what to feed a new catalina goby????

[seaduck]

Just got this over the weekend...It's very shy and stays hidden in the LR. What should I offer it to make its acclimation as easy as possible? It's the only fish in the tank so far. I'm thinking live brine shrimp??

 

[EvilMel]

I sure do hope your tank is super freaking cold...otherwise it won't matter what you feed it (tank raised or not).

Brine shrimp are not particularly nutritious from what I remember.

In any case, I'd try those arcticpods from Reed Mariculture. I feed that to all my small gobies and they really love it. They will also eat most other small meaty foods and my little gobies will occasionally munch on the algae that my Naso tosses all over the tank.

 

[Ironsheikh]

sure why not - I like mysis too and a good flake

 

[seaduck]

tank temp stays at 75 degrees is that cold enough?

 

[EvilMel]

Actually...that's not too terrible. Most people get these and keep the tank around 80, only to have them die fairly shortly thereafter (any time there is a heat spike).

I would recommend 72, but 75 (as long as it's stable) is not too bad at all. Good for you!