Engineer Goby..The killer

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  1. Yuri Kapustin

    Yuri Kapustin Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Yesterday I noticed that two of my chrmois went missing during the night.
    This morning I found them dragged in front of my Engineering Goby's undeground tunner entrance. He was eating one of them when I found them.
    I wasnt aware that Engineering Goby's kill other fish.
    Is this true?
     
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    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    are you sure you have an engineer goby and not an Eel?????? that doesnt sound right...
     
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  3. Yuri Kapustin

    Yuri Kapustin Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Im positive hes an engineer goby. Im trying to figure out why hes so aggressive. Everywhere I look online, I find that hes a mellow guy.
     
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    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    can you get a pic? and when did this behavior start, what are you feeding him?
     
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  5. Iraf

    Iraf Snowflake Eel

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    i thought they were herbivoires or however it's spelt
     
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    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    their supposed to be...
     
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  7. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    I've had my EG since I put my tank up in 2001 and he will eat ANYTHING, even if it's too big to fit in his mouth! I had a few nudibranches that got shredded by a powerhead and he ate them. He tried to eat my chromis' I just put in but they we just too quick. However, I am down to 2 chromis, so, he may have gotten the other 3????
     
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  8. Yuri Kapustin

    Yuri Kapustin Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Whats strange is that this one is a juvenile. Maybe only 1.5 inches long! Hes so small compared to the chromis. Am I going to be at risk for the other fish I want to put in the future?
    I will post a live video of him eating the chromis and draggin him into his hole for those of you who are still convinced hes a herbavore lol
     
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    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    i would deffinately like to see the video. i would imagine if they died he would be an opertunistic scavenger but i dont think he went after them when they were alive(?)...... ive never heard of this.
     
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  10. Yuri Kapustin

    Yuri Kapustin Coral Banded Shrimp

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    The behavior started ytesterday.
    He is literally nipping at the dead chromis and at a point tried draggin him into the tunnel. Attached is a youtube video of him by himself so that you guys can see he is a eng goby, and another video of him dragging the fish closer to his hole. I watched him with my own eyes start eating part of the fish. He even got aggressive with a hermit crab that tried to dine with him.

    Goby making a home: YouTube - Engineer Goby working to a beat

    Goby eating Chromis: YouTube - Goby eating my chromis?????
     
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