gobies

i just bought a gold headed goby from my lfs
an was wonderin if i have to actually feed them
or will they live soully of the detritus in the bottom
of my tank?? ive been readin a few articles on the
net an it seems the way to go is to try an feed them.

wat do u guys reckon ???? oh_yeah

 

Definitely feed him.

Don't you have a new tank? If so, you are really going to have to stay on top of it because he won't find much to eat in the sand for some time. People with new tanks should hold off for 6 months or so before getting a goby.

You should use a turkey baster and get some near him down at the bottom. That is what I used to do.

Make sure you have a lip around the top of the tank at least. Gobies are jumpers.

 

do u mean a yellow headed sleeper goby? they are sand sifters but not detrius eaters. they live off of the live food in the sand they are mostly a carnivore eating worms, pods, etc

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or did you get the yellow headed jawfish
these guys are big burrowers
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its definatly a yellow headed sleeper goby
he has burrowed caves all under my lr, that normal??
he is very shy aswell , as soon as somone walks into the room hes straight into his cave.he gets along fine with all the other fish in my tank , cept the clown , sometimes the clown gets aggressive ,he likes bitin the goby on the tail , but the goby showed him who was boss ,lol :thumbsup:

wats the best way to feed him , use the turkey baster to put food under the sand outside his burrow , an wat sort of food should i use , ive only got these pellets , all the other fish seem to like em ??

 

I used to use Formula 1 in a turkey baster. Sinker pellets sound OK if he will eat them. Putting them near his burrow sounds like a good start. Get him eating and mix up his diet and you should be fine.

Karla should jump in when she gets back. I think she has one of those gobies...

Good luck!

 

thanx
i had to improvise
i dunno where u get a turkey baster from in australia
we dont eat turkeys much , and wen we do i dont think we
baste them , lol
i jus got a few straws an stuck em together , the pellets float down an i semi burry them in the sand so my clown doesnt eat them.

 

iRe: gobies

not many turkeys down under eh?! :thumbsup:

that's funny.

i'll eat an extra couple pounds today just for you!! ;D ;D :razz:

heh..eh.

so did your goby go for the straw trick?

 

Being shy and burrowing are perfectly natural for GH sleeper gobies. If they weren't, they'd be a quick snack in the wild. At my work, I feed sinking pellets and flakes, both seem to work fine.

 

yeh , he seems to go for it ok
i jus have to bury it a little so my clown fish dont eat it
but it seems to be working
thanx

we do have turkey , we just dont eat it as much as u yankees do , lol
seinfield has ruined my mind

 

Its great no one eats as much turkey as the US, they won't have our same genetics problem. In the US, all our commercially available turkeys are from 2 blood lines, a disaester waiting to happen r_i_p. We won't allow inbreeding in humans, but other animals are ok >. Maybe we should cross breed the dalmations (horriably inbreed) with turkeys for more genetic diversity