Most active sand sifter?

[Mattg023]

I bought a gold head sleeper goby because I saw him sifting nonstop at my LFS. He was out and about the first couple days in my tank. However, once he made his cave in the sand around my rock, I would only see him occasionally. Now, he hadn’t come out in atleast a week. I unfortunately found him dead today. Just wondering which sand sifters are the most active. Not reclusive, etc. I had heard the gold head Gobys can be difficult and will easily starve. Are diamond gobies any better?

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Evening

Sleeper head are the bomb. Before I put something else in I would slow down and try to discover why he died. If he was active at the store something changed and got to him in your tank. Can you tell us about your tank. Water parameters, other fish, and any other recent issues. It may have just been that fish but we don’t want you to lose another fish or money.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Sand sifting sea cucumber

 

[Funston07]

I bought a gold head sleeper goby because I saw him sifting nonstop at my LFS. He was out and about the first couple days in my tank. However, once he made his cave in the sand around my rock, I would only see him occasionally. Now, he hadn’t come out in atleast a week. I unfortunately found him dead today. Just wondering which sand sifters are the most active. Not reclusive, etc. I had heard the gold head Gobys can be difficult and will easily starve. Are diamond gobies any better?

I have a diamond goby and calling it a sand sifter is an understatement. That fish is like the tanks own personal excavator crew. He is constantly moving the sandbed around. I'll take some pictures in the morning when my lights are on.

 

[jeffrey750750]

my diamond goby is active every day since I got him

 

[Mattg023]

Evening

Sleeper head are the bomb. Before I put something else in I would slow down and try to discover why he died. If he was active at the store something changed and got to him in your tank. Can you tell us about your tank. Water parameters, other fish, and any other recent issues. It may have just been that fish but we don’t want you to lose another fish or money.

I hear ya. I tested everything, have and had been observing the tank very closely as well. All the parameters are solid. No ammonia/nitrite. Nitrate ~5ppm. Salinity 1.024. He was with me almost 3 weeks. I have A 75 gallon tank with 80 lb live rock, 2 inches of sand. 1 small tomini tang, 2 small clowns, 1 small royal gramma, 1 Melanarus wrasse and 2 fire shrimp. After the first day the sleeper goby was in the tank, nobody was bothering him. He would come out and swim casually, not much sifting. Then he went into his cave and didn’t see him for the last week.

 

[Tiki Reef Joshua]

Diamond goby + Tiger conch

 

[jeffchapok]

I come in every morning wondering what my tank is going to look like today.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

I come in every morning wondering what my tank is going to look like today.

I hear that, for a while I had a sleeper banded goby. Such a cool looking fish but he always covered my corals and rocks with sand so he had to go. Now my sea cucumber does the same job without the mess

 

[wonroc]

i imagine cucumbers are hard to keep. a master reefer is needed