lost goby

i bought a goby about a week ago. i havent seen him since. been holding out thats hes just hiding... should i pull out some rock to find his carcus are do you guys think hes just hiding? thanx

 

what kind of goby?

a lot of times gobys will hide for awhile before they start to venture out

 

a blue and greeen mandarin

 

I wouldnt tear anything apart for it. Mandarins require very high amount of pods to be in your system. I only see mine at night and sometimes very rarely in the day

Now, when I first bought the tank I bought an orange spotted goby (June). Never saw him (remember this one). So back in October or so I bought a pink spotted goby. Saw that one for awhile but not long. A couple weeks ago I bought a circus goby. Well the next day I notice that the circus was tore up and here is this skinny, skinny orange spotted goby! (HAVE NOT SEEN SINCE JUNE) So I take the circus out and put in another tank. This orange spotted goby is out all the time now, sifting sand all over everything. Like he was trapped. He has fattened up and is all over now.

 

leave the rock if he died there is no carcus. The crabs ate it. hope he is just hiding

 

I just got a greeen mandarin last week and just saw it out today for the first time. As soon as it sees me it disappears into the rock work.

 

If anything check you filtration system out to see if he may have gotten sucked up.. but i would'nt move any rocks yet..

 

friend of mine had a goby disappear for over a year. he didnt think there was any fish left in his tank and one day there it was...

 

i just bought a diamond goby, its gone no traces...
no crabs, no ammonia, or nitrite...??? so he is alive or disolved into the water..
hope he is around still, dont break down your tank unless your getting ammonia IMO

 

I bought a diamond goby and put him in the tank. I didn't see him for 2 days until I heard the lid on top of my overflow box bump up. Well I fished him out and put him back in the tank. I put an egg crate top to slow him down from jumping out but still no sign. I hope he will show up. Hope yours does too