invincible569
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Hello. I saw these fish in your divers den. Do they clean the sand and would introducing a shrimp help?
Yashia white ray shrimp goby pair
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dfs/la2
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RobTheReefer,
Thank you for your interest in out Diver’s Den Yashia White Ray Shrimp Goby Pair. This fish does prefer a bed of fine sand and loose coral rubble to sift through and dig its burrow. The Goby will help clean your substrate by feeding off the bottom and sifting through the sand eating mouthfuls of substrate and food such as microscopic organisms that live within the sand.
Have a great evening!
Cassie Z.
Drs. Foster and Smith
LiveAquaria
Thank you for your interest in out Diver’s Den Yashia White Ray Shrimp Goby Pair. This fish does prefer a bed of fine sand and loose coral rubble to sift through and dig its burrow. The Goby will help clean your substrate by feeding off the bottom and sifting through the sand eating mouthfuls of substrate and food such as microscopic organisms that live within the sand.
Have a great evening!
Cassie Z.
Drs. Foster and Smith
LiveAquaria
Liquidfins
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They clean sand?? "Hey you Yasha get ta cleaning" Nope they still just sitting here. Mine love Brine Shrimp thou.
DFS/LA1
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Liquidfins,
We apologize for any misunderstanding regarding the habits of these specimens. Gobies of the genus Stonogobiops will move sand/gravel around as they help pistol shrimp dig a burrow. All gobies of the genus Stonogobiops form a bond with specific pistol shrimp, however they are not actually considered "Sand Sifting Gobies".
There are three types of gobies offered on our Live Aquaria site. They are Sand Sifters, Shrimp Gobies, and Small Gobies. When we have Yashia in stock they reside in the Shrimp goby section of the site. We also currently have several pairs in the Aquaculture Coral and Marine Life Facility that we plan to offer in our Divers Den site soon.
Gobies of the genus Valenciennea, Signigobius, Amblygobius, Amblygobius, are all considered Sand Sifting Gobies as they will take in mouthfuls of sand to extract small crustaceans such as copepods while the sand exits their operculum/gill covering.
We hope this clarifies the information you were interested in.
Donna Z.
Supervisors
LiveAquaria
Drs. Foster & Smith
We apologize for any misunderstanding regarding the habits of these specimens. Gobies of the genus Stonogobiops will move sand/gravel around as they help pistol shrimp dig a burrow. All gobies of the genus Stonogobiops form a bond with specific pistol shrimp, however they are not actually considered "Sand Sifting Gobies".
There are three types of gobies offered on our Live Aquaria site. They are Sand Sifters, Shrimp Gobies, and Small Gobies. When we have Yashia in stock they reside in the Shrimp goby section of the site. We also currently have several pairs in the Aquaculture Coral and Marine Life Facility that we plan to offer in our Divers Den site soon.
Gobies of the genus Valenciennea, Signigobius, Amblygobius, Amblygobius, are all considered Sand Sifting Gobies as they will take in mouthfuls of sand to extract small crustaceans such as copepods while the sand exits their operculum/gill covering.
We hope this clarifies the information you were interested in.
Donna Z.
Supervisors
LiveAquaria
Drs. Foster & Smith
