chalk goby looks thin

listerofsmeg · 10/06/2011, 01:56 PM

My chalk goby looks like he's got thinner. I've started hiding food in the sand where he eats, was that the right thing to do?

peasofme · 10/06/2011, 06:00 PM

chalk bass?

listerofsmeg · 10/07/2011, 10:41 AM

no, it's a goby, here's a picture (this picture was taken before he got thin though)

snorvich · 10/07/2011, 10:45 AM

Sand sifters, especially in small tanks, tend to deplete the sand bed of beneficial organisms then starve.

peasofme · 10/07/2011, 10:45 AM

looks like the kind that only eat by sand sifting live organisms in the sand. you should trade him.

10/06/2011, 01:56 PM	#1
listerofsmeg Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 58	chalk goby looks thin My chalk goby looks like he's got thinner. I've started hiding food in the sand where he eats, was that the right thing to do?

10/07/2011, 10:45 AM	#4
snorvich Team RC member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Outlander Posts: 40,953 Blog Entries: 46	Sand sifters, especially in small tanks, tend to deplete the sand bed of beneficial organisms then starve. __________________ Warmest regards, ~Steve~

10/06/2011, 06:00 PM	#2
peasofme Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: usa Posts: 1,405	chalk bass?

10/07/2011, 10:41 AM	#3
listerofsmeg Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 58	no, it's a goby, here's a picture (this picture was taken before he got thin though)