feeding sandsifting goby??

fish 511 · 03/26/2007, 10:05 PM

I think that I am going to get a sandsifting goby for my 50g. I know that these guys eat the stuff in the sand, but can't you feed them like you would and other fish?? If so, is this difficult to do? LMK, THANKS

HBtank · 03/26/2007, 10:20 PM

Mine (diamond goby) eats anything left on the bottom, and actively will come out to eat near the bottom during feeding.

It's favorite is pellets.

HBtank · 03/26/2007, 10:20 PM

Mine (diamond goby) eats anything left on the bottom, and actively will come out to eat near the bottom during feeding.

Its favorite is pellets.

fish 511 · 03/26/2007, 10:29 PM

Ok cool. So these guys just eat up the remains... How much sand do you have in your tank? I only have about a 2-3 in. sandbed. LMK

BTW, Im in HB also!!

reef_doug · 03/26/2007, 10:45 PM

Mine eats whatever he finds including pellets. He will never go hungry.... he "works" non-stop.

Should be no problem in a 50g. They are jumpers though!

fish 511 · 03/26/2007, 10:49 PM

Is there an easy way to protect this guy from jumping? I do not want to put glass over my tank, any other ways??

HBtank · 03/26/2007, 10:51 PM

I have about the same, maybe 4 at the high spots.

Nice, what LFS are you going to?

I mainly go to Tongs and Pacific Reef.. Good stores.

HBtank · 03/26/2007, 10:54 PM

I hate glass to, but without glass or a canopy, or something else over the top (like egg crate) it will jump.

I lost my first diamond goby when I took the top off for ONE NIGHT to install my new lights.

fish 511 · 03/26/2007, 10:56 PM

I now go to OC Aquatics. Really nice people... I hate brian at Pacific Reef-- worst salesman ive ever seen. Says he can get me lights for 70.00 until i go in and wants to sell me 300.00 lights. Guy makes me mad.

I havnt had much luck with tongs...long story. I pmed you

fish 511 · 03/26/2007, 10:57 PM

Bummer...I have a wood canopy over my tank. I just do not have a tight, or snug, fitting lid on my tank. Do you think that a typical wood canopy would be enough for this guy to stay in???

HBtank · 03/26/2007, 11:13 PM

I have a wood canopy as well, but I covered the back with this plastic stuff.

Basically I cut sheets of the stuff you knit pictures on and attached them to the back to keep fish in. I also used it to cover the side without a fan. I also have two fairy wrasses though so I need it protected...

Lol about Brian.

fish 511 · 03/26/2007, 11:22 PM

Ok cool thanks.

At pacific reef, when you buy something does brian say "you wanna just cruise for a little bit" ?? cracks me up

smacdone · 03/26/2007, 11:26 PM

I guess i am lucky my diamond goby is neither a jumper and is easy to feed as he is the first one up when the shrimp hit the water.

I am a giraffe · 03/27/2007, 01:58 AM

In the DIY forum there is a thread on making a screen out of this aluminum netting material. Works great, blocks very little light and magically has not rusted. I think it's been in use for quite a while now.

Here.

03/26/2007, 10:05 PM	#1
fish 511 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, California Posts: 679	feeding sandsifting goby?? I think that I am going to get a sandsifting goby for my 50g. I know that these guys eat the stuff in the sand, but can't you feed them like you would and other fish?? If so, is this difficult to do? LMK, THANKS

03/26/2007, 10:20 PM	#2
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	Mine (diamond goby) eats anything left on the bottom, and actively will come out to eat near the bottom during feeding. It's favorite is pellets. __________________ 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

03/26/2007, 10:20 PM	#3
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	Mine (diamond goby) eats anything left on the bottom, and actively will come out to eat near the bottom during feeding. Its favorite is pellets. __________________ 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

03/26/2007, 10:45 PM	#5
reef_doug Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hesperia/Apple Valley Posts: 3,814	Mine eats whatever he finds including pellets. He will never go hungry.... he "works" non-stop. Should be no problem in a 50g. They are jumpers though! __________________ "If you have more than one tank in your livingroom, you might be a reefneck" Current Tank Info: 180r SoCal Creations, 75g SCC1M Sump, WM EcoBAK, NextReef SMR1, TropicMarin Salt, ACIII, 3x250w HQI Phoenix 14k, 2x140w Super Actinics, ATi BM250, Eheim 1262, Tunze 2x6100+7095, Tunze Osmolator, 6 stage RODI w/ Spectrapure MaxCap

03/26/2007, 10:51 PM	#7
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	I have about the same, maybe 4 at the high spots. Nice, what LFS are you going to? I mainly go to Tongs and Pacific Reef.. Good stores. __________________ 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

03/26/2007, 10:29 PM	#4
fish 511 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, California Posts: 679	Ok cool. So these guys just eat up the remains... How much sand do you have in your tank? I only have about a 2-3 in. sandbed. LMK BTW, Im in HB also!!

03/26/2007, 10:49 PM	#6
fish 511 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, California Posts: 679	Is there an easy way to protect this guy from jumping? I do not want to put glass over my tank, any other ways??

03/26/2007, 10:54 PM	#8
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	I hate glass to, but without glass or a canopy, or something else over the top (like egg crate) it will jump. I lost my first diamond goby when I took the top off for ONE NIGHT to install my new lights. __________________ 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

03/26/2007, 10:56 PM	#9
fish 511 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, California Posts: 679	I now go to OC Aquatics. Really nice people... I hate brian at Pacific Reef-- worst salesman ive ever seen. Says he can get me lights for 70.00 until i go in and wants to sell me 300.00 lights. Guy makes me mad. I havnt had much luck with tongs...long story. I pmed you

03/26/2007, 10:57 PM	#10
fish 511 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, California Posts: 679	Bummer...I have a wood canopy over my tank. I just do not have a tight, or snug, fitting lid on my tank. Do you think that a typical wood canopy would be enough for this guy to stay in???

03/26/2007, 11:13 PM	#11
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	I have a wood canopy as well, but I covered the back with this plastic stuff. Basically I cut sheets of the stuff you knit pictures on and attached them to the back to keep fish in. I also used it to cover the side without a fan. I also have two fairy wrasses though so I need it protected... Lol about Brian. __________________ 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

03/26/2007, 11:22 PM	#12
fish 511 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, California Posts: 679	Ok cool thanks. At pacific reef, when you buy something does brian say "you wanna just cruise for a little bit" ?? cracks me up

03/26/2007, 11:26 PM	#13
smacdone Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Santa Barbara Posts: 129	I guess i am lucky my diamond goby is neither a jumper and is easy to feed as he is the first one up when the shrimp hit the water.

03/27/2007, 01:58 AM	#14
I am a giraffe Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 102	In the DIY forum there is a thread on making a screen out of this aluminum netting material. Works great, blocks very little light and magically has not rusted. I think it's been in use for quite a while now. Here.