Blue Cheek goby acting strange.

[Britott]

Hi all,

I have a pair of blue cheek gobies that I have had now close to a year and e everything has been great up until Monday of this week.

The larger of the 2 now hides in its burrow and the other goby seems to be filling in the hole to the burrow, to me it seems as if it maybe covering the hole to maybe protect the other goby, the odd time the goby comes out of hiding and other goby goes near it it just attacks the other goby.

Anyone ever experience this behaviour with gobies before, they were inseparable before this behaviour.

Thanks all.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Maybe @ndrwater or one of our other fish experts might have an idea on this one. I'm stumped.

 

[ndrwater]

I have never personally kept these fish. I have however had fish in pairs that for whatever reason decided they needed a divorce.
The last pair of clowns that I have were happy as peas in a pod for 2 years, then one day..... Not. They now live happily in separate tanks.