Diamond Goby

Bubba12 · Dec 3, 2015

I just got a Diamond Goby yesterday and he might be my favorite guy in the tank so far. Fun to watch and lots of attitude. I am sure this has been asked several times, but will they sand storm die down at some point? I don't mind him changing the landscape but I'm not a big fan of a cloudy tank.

Reflective · Dec 3, 2015

Mine constantly moves my sand around and digs holes. Sand bed is sparkling though. Did you rinse the sand before you put it in your tank? If not, that may be where the cloudy-ness is coming from. It should go away once he's got it all stirred up and filtered out. But if it's cloudy because you have ultra fine sand, that will probably never go away.

blackz151 · Dec 3, 2015

I had the same problem. The sand storm does calm down a bit after a bit. It was cool to watch him he use to dig a hole under the rock at night to sleep in then fill it in the morning and go to work. The only problem I had was rimless tank and he jumped ;/

Bubba12 · Dec 3, 2015

I did not rinse the sand when I started the tank cause it was live sand because I didn't think I was supposed to. I have since learned otherwise. Hopefully that is it, I really want to keep him but this will drive me crazy.

Reflective · Dec 3, 2015

You could try to speed it up a little bit by stirring up the sand yourself if you have filter socks or something that will catch the "dust".

RMS18 · Dec 4, 2015

That's the one reason I haven't gotten one, I heard they are awesome fish but I didn't wash my fiji pink and it will do the sand dust storm as your when stired. Next tank will have rinsed sand.... Reef and learn!

mr fixit · Dec 4, 2015

It will eventually but will take about a month or so

mr fixit · Dec 4, 2015

I have a 30 gallon coulmn it took a while get a sock definitely will help

mr fixit · Dec 4, 2015

I made a long siphon tube from the candy canes full of Hershey kisses around Christmas time like two ft long drilled the bottom n used 3/8 poly line siphoned the fines out of my sand into a sock in my sump sence its so long the bigger sand won't go to the top only fine dust adjust flow just right it works great by pinching it off slightly with small vice grips n turning the adjusting knob or get a small shut off valve at hardware store

Bubba12 · Dec 5, 2015

It is starting to get a little less cloudy, hopefully that is the trend.

mr fixit said:
I made a long siphon tube from the candy canes full of Hershey kisses around Christmas time like two ft long drilled the bottom n used 3/8 poly line siphoned the fines out of my sand into a sock in my sump sence its so long the bigger sand won't go to the top only fine dust adjust flow just right it works great by pinching it off slightly with small vice grips n turning the adjusting knob or get a small shut off valve at hardware store

Wow, that sounds like some truly Macgyver stuff. You wouldn't happen to have a picture would you? I may give it a shot.

mr fixit · Dec 5, 2015

Ill try my phone is old just drill a little smaller hole n force it thru

mr fixit · Dec 5, 2015

I drilled it out n used a old garden hose now but smaller line will get the right flow

mr fixit · Dec 5, 2015

Harbor freight step drill bit works great n angle cut the end n force it thru

Bubba12 · Dec 5, 2015

Looks good I'll give it a shot

SorshaKay · Dec 8, 2015

So even if it's live sand you are supposed to rinse? Uh oh, my tank is two years old and my sand has never been rinsed. I had no idea. I have had a watchman for about 5 months now. My sand falls back into place fast when he uses his tail to get the sand out of his "den"

Reflective · Dec 8, 2015

You don't have to rinse the live sand. It just helps settle the cloudy tank faster. Some sand clouds more than others.

Some people don't think there is anything alive in live sand so they rinse it to get rid of all the dead stuff that could cause ammonia spikes. Best bet would be to rinse it in saltwater, then you can clean the sand and keep whatever may be alive alive.

SorshaKay · Dec 8, 2015

Okay, thank you

4FordFamily · Dec 8, 2015

Bubba12 said:
I just got a Diamond Goby yesterday and he might be my favorite guy in the tank so far. Fun to watch and lots of attitude. I am sure this has been asked several times, but will they sand storm die down at some point? I don't mind him changing the landscape but I'm not a big fan of a cloudy tank.

Eventually the cloudiness gets removed by the skimmer...

They are neat fish