I recently bought a yellow prawn (watchmen) goby and he was looking good and healthy nothing seemed to be wrong but one night I went to feed my tank and he was no where to be seen! I know they are known to disappear for periods of time cause they dig burrows and I know they occasionally jump out but i have egg crate as a top and he would have to jump directly between the little squares to get out which I guess he could but he would have to be really skilled lol but it’s been a week since he’s been gone and still no sighting of him, I’m starting to get a little worried!
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They are definitely skilled enough to make it through eggcrate. But they can disappear for much longer than 1 week.
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He's most likely taken up residency under one of your rocks. My diamond watchman goby was missing for 4 days, but I knew he was still around because the sand around where I suspected he was living was getting stirred up
Just keep a lookout for him. He's probably stressed from the move and is laying low.
I had a small watchmen goby go missing for about 3 weeks, after the first week I thought he was gone. Than a couple weeks later he was back and made a small den under a rock. Now he just stays to one place, but comes out every day to eat.
That’s the first thing I did, I checked around but I also own a cat so if he did jump out he may of been eaten! So sad lol but I didn’t see any water residue anywhere on the ground so I don’t think he jumped
