Diamond Watchman Goby Feeding

[sketchers]

Hi all. First time on R2R, just had a quick question about feeding my new Diamond Goby. I got him yesterday afternoon and he’s already been hard at work making his burrow. I was curious as to how I can ensure he’s getting enough food? I plan on getting some mysis shrimp tomorrow but as of now all I have is pellets. I can’t let them sink to the bottom because whenever I put pellets in the tank my two clowns destroy them, and my goby hasn’t been swimming upwards much at all. I tried to reach my hand in and put some pellets around his burrow but I’m not sure if he ate them or not because I had a hard time seeing the pellets in the sand. Are there any tools I should be using to help ensure the food gets to the right place? Any tips on how everyone fed their gobies? Thank you in advance!!!

 

[sketchers]

Hi all. First time on R2R, just had a quick question about feeding my new Diamond Goby. I got him yesterday afternoon and he’s already been hard at work making his burrow. I was curious as to how I can ensure he’s getting enough food? I plan on getting some mysis shrimp tomorrow but as of now all I have is pellets. I can’t let them sink to the bottom because whenever I put pellets in the tank my two clowns destroy them, and my goby hasn’t been swimming upwards much at all. I tried to reach my hand in and put some pellets around his burrow but I’m not sure if he ate them or not because I had a hard time seeing the pellets in the sand. Are there any tools I should be using to help ensure the food gets to the right place? Any tips on how everyone fed their gobies? Thank you in advance!!!

Just realized this wasn’t a “quick question”

 

[steveschuerger]

Hi all. First time on R2R, just had a quick question about feeding my new Diamond Goby. I got him yesterday afternoon and he’s already been hard at work making his burrow. I was curious as to how I can ensure he’s getting enough food? I plan on getting some mysis shrimp tomorrow but as of now all I have is pellets. I can’t let them sink to the bottom because whenever I put pellets in the tank my two clowns destroy them, and my goby hasn’t been swimming upwards much at all. I tried to reach my hand in and put some pellets around his burrow but I’m not sure if he ate them or not because I had a hard time seeing the pellets in the sand. Are there any tools I should be using to help ensure the food gets to the right place? Any tips on how everyone fed their gobies? Thank you in advance!!!

Get a long thin tube baster style feeder . You can

get them on Amazon.

 

[sketchers]

Get a long thin tube baster style feeder . You can

get them on Amazon.

Will do! Thanks Steve!

 

[tsharpe291]

I don’t do anything special for feeding my goby, dump food in and he gobbles it up.

 

[sketchers]

I don’t do anything special for feeding my goby, dump food in and he gobbles it up.

How do you make sure your other fish don’t get to it before the goby does?

 

[tsharpe291]

My goby is just as active with feeding as my other fish, he is not shy about swimming around and grabbing food.

 

[sketchers]

My goby is just as active with feeding as my other fish, he is not shy about swimming around and grabbing food.

Got it. He is hiding a lot as of now so I’m probably going to try and use one of those basters to put some shrimp or pellets in front of his burrow. Hoping that will do the trick

 

[tsharpe291]

Got it. He is hiding a lot as of now so I’m probably going to try and use one of those basters to put some shrimp or pellets in front of his burrow. Hoping that will do the trick

Hopefully he’ll come out of his shell so to speak. On an unrelated note, make sure you have a tight fitting screen top. These fish are known to go carpet surfing.

 

[nereefpat]

They don't always eat prepared foods. They sift through the sand for fauna.

 

[kevgib67]

It is important to have a well established sand bed that can provide enough nutrition. A new tank is not optimal. Should be at least 4-6 months old. That being said, mine eats like a pig and gets the most food in the water column. I’m pretty sure if I threw in a chicken nugget it would eat it. What part of Ohio are you in? O-H!

 

[Zionas]

Many gobies of this genus don’t take well to prepared foods, relying on sufficient food and nutrients in the sand bed to sustain them. Over time, they often starve and die.

 

[Bigshrimpin6]

How has this been going?

I've recently added a diamond goby to my reef and I was planning on trying to use a tool like this to bury some assorted foods into the sand