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05-27-2008, 11:26 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Henderson, NV
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 |  Diamond goby Owners
I purchased a diamond goby this past weekend and have yet to see him eat any of the brine shrimp I have put in the tank. He is how ever going to town on sifting the sand. Should I be worried that he is not eating when I feed the tank? Or is he getting his food out of the sand? I do plan on making my own food mixture up for the fish this weekend, Thanks to Omar's thread on making food.
The only other fishes in the tank are a fire damsel and lawnmower blenny. And there are 2 snails and four hermit crabs. | 
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05-28-2008, 11:23 AM
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| | Fire Worm
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Bump...
Anyone even if you don't own one tell me what you think or know please. | |
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05-28-2008, 11:31 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Sand sifting gobies prefer to eat the bugs out of your sandbed over "commercial" foods. | |
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05-28-2008, 11:34 AM
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| | Great Blue Whale
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Originally Posted by amcarrig  Sand sifting gobies prefer to eat the bugs out of your sandbed over "commercial" foods. | Which is why they may come to an early demise. Often starving due to lack of food. | 
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05-28-2008, 05:10 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Parma Ohio Age: 27
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I would think about the only thing u can do is try a variety of quality frozen foods and maybe try to lure him in by soaking em in garlic. Brine shrimp wont do much for him anyway even if he was eating it. | |
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05-28-2008, 11:08 PM
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| | Fire Worm
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okay thanks. I will try to get food into the sand bed and when I make up the food this weekend I will use garlic. thanks for the help | |
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05-28-2008, 11:11 PM
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| | KingFish
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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. | |
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05-28-2008, 11:30 PM
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| | Fire Worm
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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. | I see I will give that a try in the morning. He is so cool. He made his burrow by digging a trench between two rocks. I get home late at night from work when the lights are off but he has been sticking his head out to say hi. | |
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05-28-2008, 11:32 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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They are cool. They are jumpers though, cover the top lip of your tank for safety. I lost one behind the tank once. | |
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05-29-2008, 12:23 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Minot, AFB Age: 25
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From what I saw with mine before he bit the dust for different reasons, I think it can be a little based on the size you purchase them at. Mine was 3" and immediately eat everything thrown in the tank, I would guess the younger ones just haven't gotten used to it yet, try a smaller food like cyclops or something similar. just MO _________  55 gal All-glass
760w MH
Remora Pro HOB skimmer
Rena 55 Smart Filter & Heater Combo 3 Zebra Dart Fish, 3 Yellow-Blue Damsels
3 Skunk shrimp, 1 Blue Neon Goby
1 Sailfin
50 lbs Live Rock
2 Frogspawn
1 Colt Coral
1 Pulsing Xenia Colony
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