Containing Gobies

CaLevi · 10/06/2014, 08:45 PM

So in less than 24hrs of owning him, the Sleeper Blue Dot gobie found the 1.5x1.5inch hole in the screen where my auto feeder drops food! Amazingly, it is in the middle of my tank and away from the glass. I'm wondering how people keep jumpers from escaping AND have an auto feeder.

Betta132 · 10/06/2014, 10:46 PM

Put a roof over the auto feeder?
Duckweed works in my FW tanks, but that's not really an option here.
Put large mesh under the auto feeder? How big is the food?

Shawn O · 10/07/2014, 11:27 AM

Maybe a piece of clear acrylic pipe from the feeder to the opening in the screen?

zeebies · 10/07/2014, 11:57 AM

Get some plastic canvas from a craft store. It's about $1.50 for a 12" x 18" sheet. Comes in all colors. Flexible, easy to cut with scissors. In addition to covering holes in the top of your tank, you can make pod hotels, powerhead covers and lots of other stuff.

I always keep a few sheets laying around for little projects.

CaLevi · 10/07/2014, 08:01 PM

Shawn O - I thought about putting a pipe from the feeder down into the water, that way the food goes into the water stream; however in the context of the Gobie, my worry is it would jump up into the tube and possibly get stuck.

Zeebies - Covering the hole isn't the issue. I need the hole in the screen for the automatic feeder.

Does anyone have pictures of automatic feeder set-ups with jumping gobies. I certainly can't be the first one with this issue for there not to be solutions out there.

Yellow Eyes · 10/17/2014, 10:38 AM

I just have the BRS 1/4" screen that they sell, and my auto feeder just dumps food through it, I'm just feeding small pellets.

10/06/2014, 08:45 PM	#1
CaLevi Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 16	Containing Gobies So in less than 24hrs of owning him, the Sleeper Blue Dot gobie found the 1.5x1.5inch hole in the screen where my auto feeder drops food! Amazingly, it is in the middle of my tank and away from the glass. I'm wondering how people keep jumpers from escaping AND have an auto feeder.

10/06/2014, 10:46 PM	#2
Betta132 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,239	Put a roof over the auto feeder? Duckweed works in my FW tanks, but that's not really an option here. Put large mesh under the auto feeder? How big is the food? __________________ When you put an animal of any kind in a situation where it can no longer fend for itself, such as an aquarium, it's your job to care for it to the best of your ability. It's that simple.

10/17/2014, 10:38 AM	#6
Yellow Eyes Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Glen Burnie, MD Posts: 236	I just have the BRS 1/4" screen that they sell, and my auto feeder just dumps food through it, I'm just feeding small pellets. __________________ "I never learned from a man who agreed with me" -Robert Heinlein Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon with Herbie overflow, 29 gallon sump with Cheato, Ecotech MP10wQD, Kessil A360WE, AquaC EV120, BRS 2 Part Dosing

10/07/2014, 11:27 AM	#3
Shawn O Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts Posts: 1,474	Maybe a piece of clear acrylic pipe from the feeder to the opening in the screen?

10/07/2014, 11:57 AM	#4
zeebies Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NE Coast Posts: 851	Get some plastic canvas from a craft store. It's about $1.50 for a 12" x 18" sheet. Comes in all colors. Flexible, easy to cut with scissors. In addition to covering holes in the top of your tank, you can make pod hotels, powerhead covers and lots of other stuff. I always keep a few sheets laying around for little projects.

10/07/2014, 08:01 PM	#5
CaLevi Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 16	Shawn O - I thought about putting a pipe from the feeder down into the water, that way the food goes into the water stream; however in the context of the Gobie, my worry is it would jump up into the tube and possibly get stuck. Zeebies - Covering the hole isn't the issue. I need the hole in the screen for the automatic feeder. Does anyone have pictures of automatic feeder set-ups with jumping gobies. I certainly can't be the first one with this issue for there not to be solutions out there.