Haven't seen YWG in days.

jhanda · 02/20/2012, 10:49 PM

Haven't seen him in 3 days.

Is it normal for these guys to hide for long periods of time or is he probably a gonner? He never really came out much anyway, but I'd usually see him out everyday. No body anywhere and noone on the floor around the tank. Unfortunately the spot he lived in is really hard to see and theres alot of caves under the rocks. I still see the pistol shrimp in there. The shrimp wouldn't have jumped him or something would he?

Sk8r · 02/20/2012, 10:54 PM

Probably happy as a tick and burrowing with an exit toward the back. I've had mine vanish for months on end, because I have heavy central rockwork.
The shrimps can do them and other fishes harm---but ime , after a couple of years of being together and growth. He's probably sucking up the detritus in the sand, but when he gets hungry, offer him Formula One Sinking Pellets, medium grade.

jhanda · 02/20/2012, 11:04 PM

I'll get some sinking pellets. I've been shooting frozen mysis or brine into his cave. I'd been worried about him getting food even when I still saw him often. Never saw him eat, he didn't come out when I fed the other fish. Just would appear whenever he felt like it. Nowhere near 2 years. More like 2 weeks lol

kriv4o · 02/20/2012, 11:26 PM

Mine was put in the tank Dec 1 and I'ge skin it's nose only once since. I know he is alive but he is still to shy to come out and play.

zhewitt04 · 02/21/2012, 12:45 AM

Mine is two years old and he will be missing for a month or so before I see him again.

cbm369 · 02/21/2012, 06:36 AM

Mine goes missing for days/weeks at a time. He's 3 yrs old and has done this since I got him. The only time I see him is when he decides to dart out and snatch a quick bite at feeding time.

bnumair · 02/21/2012, 08:31 AM

its usual to be unseen 3-4 days at a time or more.

Fish Biscuit · 02/21/2012, 03:48 PM

I didn't see mine for 2 weeks after I put him in the tank & then I saw him every day for breakfast. Lately he's been going into hiding for a few days at a time. Frozen mysis seems to get his attention though.

jhanda · 03/04/2012, 10:44 PM

Found him chilling underneath my skimmer in my sump. Not quite sure how he managed this. I have a gurgle buster on my drain, it had to have sucked fitting into that. He's gotta be starving.

Sk8r · 03/04/2012, 11:07 PM

Poor fellow! He'll be glad to get back to lusher sand. Good you found him. If you've got a hole and need to patch it, try plastic needlepoint canvas, hobby store. Cuts with scissors, sews with fishing line, indestructible in a tank. If it's round, make a cone of the canvas with the small end inward.

jhanda · 03/04/2012, 11:26 PM

I have an open top. Think he's likely to do it again or would he learn his lesson about that place sucking?

00Warpig00 · 03/05/2012, 11:16 PM

Be careful with YWG in an open top tank. You found him in the sump this time. Consider yourself lucky. He is most likely a jumper or he probably would not have found his way into your sump. If he decides to jump over the side of your tank you will find him dried up on the floor one day. It's happened to me with another Goby I had. If he is a jumper it's just a matter of time.

Nick

02/20/2012, 10:49 PM	#1
jhanda Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 54	Haven't seen YWG in days. Haven't seen him in 3 days. Is it normal for these guys to hide for long periods of time or is he probably a gonner? He never really came out much anyway, but I'd usually see him out everyday. No body anywhere and noone on the floor around the tank. Unfortunately the spot he lived in is really hard to see and theres alot of caves under the rocks. I still see the pistol shrimp in there. The shrimp wouldn't have jumped him or something would he?

02/20/2012, 10:54 PM	#2
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Probably happy as a tick and burrowing with an exit toward the back. I've had mine vanish for months on end, because I have heavy central rockwork. The shrimps can do them and other fishes harm---but ime , after a couple of years of being together and growth. He's probably sucking up the detritus in the sand, but when he gets hungry, offer him Formula One Sinking Pellets, medium grade. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

02/20/2012, 11:26 PM	#4
kriv4o Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ocean Pines, MD Posts: 509	Mine was put in the tank Dec 1 and I'ge skin it's nose only once since. I know he is alive but he is still to shy to come out and play. __________________ 40b DT, with a 20l DIY sump 10g clam lagoon plumbed together with^ 10g stand alone NANO, JBJ 24g NanoCube rescue project

02/21/2012, 06:36 AM	#6
cbm369 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: South Carolina Posts: 242	Mine goes missing for days/weeks at a time. He's 3 yrs old and has done this since I got him. The only time I see him is when he decides to dart out and snatch a quick bite at feeding time. __________________ 125g Fowlr - Basement 55g sump/fuge

02/21/2012, 08:31 AM	#7
bnumair Dr. Reef at ur service Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tulsa, Ok, USA Posts: 7,751 Blog Entries: 15	its usual to be unseen 3-4 days at a time or more. __________________ Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE

02/20/2012, 11:04 PM	#3
jhanda Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 54	I'll get some sinking pellets. I've been shooting frozen mysis or brine into his cave. I'd been worried about him getting food even when I still saw him often. Never saw him eat, he didn't come out when I fed the other fish. Just would appear whenever he felt like it. Nowhere near 2 years. More like 2 weeks lol

02/21/2012, 12:45 AM	#5
zhewitt04 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kokomo, IN Posts: 764	Mine is two years old and he will be missing for a month or so before I see him again.

02/21/2012, 03:48 PM	#8
Fish Biscuit Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,164	I didn't see mine for 2 weeks after I put him in the tank & then I saw him every day for breakfast. Lately he's been going into hiding for a few days at a time. Frozen mysis seems to get his attention though. __________________ Michele I enjoy vodka entirely too much to share with the fish. Current Tank Info: 65 rimless with Eshopps R200 sump, current inhabitants randall goby, helfrichi, possum wrasse, barnacle blenny, mandarin, pistol, peppermint, & fire shrimp, snails, hermits, & LPS

03/04/2012, 11:07 PM	#10
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Poor fellow! He'll be glad to get back to lusher sand. Good you found him. If you've got a hole and need to patch it, try plastic needlepoint canvas, hobby store. Cuts with scissors, sews with fishing line, indestructible in a tank. If it's round, make a cone of the canvas with the small end inward. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

03/04/2012, 11:26 PM	#11
jhanda Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 54	I have an open top. Think he's likely to do it again or would he learn his lesson about that place sucking?

03/05/2012, 11:16 PM	#12
00Warpig00 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Schaumburg, IL. Posts: 621	Be careful with YWG in an open top tank. You found him in the sump this time. Consider yourself lucky. He is most likely a jumper or he probably would not have found his way into your sump. If he decides to jump over the side of your tank you will find him dried up on the floor one day. It's happened to me with another Goby I had. If he is a jumper it's just a matter of time. Nick __________________ 180G - 5 Yellow Tail Blue Damsels, Two Lined Sleeper Goby, Royal Gramma, Flame Angel pair, Yellow Stripe Maroon Clown, Pearlscale Butterfly, Australian Harlequin Tuskfish, Magnificent Foxface, Yellow Current Tank Info: 180G FOWLR Established 10/2010