Diamond goby Owners

[metzeric]

mine loves the rods frozen food as it has many different things in it also the small sinking pellets he eats as fast as he can get em

[Fish Fan]

My Goby swims around in the middle of the tank at feeding time and eats whatever food I am putting in the tank that day(Frozen, flake, dried). Then when that is gone he goes back to sifting the sand.

[Nemo 22]

my goby eats everything its not picky at all.hes always shifting the sand looking for leftovers.creating new caves and urrows.he oesnt stop moving.best fish i got.

[JetEngineMech]

Mine mostly hides all day in a burrow with another goby (used to be two other gobies but one found an opening...). He will sneak out at feeding time though and grab whatever is on the bottom. The morning feedings are granules, either Formula 1 or 2, and the afternoon feedings are whatever I feel like frozen. He's been going strong for months.

[vegasfish]

Well I tried flaked today and the other fish and cleaner shrimp loved it but my gobie did not come out to eat. I think he must be sifting the left over food? Or there is enough stuff for him to eat in the sand. Never the less he is still alive and is sifting sand so he must be okay. I will keep an eye on him.

Thanks for all the replies

[Matt Rogers]

Only you have a huge tank with a huge mature sand bed, he will starve without supplemental feeding.

You should try my suggestions.

[Uvajed]

Originally Posted by Matt Rogers

I've had Diamond Gobies... they need to be target fed by a water baster with Formula 1 or some other meaty mulch or you take a bit of the mulch or cube and bury it near their burrow in the sand. edit - so the other fish don't get it first.

Thanks! I appreciate your info. I just put in some smaller frozen chunks in his 2 burrows.

[Matt Rogers]

No prob.
Let us know how it works out..

[Uvajed]

Originally Posted by Matt Rogers

No prob.
Let us know how it works out..

For sure, everyone here has been fabulous!

[Uvajed]

My goby is doing great! I do have a question, I purchased a royal gramma and found his partially eaten body (tail and part of the body were missing) in my goby's burrow. Do gobies attack? Perhaps the royal gramma hid in his space and they had a fight, or did the RG die and sink under my LR's exactly in my goby's burrow? Did the crabs get him? The RG lasted about a week in my tank. My first death (besides a turbo snail). Luckily, I wasn't too attached yet.

Speaking of turbo snails, when they die, should I leave them and let the crabs feast?