green clown goby help

i recently acquired a green clown goby from the LFS, and it just stays at the intake of my protein skimmer and will not move unless i put my hand in there to touch it and it moves a little bit but just hangs in that ONE area.. anything i do to get it more comfortable? i've tried to feed it plankton with garlic guard to draw it's interest but not one bit.. it's been in the tank for 2 days now, but i heard it's suppose to take 1-2 weeks for it to start feeling comfortable?

 

I have fish do that before in my case they hung out at my surface skimmer mouth lost a few that way as well in my case it took like a week for my chromases to feel at home

 

Hey! Do not worry! First of all make sure it won't be sucked by your skimmer/pump! Clown gobies can be very shy! They can be very picky when it comes to frozen food! Ask guys from LFS about the food they were giving to him! I have 1 adult Clown Goby that was also very picky! When I purchased him I was afraid it would starve to death... I asked about the food it was fed with. In my case it was mysis!

My Yellow Clown Goby - 1 year ago:


The same guy nowadays:


Good luck!

 

I actually just acquired a very small yellow clown goby along with a slightly larger green clown goby.. The Yellow Goby is extremely personable.. rubs down some coral.. jumps around.. enjoys his new home.. Green Clown on the other hand.. haven't seen him since he swam into a rubble pile about 6 days ago when I put them both in.. I've see his shadow deep in the cracks a few times.. so I know he's still alive.. but same thing.. mad ninja skills... *shrugs* have a Gray clown Goby as well.. he's very personable as well.. soo maybe its just the green ones that are anti social

 

For some reason green ones seem to be more timid than others - I had purchased one a while back and once I put in the tank I didn't see the fish for almost 2 weeks (figured he was dead and the clean-up crew got to him first). Anyway, one day when I was feeding he popped out from the rock and began eating and pretty much stayed out of the LR for the most part after that. Unfortunately I did lose him a few months later for no apparent reason

 

We bought a green clown goby months ago and put him into a 29 gal. nano tank and he disappeared a few days later - I thought he was dead. A few weeks - yes, weeks - later, I found him hiding out in the bottom of my overflow. I have no idea how he got there. I put him back into the main body of the tank, and he disappeared again never to be found. Cute, but strange little fish.

 

I have had both a yellow and green one. Both of mine were pretty shy. Its been awhile since I had both, but I remember them both to be pretty laid back. Neither of them moved around to much, they liked to perch on rocks and coral. Very pretty fish, but kind of boring. Maybe your is making the protein skimmer its home to perch on.