or pellet meaning meaty foods are the best option....for a fish that was supposed to be helping clean kinda ironic in the situation I find myself in.
I'm currently trying to catch him and return him while he still has a full belly and good health to any in my area with a 100+ tank that can take him.

 

[gone fishin]

Good luck on catching him. Seems like you learned a valuable lesson.

 

[reenact12321]

I would try a bottle trap since he's so hungry.

 

[heathlindner25]

Nice to learn it early on, Diamond gobies=poor survival rate

 

[kgeig001]

Replace him with some conch snails.

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[Xxero]

I have had a Diamond Watchman Goby in a 40 breeder for over a year now...and he's HUGE!

I would describe them as "sand churners" or "sand tumblers", and I personally wouldn't have a tank without one. Unless you have a deep sand bed, you won't have much fauna present anyways, and gobies are pigs! Mine eats absolutely everything that you throw into the tank, and then spends the rest of the time scouring the sand and rocks for leftovers.

I love my Goby. He is definitely one of my favorites.

GL! :bigeyes:

 

[MMacro]

I have had a Diamond Watchman Goby in a 40 breeder for over a year now...and he's HUGE!

I would describe them as "sand churners" or "sand tumblers", and I personally wouldn't have a tank without one. Unless you have a deep sand bed, you won't have much fauna present anyways, and gobies are pigs! Mine eats absolutely everything that you throw into the tank, and then spends the rest of the time scouring the sand and rocks for leftovers.

I love my Goby. He is definitely one of my favorites.

GL! :bigeyes:

I loved my goby as well and will be getting a pair for my new 150. Unfortunately the one that I have had since the beginning recently jumped through a tiny slit during the move while he was in a temporary setup.

 

[toothybugs]

If I had a sandbed I'd have my diamond goby again. Awesome and fun fish, but they need food. Some of the sleepers can really make a mess as they carry sand up and then scatter it.

I'd use a tiny hook and some very fine line, let it eat a piece of krill and then pull it out of its hole. They're quick otherwise.

 

[Jah2707]

Hmm, well I just ordered one yesterday. My wife loved watching the one at the LFS. So I take it a refugium won't have enough fauna to keep the tank happy?

 

[gallegos]

I love my diamond goby but wouldn't recommend one in a tank less then 100gallons. I laugh with I see someone with 2. It is just completely unnecessary! I have 1 in my 230gal and my sand is spotless. I used to call these guysb$25 cleanup. They clean the bed and jump out of the tank. Always! Then I got a big tank and no issues

 

[jstack]

I have had a Diamond Watchman Goby in a 40 breeder for over a year now...and he's HUGE!

I would describe them as "sand churners" or "sand tumblers", and I personally wouldn't have a tank without one. Unless you have a deep sand bed, you won't have much fauna present anyways, and gobies are pigs! Mine eats absolutely everything that you throw into the tank, and then spends the rest of the time scouring the sand and rocks for leftovers.

I love my Goby. He is definitely one of my favorites.

GL! :bigeyes:

yea I had a DSB so many species it was insane really sad about it but it's a lesson learned. day 5 here and the only thing I can catch is fire shrimp and benny my starry blenny they seem all to happy I got my cuticles cleaned last night for the first time!! but he has no interest in the bottle hehexD
I guess he can stay

So he does it eat my only concern was the dsb here now that it's nuked I guess i will begin removing over the next few W/c's. WEll i have one more with him I have one lobo brain coral he keeps messing with any known strat I can use here to get him to lay off.

 

[Hitch08]

WELL they don't they eat the fauna we so patiently cultivate and the crap just gets turned into smaller silt that splits mostly back deeper into the sand bed where the little guy's that would have took care of it but are now residing in the goby belly.

I don't think that I understand what the OP means in the quote above. Can someone explain it?

 

[Xxero]

I don't think that I understand what the OP means in the quote above. Can someone explain it?

Taken from Ron Shimek's article found here:

http://www.ronshimek.com/deep_sand_beds.html

" The infauna, so-called as the FAUNA lives IN the sediments, is a very diverse array group of wonder-working organisms. Unfortunately, they are small, and are not particularly attractive. Like Rodney Dangerfield, "They don't get no respect." And, that is a pity, as they do most of the work in keeping any reef tank functional.

The infauna are "the clean-up crew" and the "reef-janitorial" staff, and the array found in a successful tank may be DIVERSE! More than 200 different species commonly are found living in a mature sand bed. These include many types of flatworms, round worms, dozens of species of bristle worms, small snails, brittle stars, small sea cucumbers, protozoans, and many types of small crustaceans. The total populations may be immense. I have done sampling to measure the abundances found in the 45 gallon tank I mentioned earlier, and the number of animals larger than half a mm, or about one fiftieth of inch, in that tank ranges from 90,000 to 150,000 depending on what part of their population cycle the various species are in. "

 

[Hitch08]

Thanks!