Diamond goby Owners

[vegasfish]

Originally Posted by 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?

Before my diamond goby decieded to commit suicide he was a chicken and whould hide if any other fish approached him. So from my experiance he most likely did not kill your other fish.

I leave dead snails in the tank so that the crabs can eat it and later jump in a bigger shell. But if you Parameters are high ie.. Ammonia or nitrite you will want to get it out

[Uvajed]

Originally Posted by vegasfish

Before my diamond goby decieded to commit suicide he was a chicken and whould hide if any other fish approached him. So from my experiance he most likely did not kill your other fish.

I leave dead snails in the tank so that the crabs can eat it and later jump in a bigger shell. But if you Parameters are high ie.. Ammonia or nitrite you will want to get it out

One of my red legs just moved into a bigger shell, so, that's a good sign, he's happy....... Thanks for the tips on the crabs. I figured they'd like a 'snack'.

My goby is really liking his tank, he's out all the time, comes to every feeding, and doesn't hid if I'm near the tank. He's always sifting, and rarely is hiding. The exception is, he'll run away if I'm in the tank, but then, so do the others. And my 2 year old granddaughter loves him. She looks for him first, instead of 'nemo'.... LOL!

[Northern Reefer]

mine just jumped into the back of my bc and have no way of getting him out(I tried for over an hour). Hopfully he will swim into the return chamber so I can grab him. Thing is there is a plastic grate covering the back so how he did it is a mystery

[schackmel]

I had a fish that would jump into the back of my bc ALL the time. I tried to get him, but I never could. Then several days later, however he got in he would get out again and would be in my display! So you might just leave him alone and see if he comes out on his own.

I just bought a bicolor blenny for my new tank a couple weeks ago. I did not see him for a couple days, but this guy was small. I was working on the sump and there he was swimming happily in the sump! I guess he either jumped into the overfow or got sucked into it as I think he is small enough.

The funny thing is, is I could just imagine him going for a ride in the tubes leading to my sump. I ahve a double overflow so I picture him going on a little waterslide ride. I hope he does not jump again, it was not easy getting him out!

[Northern Reefer]

Caught him the little ******d. Just sitting in the return chamber looking at me...