Watchman Goby wont eat

[kaz1961]

Added some fish to my newly cycled 30 gallon tank. I mail ordered them so cant say if they were eating or not. The Royal Gramma, Pajama Cardinal and Green Chromi are eating fine. There is no harassing going on and they all seem very peaceful. The Yellow Watchman Goby looks fine and is swimming around. When I put in food he seems interested and swims up to it like he is going to eat it but then doesnt eat any. I tried frozen mysis, brine and clam, formula one and two, prime reef flakes, spirulina, New Life pellets and seaweed sheets all with the same results. I cant find any garlic supplements in the local pet shops. Going to try some live foods next if I can find some, any ideas what else I could try?

 

[BklynNewbie]

I have a randalls goby with a pistol, and sometimes he does the same. I'll drop food right in front of him and he ignores it.

Then other times he'll venture out his cave to eat when it's falling. He also will pick stuff from the sand, guessing pods or sonething.

He'll probably eat when he's ready, I do think the garlic will help though.

 

[2smokes]

They are picky eaters.I used to fed mein at least once a week with freezed amphipods or freezed mysys using a tweezer and releasing the food right next to his hoole.They eat anything but are slow eaters.

 

[Voodoojar]

Mine doesn't seem to eat either but somehow he's still alive after over a year in the tank. I rarely even see him. I've thought about setting up a webcam to see what's going on while I'm at work.