What's a good Goby

tprize · 01/12/2007, 03:55 PM

I would like to know a good goby for a 30G, that will eat the sand and sift it out its gills, keeping the sand bed somewhat cleaned up.

blacktone · 01/12/2007, 04:08 PM

A yellow watchman golby will do a good job at sifting the sand. Also try the famous Nassarius snails. They are tiny and practically live in the upper layers of the sand bed.

Here is a video of a Watchman golby and a pistol shrimp in a symbiotic relationship, they seem to do a fair amount of sifting.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...man+goby&hl=en

Alaska_Phil · 01/12/2007, 04:13 PM

I love my Rainford's Goby (also known as a stars and stripes) for that in my 20 gal. Doesn't seem to be as shy as other small gobies either.

Phil

AndyB4784 · 01/12/2007, 04:26 PM

here is a good one that someone posted a while back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCC7XxRC4Iw

great video, i think the pair belong to someone on the board, i could be mistaken though.

HBtank · 01/12/2007, 04:51 PM

Diamond Watchman Goby.

Love mine.

alan214 · 01/12/2007, 05:08 PM

Pink/Blue Spotted Watchman Goby.

Alaska_Phil · 01/12/2007, 09:49 PM

Don't the watchman gobies get a big big for a 30 gal?

Phil

alan214 · 01/12/2007, 09:57 PM

Oh, did you plan to keep other fish in that tank?

eddie c · 01/12/2007, 10:13 PM

my dragon goby also known as a banded goby sifts non stop and eats flake or frozen also.

Mishap · 01/12/2007, 10:20 PM

I love my citron goby.

frederickk · 01/13/2007, 10:01 AM

I really love my Diamond watchmen goby too....

Wrench · 01/13/2007, 10:20 AM

Another vote for the diamond goby. You can get them with orang, purple, blue or no spots. They sift the sand really well and get along with all my tank mated including my blenny. They can get pretty big though. Just be sure to have plenty of open sand on the bottom of your tank.

01/12/2007, 03:55 PM	#1
tprize Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,077	What's a good Goby I would like to know a good goby for a 30G, that will eat the sand and sift it out its gills, keeping the sand bed somewhat cleaned up.

01/12/2007, 04:13 PM	#3
Alaska_Phil Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Pole Posts: 986	I love my Rainford's Goby (also known as a stars and stripes) for that in my 20 gal. Doesn't seem to be as shy as other small gobies either. Phil __________________ Don't be afraid to fall - if you're not falling down once in a while, you're not trying anything new and probably not having much fun. Current Tank Info: 50 gal mixed reef, 65 gal freshwater planted.

01/12/2007, 04:51 PM	#5
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	Diamond Watchman Goby. Love mine. __________________ 80g Aiptasia dominated reef tank.. with fish and now a bunch of berghia! Current Tank Info: 80g tank, re-starting a reef after a zoanthid nudibranch plauge, followed by months of steady and unstoppable STN/RTN, crashed; stayed FOWLR for a couple years, currently an aiptasia dominated reef tank with fishies and BERGHIA

01/12/2007, 05:08 PM	#6
alan214 Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Colony, TX Posts: 1,258	Pink/Blue Spotted Watchman Goby. __________________ I live really close to the airport. The other day I was walking across the living room and the stewardess told me to take my seat. Current Tank Info: 73G FOWLR

01/12/2007, 09:49 PM	#7
Alaska_Phil Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Pole Posts: 986	Don't the watchman gobies get a big big for a 30 gal? Phil __________________ Don't be afraid to fall - if you're not falling down once in a while, you're not trying anything new and probably not having much fun. Current Tank Info: 50 gal mixed reef, 65 gal freshwater planted.

01/12/2007, 04:08 PM	#2
blacktone Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Crestview FL Posts: 284	A yellow watchman golby will do a good job at sifting the sand. Also try the famous Nassarius snails. They are tiny and practically live in the upper layers of the sand bed. Here is a video of a Watchman golby and a pistol shrimp in a symbiotic relationship, they seem to do a fair amount of sifting. http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...man+goby&hl=en

01/12/2007, 04:26 PM	#4
AndyB4784 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: lansing, mi Posts: 309	here is a good one that someone posted a while back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCC7XxRC4Iw great video, i think the pair belong to someone on the board, i could be mistaken though.

01/12/2007, 09:57 PM	#8
alan214 Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Colony, TX Posts: 1,258	Oh, did you plan to keep other fish in that tank? __________________ I live really close to the airport. The other day I was walking across the living room and the stewardess told me to take my seat. Current Tank Info: 73G FOWLR

01/12/2007, 10:13 PM	#9
eddie c Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 414	my dragon goby also known as a banded goby sifts non stop and eats flake or frozen also. __________________ EDDIE. "don't believe everything you think" Current Tank Info: 75g reef ready with 40 gallon trigger sump/refugium , tunze power head, vectra 2 return pump, Kessil AP9X lighting, reef octopus skimmer and have a battery back for both pumps.

01/12/2007, 10:20 PM	#10
Mishap Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Eastern PA Posts: 977	I love my citron goby.

01/13/2007, 10:01 AM	#11
frederickk Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,712	I really love my Diamond watchmen goby too....

01/13/2007, 10:20 AM	#12
Wrench Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,004	Another vote for the diamond goby. You can get them with orang, purple, blue or no spots. They sift the sand really well and get along with all my tank mated including my blenny. They can get pretty big though. Just be sure to have plenty of open sand on the bottom of your tank.