New diamond spot goby question

[mta_morrow]

I picked up diamond spot goby yesterday about 3" long. He spent about 2 hours about the tank then proceeded to dig his burrow and I haven't seen him since. A little over 24 hours. I have a very peaceful tank with no issues between fish. Tank mates are a blue chromis, purple fire fish, flame tail Blenny, line spot flasher wrasse, royal gramma, red scooter dragonet, and an oscellaris clown that recognizes nothing but his nem. No one chased him, but they all checked him out. So is it a normal thing for him to hide a while? Thanks in advance

 

[mta_morrow]

Bump

 

[Rickyb1982]

Mine stayed hidden for a few days before he felt comfortable coming out and cleaning my sand bed !!

 

[Desmond]

It can be normal for them to hide when first introduced and feel safe. Also make sure your rock structures are very stable as it could burrow and cause rock slides. You could direct some food towards its burrow to see if it encourages it to come out.

 

[mta_morrow]

Mine stayed hidden for a few days before he felt comfortable coming out and cleaning my sand bed !!

Thanks Ricky. I will be patient.

 

[mta_morrow]

It can be normal for them to hide when first introduced and feel safe. Also make sure your rock structures are very stable as it could burrow and cause rock slides. You could direct some food towards its burrow to see if it encourages it to come out.

Thanks Desmond. I will try that this evening. I have a solid base so I can remove all my sand and nothing will fall over. Glad I did that!

 

[Desmond]

Thanks Desmond. I will try that this evening. I have a solid base so I can remove all my sand and nothing will fall over. Glad I did that!

Sounds good [emoji3] keep us posted

 

[Psiber_Syn]

Hate to hijack but how do you guys deal with all the sand in the water column

 

[Desmond]

Hate to hijack but how do you guys deal with all the sand in the water column

No really the easiest to deal with this issue. The joys of having a sand sifter [emoji3]

 

[Psiber_Syn]

I already have to keep everything like 8 inches from the bottom mine does a great sifting job lol

 

[ahiggins]

Thats why I dont have sand sifters
too much sand in corals lol I have nass. snails for that

 

[Desmond]

Thats why I dont have sand sifters
too much sand in corals lol I have nass. snails for that

Yep i dont think my trachy would like sand all over it [emoji3] Narcarius snails are the bomb ! Great works and clean up experts

 

[bubbaque]

I bought one to keep my sand clean but I had to return it after a month because I was tired of having tiny sand particles floating around always. It's a fish with cool personality but is super messy.

 

[Willz]

I keep misreading the title as "Neil Diamond Spot Goby". I'm sure once he feels comfortable he'll be out and about.

 

[mta_morrow]

Thanks for all the comments and discussion. I keep no corals on the sand or very near the bottom. I like the sand sifters and the goby shrimp pairs. Just can't have those with coral on the bottom!

 

[apercele79]

May I add one of these sand gobies in a 24 gallon nano cube or do they need bigger tanks? The lights in this nano cube are so strong, the sand becomes brown in literally 3 days, I'd love for this goby to do his work

 

[mta_morrow]

May I add one of these sand gobies in a 24 gallon nano cube or do they need bigger tanks? The lights in this nano cube are so strong, the sand becomes brown in literally 3 days, I'd love for this goby to do his work

Mine is in a 30 long.

 

[apercele79]

OK, good to know. Thanks!

 

[Psiber_Syn]

Make sure you have plenty of sand as they can't starve if they eat all the micro fauna in the sand also try to get it to eat frozen asap

 

[mta_morrow]

Make sure you have plenty of sand as they can't starve if they eat all the micro fauna in the sand also try to get it to eat frozen asap

Thanks Psiber. He was eating frozen before I got him and I fed as soon as I put him in