Twin spot goby

MarshaW · 11/26/2009, 05:14 PM

I purchased one yesterday and unfortunatley, I didn't research before I bought it. I really like this little fish, and I would like to keep it, but after everything I've read, it seems to be a very delicate fish. Does anyone know if the survival rate will increase if I bought a second one, or should I just take it back? Thanks in advance.

endojoew · 11/26/2009, 06:37 PM

I have not been successful with a number of tries. You might try spot feeding.

FranktheTankTx · 11/26/2009, 08:28 PM

I bought one myself & he lasted a few days. They get spooked easily. However, my LFS has a few in his tanks that have been there for quite sometime. I'm going to try again when I get this next project going.

They are very cute!!

MarshaW · 11/26/2009, 09:08 PM

This one doesn't seem to spook easily and I'm trying very hard not to. He's staying out in the open most of the time, sifting and watching. I'm new at this hobby and I would hate for this cute little fish to die because of my ignorance towards swf. Maybe I ought just take it back.

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Shard · 11/26/2009, 09:33 PM

Try to feed a varied frozen diet, mix up some stuff like mysis, brine, and primereef.

nikon187 · 11/26/2009, 09:42 PM

Twinspot gobies usually won't eat prepared foods and even if they do they don't thrive without a large sandbed for them to eat from. Their main diet is micro fauna living in the sand. I would not add one unless the tank was at least a 75g and 6-8mths old minimum. Personally i would bring him back.

FirstContact · 11/26/2009, 09:45 PM

Mine passed away for lack of nutrition. I fed some live shrimp from the LFS that perked them up. But it wasn't sustainable for me to get the live food from the LFS all the time.

Shard · 11/26/2009, 09:54 PM

Also a Deep Sand Bed in the display would help a bit because it would support more microfauna.

MarshaW · 11/26/2009, 11:38 PM

Thank everyone for your comments. I think the best thing to do is to take it back because my tank is only one month therefore, it will probably starve to death. I see it sifting the sand, but I'm sure there's not enough nutrition for it to survive, so now the hard part is catching the little speed racer. Thanks

peasofme · 12/02/2009, 05:04 AM

take him back and get something easier. bicolor blennies are very pretty, easy to care for, and have the most personality of any fish. know that bottom dwellers can get territorial but i have never had that problem with bicolors. other blennies and gobies have been territorial.

11/26/2009, 05:14 PM	#1
MarshaW Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Paseo Art District in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Posts: 518	Twin spot goby I purchased one yesterday and unfortunatley, I didn't research before I bought it. I really like this little fish, and I would like to keep it, but after everything I've read, it seems to be a very delicate fish. Does anyone know if the survival rate will increase if I bought a second one, or should I just take it back? Thanks in advance. __________________ Marsha An expert is a man who tells you a simple thing in a confused way in such a fashion as to make you think the confusion is your own fault. William Castle Current Tank Info: 12 gallon Nano Cube and a 50 gallon bowfront Last edited by MarshaW; 11/26/2009 at 05:25 PM.

11/26/2009, 06:37 PM	#2
endojoew Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Wildwood, MO Posts: 85	I have not been successful with a number of tries. You might try spot feeding. __________________ Joe Current Tank Info: 150 G

11/26/2009, 08:28 PM	#3
FranktheTankTx Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 2,306	I bought one myself & he lasted a few days. They get spooked easily. However, my LFS has a few in his tanks that have been there for quite sometime. I'm going to try again when I get this next project going. They are very cute!! __________________ Frank the Tank "What, I thought we were in the trust tree... in the nest? Are we not?" Current Tank Info: Custom Rimless 60g (30.5"x24.5"x18.5")

11/26/2009, 09:08 PM	#4
MarshaW Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Paseo Art District in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Posts: 518	This one doesn't seem to spook easily and I'm trying very hard not to. He's staying out in the open most of the time, sifting and watching. I'm new at this hobby and I would hate for this cute little fish to die because of my ignorance towards swf. Maybe I ought just take it back. ( __________________ Marsha An expert is a man who tells you a simple thing in a confused way in such a fashion as to make you think the confusion is your own fault. William Castle Current Tank Info: 12 gallon Nano Cube and a 50 gallon bowfront

11/26/2009, 09:33 PM	#5
Shard Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Valdosta, GA Posts: 624	Try to feed a varied frozen diet, mix up some stuff like mysis, brine, and primereef. __________________ University: Biology M.S. - 2012, M.D. 2015 Tanks: (2) 28g Nanocube 150w MH HQI - 18w Actinic CF 29g Blue Spotted Jawfish Tank

11/26/2009, 09:42 PM	#6
nikon187 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 4,717	Twinspot gobies usually won't eat prepared foods and even if they do they don't thrive without a large sandbed for them to eat from. Their main diet is micro fauna living in the sand. I would not add one unless the tank was at least a 75g and 6-8mths old minimum. Personally i would bring him back.

11/26/2009, 09:45 PM	#7
FirstContact Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glenn Dale, MD Posts: 1,613	Mine passed away for lack of nutrition. I fed some live shrimp from the LFS that perked them up. But it wasn't sustainable for me to get the live food from the LFS all the time. __________________ No man is an island entire of itself; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. John Donne Current Tank Info: 120g Reef 100g Rubbermaid Sump, 20g Refugium; previous tank: 46g Drilled; Self Plumbed, Birds Nest, Anchor, Xenia, Zoas, Yuma Yuma Ricordea, Chalice, Mushrooms, Brain, Acan, Anenome Plate; Clams, Other Inverts, Fish, Live Rock

11/26/2009, 09:54 PM	#8
Shard Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Valdosta, GA Posts: 624	Also a Deep Sand Bed in the display would help a bit because it would support more microfauna. __________________ University: Biology M.S. - 2012, M.D. 2015 Tanks: (2) 28g Nanocube 150w MH HQI - 18w Actinic CF 29g Blue Spotted Jawfish Tank

11/26/2009, 11:38 PM	#9
MarshaW Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Paseo Art District in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Posts: 518	Thank everyone for your comments. I think the best thing to do is to take it back because my tank is only one month therefore, it will probably starve to death. I see it sifting the sand, but I'm sure there's not enough nutrition for it to survive, so now the hard part is catching the little speed racer. Thanks __________________ Marsha An expert is a man who tells you a simple thing in a confused way in such a fashion as to make you think the confusion is your own fault. William Castle Current Tank Info: 12 gallon Nano Cube and a 50 gallon bowfront

12/02/2009, 05:04 AM	#10
peasofme Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: usa Posts: 1,405	take him back and get something easier. bicolor blennies are very pretty, easy to care for, and have the most personality of any fish. know that bottom dwellers can get territorial but i have never had that problem with bicolors. other blennies and gobies have been territorial.