Diamond Goby is acting weird!

uncommonsalt457 · Feb 15, 2019

This is my first saltwater fish. I added him on 2-9-19. The tank has him, 1 hermit crab, 1 peppermint shrimp, and 1 feather duster. The tank is 9 weeks into cycling. The last water test on 2-9-19 came back 0 ppm for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. Hes been eating well and has been super active. He hasn't done this since I took the video. The water temp was a little high (82) so I turned the heater down. I added a power head yesterday and did a 10 gallon water change on wednesday. Salinity is 1.024 and has been stable. No corals currently. And when I do the water changes I use the siphon and have siphoned all accessible sand areas. Any ideas as to why he did this?

Brad Miller · Feb 15, 2019

What are all your other parameters ?
I'm afraid he won't last much longer

uncommonsalt457 · Feb 15, 2019

Brad Miller said:
What are all your other parameters ?
I'm afraid he won't last much longer

Hes been swimming around and doing normal goby things since I took the video about 3 hours ago. Shifting sand just fine. Salinity is 1.024. I currently dont have a test kid at home. Last test I did was the day I got him. 2-9-19 which was 0 ppm for ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite. He's also redone his main house this evening after I took the video.

uncommonsalt457 · Feb 15, 2019

My temp was high at 82. I've gotten it down to 80. Hoping I can get it below 80 gradually.

uncommonsalt457 · Feb 15, 2019

And its 30 gallons.

Brad Miller · Feb 15, 2019

For now, I would start by doing some testing for;
PH
Alkalinity
Calcium

Hemmdog · Feb 15, 2019

Did you get anything used for your tank? Thinking stray voltage.

Possibly flukes
Possibly just sand stuck in his gills

uncommonsalt457 · Feb 15, 2019

I added a used powerhead. But per the previous owner he didnt realize how underpowered it was for his tank so he didnt use it. It was unexpectedly clean. The goby hasnt done anything weird in the last 3 hours. I just fed him his mysis. And he is eating and acting normal. ???? Not sure what to think. I wont have a way to test the pH, calcium etc until tomorrow when I can take it in and test it and/or buy a kit myself.

uncommonsalt457 · Feb 15, 2019

uncommonsalt457 said:
I added a used powerhead. But per the previous owner he didnt realize how underpowered it was for his tank so he didnt use it. It was unexpectedly clean. The goby hasnt done anything weird in the last 3 hours. I just fed him his mysis. And he is eating and acting normal. ???? Not sure what to think. I wont have a way to test the pH, calcium etc until tomorrow when I can take it in and test it and/or buy a kit myself.

Sorry R2R won't let me upload the the of video file mu phone makes so I have to convert them to short GIFs for whatever reason.

dealseer · Feb 16, 2019

Brad Miller said:
What are all your other parameters ?
I'm afraid he won't last much longer

How did you conclude this?

uncommonsalt457 · Feb 17, 2019

dealseer said:
How did you conclude this?

He hasn't done it again. We havent figured out why he was doing either. Found out my ammonia had went to 0.25. I did a 6 gallon water change last night. I am going to retest this evening to see if the ammonia is back down. I may have been over feeding so I'm going to cut back on food. If the ammonia doesnt go back down then I will do another 5 to 10 gallon change. But he is being a normal goby and eating just fine now?

I had purchased a pair of black storm clownfish a few weeks ago and have been waiting to being them home from our lfs. Now they will have to stay at the store even longer until we know nothing is wrong with the goby.