Green clown goby in QT

[hllb]

I got two new fish today - a Midas blenny and a green clown goby (shipped from LA). The blenny has taken over a cave in my QT and happily looks out at us. He ate some frozen food too. The goby, when I first put him in the tank, tried to dig under my rock but I don’t have sand in QT, just glass pebbles. So, he’s hanging out in the corner looking really stressed. He hasn’t eaten. What should I put in QT to make him more comfortable? I put a little plastic piece in that’s like a little tunnel but he hasn’t gone near it. He is alive and not breathing hard (at least as far as I can tell) but I want to make him more comfortable.

 

[Pbh-reef]

If the goby just arrived and is not in obvious physical distress just leave him alone with the lights low and give him time. They are cryptic fish- hiding is what they do

 

[Katrina71]

I'd try a plastic plant that resembles an sps for him.

 

[WMR]

If the goby just arrived and is not in obvious physical distress just leave him alone with the lights low and give him time. They are cryptic fish- hiding is what they do

+1 agreed

 

[hllb]

How long before I should worry if he hasn’t eaten? My Midas begs to eat every time I walk over there. The lights are off, much to my 9 year old’s dismay lol. I’ll just keep watching him. He seems pretty robust while the Midas is a bit thin.

 

[Streetdoc77]

If the goby just arrived and is not in obvious physical distress just leave him alone with the lights low and give him time. They are cryptic fish- hiding is what they do

I agree let them chill and try tomorrow.

 

[hllb]

Here’s Midas in his ATAT walker lol.

 

[rkpetersen]

I have a green clown goby in QT right now as well!
And it's acting the same way - mostly hunkering down on the bottom in inconspicuous places.
After a couple of days, it would start moving around a bit when I put food in the water.
And now it will dash out and grab a piece of food or two before hunkering down again.
These fish are never very active, so I consider this normal behavior.
I have another one in a DT for about a year and it acts the same way; never eats very much.
It would probably like an SPS to perch on but that's not really necessary.

 

[hllb]

I have a green clown goby in QT right now as well!
And it's acting the same way - mostly hunkering down on the bottom in inconspicuous places.
After a couple of days, it would start moving around a bit when I put food in the water.
And now it will dash out and grab a piece of food or two before hunkering down again.
These fish are never very active, so I consider this normal behavior.
I have another one in a DT for about a year and it acts the same way; never eats very much.
It would probably like an SPS to perch on but that's not really necessary.

I have a really nice coral skeleton in my DT that he should love. It's too big for the QT, and it has a brittle star in it anyway.

 

[WMR]

I have a really nice coral skeleton in my DT that he should love. It's too big for the QT, and it has a brittle star in it anyway.

idk what kind of brittle star you have, but some are predatory & will eat fish. My green clown goby would stay in the recesses of the coral, then dart out & get the food, had him for years

 

[hllb]

idk what kind of brittle star you have, but some are predatory & will eat fish. My green clown goby would stay in the recesses of the coral, then dart out & get the food, had him for years

It’s a tiny hitchhiker, probably a micro brittle. Maybe 2” in diameter.

 

[hllb]

Worried about my little goby this morning because I couldn't find him anywhere in the tank! Then my son found him hiding in the little plastic thing I put in there hoping he'd use it as a cave. Yay! Now he has a more appropriate place to hide himself - and that means he went all the way to the other side of the tank (he hadn't moved from his corner at all until now).

 

[hllb]

He finally ate! Took 2.5 days and he didn’t eat a lot but he grabbed 2 pieces of food that floated his way tonight and has been checking out other parts of the tank. Yay!!

 

[hllb]

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[hllb]

He’s got such pretty markings.

 

[Katrina71]

He's really cute. @sfin52 look at this little guy.

 

[sfin52]

He's really cute. @sfin52 look at this little guy.

Yep looks like my little guy. They are awesome and not very common. @hllb it's very cute. Here is my little guy.

 

[sfin52]

They really like perching on things. I would recommend something that he can perch on. They are usually found on sps. Branching leathers are a suitable substitute. Just what I observed

 

[Katrina71]

Wonder if we could do it in 3g?