carpet surfing gobies

natereinhold1 · 04/15/2009, 10:31 AM

It seems that everytime I add a new goby, the one that was already in there commits kazy-kazmo. First I added a warty(?) goby(2 1/2"), he was in there for about a month, then I added a diamond goby(3") and the warty jumped a day later. I had the diamond goby for about a month and I just added 2 juvinille engineer gobys(2") and the next morning, my diamond goby was a crispy critter on the floor. What the heck? Do they just not like each other, or is it just coincidence? I run open top, but if i put glass lids on and try it again with another diamond goby, is there gonna be some unhappy fish since they can't "get away".

L98-Z · 04/15/2009, 10:32 AM

Lots of fish are jumpers, in fact, I'd say all could be jumpers. Gobys and wrasses just more than normal.

Sisterlimonpot · 04/15/2009, 10:34 AM

You need some sort of top on it.. and it's not that they're unhappy, it's just their nature.

ser_renely · 04/15/2009, 10:39 AM

yeah, protect the poor guys, need some sort of way to keep them in.

natereinhold1 · 04/15/2009, 10:42 AM

ok looks light i'm getting lids.

ser_renely · 04/15/2009, 10:59 AM

make sure air gets to your tank. I made mesh sidings for my tank.

natereinhold1 · 04/15/2009, 12:29 PM

I can cover the display, the fuge's surface area is 1500 square inches.

noahm · 04/15/2009, 01:24 PM

Yeah, for as much as those guys skiter around rocks and the bottom, they become carpet jerky way too easily. I am going to make some screens that will lay on top just like window screens only the right size. You can buy the plastic/fiberglass screen and aluminum frame at most hardware stores. Pretty easy DIY

natereinhold1 · 04/15/2009, 01:31 PM

Both glass and screen seem, to me anyway, to be "restrictive" of the lighting, wich is better..... ah hell, i'm just gonna get a canopy!

THE ROOK · 04/15/2009, 02:38 PM

Canopy would be the best, screens would be second. I made a set of screens for my 75 tank for under $20.00 buying everything from home depot. Plus it only takes about an hour. could do that until you can get a canopy built.

I've mentioned this before but I think it's unfair. I've removed my screen with the hope that my my goby would take a ride on the wild side. It's been two months & he's still there. I've had it with cleaning the sand off the rocks daily.

I know it's not his fault. It's mine for buying that p.o.s. fine sand.

04/15/2009, 10:31 AM	#1
natereinhold1 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: columbia il Posts: 411	carpet surfing gobies It seems that everytime I add a new goby, the one that was already in there commits kazy-kazmo. First I added a warty(?) goby(2 1/2"), he was in there for about a month, then I added a diamond goby(3") and the warty jumped a day later. I had the diamond goby for about a month and I just added 2 juvinille engineer gobys(2") and the next morning, my diamond goby was a crispy critter on the floor. What the heck? Do they just not like each other, or is it just coincidence? I run open top, but if i put glass lids on and try it again with another diamond goby, is there gonna be some unhappy fish since they can't "get away". __________________ "It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up." -Vince Lombardi I collect hermits Current Tank Info: 28 gallon nano cube, xr15w pro radion, mp10, RW-4, apex gold, refugium mod, 2x media reactor (gfo/chemi-pure elite:blue/purigen), programmable 4 channel dosing pump (kalk/vinegar and auto water changes), moded skimmer, hydor smart ATO

04/15/2009, 10:34 AM	#3
Sisterlimonpot R.C. Fraternity President Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Litchfeild Park AZ Posts: 11,490 Blog Entries: 2	You need some sort of top on it.. and it's not that they're unhappy, it's just their nature. __________________ Jimmy MASVC President Dishes are done man! Current Tank Info: 300 in progress

04/15/2009, 10:39 AM	#4
ser_renely Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,820	yeah, protect the poor guys, need some sort of way to keep them in. __________________ RIP: Osc. Clown - Ammonia, YW GobY - overflow, YW Goby - Pistol shrimp, Firefish - acclimation. 5 Fire fish - pistol shrimp, Mandarin - Pistol shrimp!!!!! Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 15g sump/fuge,Tunze 9010 skimmer, Reefbreeders Photon 16" - 2 Osc. Clowns,2 Lyretail Anthias, Blue Chromis, mp20, mp10....another DAMN pistol shrimp!

04/15/2009, 10:42 AM	#5
natereinhold1 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: columbia il Posts: 411	ok looks light i'm getting lids. __________________ "It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up." -Vince Lombardi I collect hermits Current Tank Info: 28 gallon nano cube, xr15w pro radion, mp10, RW-4, apex gold, refugium mod, 2x media reactor (gfo/chemi-pure elite:blue/purigen), programmable 4 channel dosing pump (kalk/vinegar and auto water changes), moded skimmer, hydor smart ATO

04/15/2009, 10:59 AM	#6
ser_renely Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,820	make sure air gets to your tank. I made mesh sidings for my tank. __________________ RIP: Osc. Clown - Ammonia, YW GobY - overflow, YW Goby - Pistol shrimp, Firefish - acclimation. 5 Fire fish - pistol shrimp, Mandarin - Pistol shrimp!!!!! Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 15g sump/fuge,Tunze 9010 skimmer, Reefbreeders Photon 16" - 2 Osc. Clowns,2 Lyretail Anthias, Blue Chromis, mp20, mp10....another DAMN pistol shrimp!

04/15/2009, 10:32 AM	#2
L98-Z Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Warner Robins, Georgia Posts: 1,230	Lots of fish are jumpers, in fact, I'd say all could be jumpers. Gobys and wrasses just more than normal.

04/15/2009, 12:29 PM	#7
natereinhold1 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: columbia il Posts: 411	I can cover the display, the fuge's surface area is 1500 square inches. __________________ "It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up." -Vince Lombardi I collect hermits Current Tank Info: 28 gallon nano cube, xr15w pro radion, mp10, RW-4, apex gold, refugium mod, 2x media reactor (gfo/chemi-pure elite:blue/purigen), programmable 4 channel dosing pump (kalk/vinegar and auto water changes), moded skimmer, hydor smart ATO

04/15/2009, 01:24 PM	#8
noahm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 2,736	Yeah, for as much as those guys skiter around rocks and the bottom, they become carpet jerky way too easily. I am going to make some screens that will lay on top just like window screens only the right size. You can buy the plastic/fiberglass screen and aluminum frame at most hardware stores. Pretty easy DIY

04/15/2009, 01:31 PM	#9
natereinhold1 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: columbia il Posts: 411	Both glass and screen seem, to me anyway, to be "restrictive" of the lighting, wich is better..... ah hell, i'm just gonna get a canopy! __________________ "It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up." -Vince Lombardi I collect hermits Current Tank Info: 28 gallon nano cube, xr15w pro radion, mp10, RW-4, apex gold, refugium mod, 2x media reactor (gfo/chemi-pure elite:blue/purigen), programmable 4 channel dosing pump (kalk/vinegar and auto water changes), moded skimmer, hydor smart ATO

04/15/2009, 02:38 PM	#10
THE ROOK Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Springfield, MA Posts: 2,100	Canopy would be the best, screens would be second. I made a set of screens for my 75 tank for under $20.00 buying everything from home depot. Plus it only takes about an hour. could do that until you can get a canopy built. I've mentioned this before but I think it's unfair. I've removed my screen with the hope that my my goby would take a ride on the wild side. It's been two months & he's still there. I've had it with cleaning the sand off the rocks daily. I know it's not his fault. It's mine for buying that p.o.s. fine sand.