how do you feed yellow watchman goby?

ElitePirate · Oct 14, 2018

Hi friends

so i have a yellow watchman goby. always at the sand bed. now im feeding all my fish pellets. it will float for like 10-20 second and he won't swim up to the the surface/feeding area. So im not sure how exactly to feed him.. Can I use some frozen food? any thoughts?

Sarah24! · Oct 14, 2018

Hello,

I have a black ladder goby, and if you have other fish in the tank they will be very shy and stay close to their borrows. I have been feeding mine the frozen shrimp misis, as it sinks down, he will stay next to his sand home and eat. I have mostly tangs, and there is no aggression in my tank. They really clean the sand bed, it’s soo much prettier, and whiter. They are truly amazing when it comes to gettting rid of cyano that’s for sure. You will have to clean off your corals that are on the sand bed often,as with me.

He will sift the sand for food, but will or start taking the misis if food runs low in your current sand bed.

Katrina71 · Oct 14, 2018

Try feeding him with a pipette while the other fish are eating. Ours loves frozen. Try pe mysis.

TheEngineer · Oct 14, 2018

I have a YWG too. Mine will swim out into the water column at feeding time but there has to be food in the middle or it won’t.

Mikedawg · Oct 14, 2018

sam20e said:
Hi friends

so i have a yellow watchman goby. always at the sand bed. now im feeding all my fish pellets. it will float for like 10-20 second and he won't swim up to the the surface/feeding area. So im not sure how exactly to feed him.. Can I use some frozen food? any thoughts?

Yeah, target feed him by placing mysis, enriched brine shrimp, bloodworms, squid, etc. where he can easily find it; after a while he will probably become more aggressive in competing for food.

ElitePirate · Oct 14, 2018

how do i feed shrimp food with pipette? can i pick solid food using that? any amazon links?

Katrina71 · Oct 14, 2018

This one eats brittle stars too. Gulp.

Katrina71 · Oct 14, 2018

sam20e said:
how do i feed shrimp food with pipette? can i pick solid food using that? any amazon links?

Can you pm me your address? I can send ya one. It's easy. My son is a huge fan of target feeding.

Mikedawg · Oct 14, 2018

sam20e said:
how do i feed shrimp food with pipette? can i pick solid food using that? any amazon links?

I use something like this to suck up pellets or frozen food from a feeding container (plastic cup) after it has thawed and been water changed using my RO/DI and then squirt it in front of goby, inverts, corals, etc. Most lfs's carry this product.

ElitePirate · Oct 14, 2018

Katrina71 said:
Can you pm me your address? I can send ya one. It's easy. My son is a huge fan of target feeding.

Thanks

that's very kind of you but I don;t wanna trouble you

Mikedawg said:
I use something like this to suck up pellets or frozen food from a feeding container (plastic cup) after it has thawed and been water changed using my RO/DI and then squirt it in front of goby, inverts, corals, etc. Most lfs's carry this product.

Yea I have this but a small one. I can get a slightly bigger one from my LFS

Katrina71 · Oct 14, 2018

sam20e said:
Thanks that's very kind of you but I don;t wanna trouble you

Yea I have this but a small one. I can get a slightly bigger one from my LFS

Cool. Take a little tank water and mix it on a plate with whatever you feed. Suck it back up in the pipette. There ya go. FYI, if your watchman is bigger, it will enjoy chunkier pieces of frozen.

Katrina71 · Oct 14, 2018

If your watchman is skittish, you might want a longer pipette.

ElitePirate · Oct 14, 2018

Sure thank you

I'll give it a try

jp_75 · Oct 14, 2018

target feed him. brs has a long pipettes for sale. very good product!

NS Mike D · Oct 14, 2018

for my watchman, the julius thing is long enough to reach the bottom of the tank. I also use it to blow the detritus off the rocks and spot clean the sand between water changes

ElitePirate · Oct 14, 2018

cool, thanks guys

PDR · Oct 14, 2018

I never target fed mine, but I would pre-soak the pellets so they would sink as soon as they're added. It worked great and eventually he gained enough confidence to go to the surface.

Dpate · Oct 14, 2018

Just get a ketchup bottle or other small bottle with a small opening, sterilize, put food in bottle and lay bottle on sand bed. Watch goby eat to its hearts content!