Diamond goby

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  1. Yellow Tang

    Yellow Tang Bubble Tip Anemone

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    I got my diamond goby yesturday
    what is there favrorite type of food
    I heard formula 1 is that true others?
    Thanks, Griffin
     
    Yellow Tang, Aug 31, 2009
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  2. blumoon reefers

    blumoon reefers Millepora

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    Mine eats everything I put in the tank (brine, mysis, formula 2, etc.) - including the nori strips.
     
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  3. Yellow Tang

    Yellow Tang Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Thanks....
     
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  4. vegasfish

    vegasfish Feather Star

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    They will get most of their food from sifting the sand. If he does not accept food when you feed the tank just make sure you feed a little extra so when he sifts food is in the sand.
     
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  5. Yellow Tang

    Yellow Tang Bubble Tip Anemone

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    He just ate some algae of the back wall
     
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  6. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    I used to bury some food in the sand near the goby cave. I also target fed with a turkey baster. They like formula and meaty foods a lot.
     
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  7. JJK

    JJK Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Make sure your tank has a lid. They are notorious jumpers (as I learned, to my dismay, from personal experience).
     
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  8. blumoon reefers

    blumoon reefers Millepora

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    +1. Mine also eats directly from the turkey baster. Just like a bottle fed baby!

    Great personality! One of my favorite fish in the tank.
     
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  9. Blue Falcon

    Blue Falcon Fire Goby

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    Mine was an active eater and would accept any food, but frozen brine shrimp was his favorite. They also are sand sifters, but my tank was new so I supplemented his diet. +1 on the lid. Lost 2 diamond gobies that way.
     
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  10. Yellow Tang

    Yellow Tang Bubble Tip Anemone

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    i got the lid before i got him
     
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