Will any kind of gobie clean your sand or atleast one's that say must have a sand bed and if you do put one in the tank do you still have to vacuum your sand or just change the water and let the gobie clean the sand if it's a smaller size tank?? Anyone with any information about this please let me know thanks
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Squirrel_reefer
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Diamond Goby is about the only one that will clean your sand bed for you, others will just burrow on their own or with a buddy ie- pistol shrimp. I'd say if the tank is under 55 gallons he will keep everything clean for you. If you get one, dont get attached to the way your sand and rocks look, it will burrow like crazy and constantly change the sand bed
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Ok thanks and I knew that kind would but I thought that others would to because I really don't care for the colors of that one and some of the other gobies said that the sift through the sand also but I guess that this type of one is the best kind to get in the way of cleaning the sand so I guess that I'll get that type but I have another question I have a marine betta in my quarantine tank right now waiting to put it in my 120 tank so I can't quarantine a goby with a marine betta right and if I can't are these types of gobies pretty hardy are should it be quarantined because I always quarantine my fish but I'm just in this bond right now with the betta so can they be quarantined in the same tank or what and if not do you think that I can get away without putting the fish in a quarantine tank
Squirrel_reefer
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He'll dig little caves under some of your rocks
stevo01
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Diamond goby is very hardy! Its not the only sand sifting goby either, im pretty sure there are a few species to choose from. Most bottom fish have high resistance to disease and parasites. These fish commonly starve in a system, but with multiple feedings of meaty foods, vitamins, and a heathy tank with a heavy pod population this has not been an issue for me. They eat A LOT!
Im not sure how housing with a Beta will be. I would wait until the beta is out of QT to QT the goby. Lets ask @eatbreakfast
Im not sure how housing with a Beta will be. I would wait until the beta is out of QT to QT the goby. Lets ask @eatbreakfast
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randy4083
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I have a bunch of pods in my tank and the gobie would be going in my reef tank but I have a Mandarin dragonet fish in another tank and it's really big and I buy pods by the thousands off of the Internet so I always have pods and I feed brine shrimp and mysis shrimp to so it definitely wouldn't starve that's for sure
wkscott
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Even if possibly incorrect info is given in a response, we try to be polite and civil to one another on this forum.
wkscott
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It's impolite to just say "you are wrong. " Simply stating his observations with his gobies would have been enough without bashing another's opinion.
jwhann6
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Diamond gobies are awesome and do a great job of keeping your sand clean, pretty hardy as well. Make sure you have a tight fitting lid though because they are definitely jumpers. I had mine for about 10 months and one night it managed to jump through a gap about the size of a half dollar.
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eatbreakfast
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He didn't bash, just stated a fact in a way so as to avoid confusion.
There are a number of species that sift sand. Any of the 16 species in the genus Valenciennea, which includes the diamond goby, as well as the 15 species of Amblygobius species, and also Signigobius biocellatus, though this last one can be a little challenging.
