Removing a fish and adding guppies

[ichthyogeek]

Does anybody have tips for how to catch a hi fin watchman goby? I've got on in a 55 gallon tank, and I'm thinking I want to move him to a 10 gallon tank for better watching (plumbed into the 55 gallon for stability!). I know where he lives...but it would be incredibly hard to catch him as he lives in a giant rock at the base of the reef structure....

And speaking of the 10 gallon....do those gobies prefer a rubble base, sand base, or rubble/sand base for their burrows? I'm going to get a candy cane pistol, and it would be helpful to know what substrate to use

Additionally, for people who keep guppies in saltwater...do you feed them freshwater fish flakes or saltwater fish flakes? Will they take mysis? It's literally been so long since I've kept guppies that I can't remember what they'd eat.

 

[keddre]

Does anybody have tips for how to catch a hi fin watchman goby? I've got on in a 55 gallon tank, and I'm thinking I want to move him to a 10 gallon tank for better watching (plumbed into the 55 gallon for stability!). I know where he lives...but it would be incredibly hard to catch him as he lives in a giant rock at the base of the reef structure....

And speaking of the 10 gallon....do those gobies prefer a rubble base, sand base, or rubble/sand base for their burrows? I'm going to get a candy cane pistol, and it would be helpful to know what substrate to use

Additionally, for people who keep guppies in saltwater...do you feed them freshwater fish flakes or saltwater fish flakes? Will they take mysis? It's literally been so long since I've kept guppies that I can't remember what they'd eat.

If you are going to do the goby shrimp pair. I would use smooth sand with rubble mixed in (that's what mine are in).

As far as guppies, mine lives on the same food I feed my fish (frozen as I have a special care fish). She also grazes on algae sheets in the tank too.

 

[hossa81]

Cut the top off a plastic water bottle, invert it and add food, worked for me

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[Kaiser699a]

The bottle trap worked for me too. Baiting it with food didn't work though. I left the trap on the bottom partially buried right near where my 2 gobies always hung out. They eventually got used to it being there. After a couple of weeks I was walking past the tank and noticed they were both in the trap so I pulled it out.

 

[Gladmaker]

I've never heard of guppies in saltwater. How is that possible? I've known that mollies do better with a little salt and have even seen them acclimated to total saltwater, but not guppies.

 

[ichthyogeek]

Guppies can slowly be acclimated to saltwater over a one week period, doing a salt drip to slowly raise the salinity of the water. They require a bit more care when converting from fresh to saltwater, but can handle up to 150% the salt concentration of the ocean (1.5x). Great algae eaters if you don't have the space for a tang and want a nice vibrant fish that...also happens to provide live food once a month

 

[Joe0813]

why would you want to put guppies into saltwater? just buy a cheap 10 gallon tank and put them in there.

 

[ichthyogeek]

why would you want to put guppies into saltwater? just buy a cheap 10 gallon tank and put them in there.

Because I think they'll look nice in a macroalgae tank and excellent algae control, as well as provide action in the 10-20 gallon tank I'm planning along with the shrimp-goby pair I'm buying AND potentially provide live food to boot? Why would you ask me that question since it's my tank and I can choose what I want to put in it:spin1:?