Anyone have exp with diamond gobies?

Hello, my tank has been a predator tank since its bith. as of 2 weeks ago I traded my lionfish and trigger. I got tired of them unfortunately but they are in good homes. Anyway, I got a DG a couple years ago when I didn't know what I was doing. Well I picked one up today after doing alot of research. My tank is plenty big and is now a year old. I have plenty of pods (I think, I can see them crawling on my lr every now and then). When I was drip acclimating him I fed him tiny pices of gulf shrimp, he sucked them in his mouth and spit them back out a few times. Hes now making a burrow under one of my big pices of LR and making a big sand storm, i've also seen him sift some sand already. These are all good signs hes settling in nicely right? anyway a little advice would be cool, they are really awesome fish and I want to do everything right this time.

ps, sorry if my post is too long .

 

Sounds like he's settling in nicely. Mine eat mysis and such out of the water column, and I also feed them sinking pellets for extra nutrition.

 

Good news to me, atleast hes attempting to eat frozen foods. I'll bet he will start eating like a pig once he gets settled.

 

I have one. I think they're amazing fish. Mine has about 4 different burrows and just as many "trash piles" outside the entrance of said burrows. You know the shells and such they pull out of the sand. My b/f makes jokes that he runs the real estate market in the tank b/c all the hermits will have to see him for bigger homes. Mine eats like a champ too! Pods, brine/mysis, pellets, whatever I throw at him. I think you'll enjoy yours, they're pretty cool dudes.

 

they require lots of food and will get much bigger than you'd imagine... I've had mine for well over a year now... he has dug a cave under a rock that he constantly maintains along with keeping the entire sandbed white and well turned over... you won't want to have any other "sand-sifting" creatures in your tank, as they will out-compete each other... Mine eats almost any food I drop in the tank... it even gobbled up a big hunk of super-glue that I was using to glue down frags in my tank once... thankfully he survived that episode (many months back). They are hardy fish, just make sure they stay well fed.

 

Thanks for all the comments and advice everyone, ive sat glued infront of my tank for the last two hours watching him dig, dig, dig. Lol its very entertaining, i've always wanted to get one he will be an awesome fish to watch lol.

 

He'll watch you back, as well. Lots of personality. Enjoy!

 

Definitely one of my favorites and just happens to be the first fish ever added to my tank. At first, mine would eat brine and mysis from the water column with the rest of the fish. however, i haven't seen him do that in a while. i don't know if that is because he is able to get enough food from sifting the sand now or because he is afraid of the other larger fish. i have heard of people sticking pieces of shrimp or scallop in the sand close to the DG's lair for them to eat but that never worked with mine. My nassarius snails usually found the food before the goby.

 

depending on the type of sand you have, you might have a silt storm for a few days. but it will clear up, you can use filter socks to help. they are are really cool fish to watch, but they can limit what you can place on the sandbed.

 

Excellent fish! I recommend them to anyone complaining about a dirty sand bed. No other fish will keep your sandbed as clean as these guys. It's really cool to see all the dimples they leave after a full days work in my 265... my entire sand bed looks like the surface of a golf ball! As you've already seen, they love to tunnel under rocks so make sure your rockwork reaches all the way to the bottom of the tank (stable base) and is stable all the way up... or else it could collapse and damage the fish and/or glass. You might have to keep an eye on corals placed on the sand... they might cover them up with the sand that they excavate from their burrows. You don't have to rely on the live foods in your tank as they will quickly adapt to frozen food and even flakes! One thing I haven't seen mentioned yet is these guys can be jumpers! Especially when first introduced, they may explore the top of the tank (especially at night) and escape through any holes or gaps, so make sure that the top of your tank is adequately covered.