New Goby.sucked in stomach. Normal?

[frankieg2293]

So I have noticed my goby has a bit of a sucked in belly, to be honest idk if this is just a trait this blenny has or not and it is the only fish that has this in the tank out of the 25 or so that I have.

 

[Cthulukelele]

Has it taken well to prepared foods? Never want to see a sucked in gut on a fish. Malnutrition is a serious killer

 

[Tired]

Not at all normal, no. On its way to dying if it doesn't get something to eat soon. Pretty sure that's a sleeper goby, not a blenny? Sand-sifters that can be difficult to get onto prepared foods.

 

[frankieg2293]

It is a goby yes. I thaught it just ate stuff out of the sand… what does he eat??!!!! Oh no !

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I think its a gold head goby?. (Valenciennea strigata)

How long have you had it? What are you feeding? It should eat mysis, brine, reef frenzy etc...

 

[frankieg2293]

I think its a gold head goby?. (Valenciennea strigata)

How long have you had it? What are you feeding? It should eat mysis, brine, reef frenzy etc...

Omega one reef pellets. Like the rest of my fish… but he sifts sand most of the time. And yes gold head goby

 

[frankieg2293]

I think its a gold head goby?. (Valenciennea strigata)

How long have you had it? What are you feeding? It should eat mysis, brine, reef frenzy etc...

Had him for a few months.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

its a carnivore fish, try feeding it meaty foods.
Some wild caught fish won't learn to take pellets.

 

[Cthulukelele]

It is a goby yes. I thaught it just ate stuff out of the sand… what does he eat??!!!! Oh no !

Unless you have a 300+ gallon tank with no other sand sifting it needs to take supplemental food. They are often incredibly hard to get onto prepared foods. Your best bet is probably something live to start with

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Omega one reef pellets. Like the rest of my fish… but he sifts sand most of the time. And yes gold head goby

If the tank is new, then there is no plankton in the sand for it to eat.

 

[Tired]

In the wild, they eat stuff out of the sand. In an aquarium, they eat all the stuff in the sand and starve, unless given something else. Sifting sand means it's looking for food, not that it's finding food.

He needs to eat. See if you can get live blackworms to get some nutrition into him, and try frozen foods like mysis. Make this your highest priority- a fish that gets too far underweight may never come back even if it does start eating.

 

[Cthulukelele]

Your local fish store may get in live brine shrimp. It isn't great to feed all the time, but it is one of the best things to get finicky eaters eating that's regularly available locally

 

[Tamberav]

It is a goby yes. I thaught it just ate stuff out of the sand… what does he eat??!!!! Oh no !

most sand beds don't have enough for them so they need prepared foods, mine also liked nori

 

[frankieg2293]

If the tank is new, then there is no plankton in the sand for it to eat.

Tank is a year old.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I think its like Tired mentioned, it ate everything in your sandbed to the point where there is nothing left for it to eat.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Offer meaty foods such as LRS fish frenzy, mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, plankton and chopped krill

 

[frankieg2293]

I think its like Tired mentioned, it ate everything in your sandbed to the point where there is nothing left for it to eat.

The tank is 6 ft x 2ft… that is 12 square ft.. you think this Tibet fish are it all ? But I’ll go out in the morning and grab some

 

[Tired]

There wouldn't be much in the sandbed of a standard 1-year-old tank anyway, and clearly this fish isn't getting enough to eat. They really do need tanks in the multiple hundreds of gallons if you want to not have to feed them.

I don't know a more polite way to say this, other than: this is why it's important to research the care and feeding of an animal before buying it. These are known to be difficult to get onto prepared foods, and they definitely need to be fed something.

 

[frankieg2293]

There wouldn't be much in the sandbed of a standard 1-year-old tank anyway, and clearly this fish isn't getting enough to eat. They really do need tanks in the multiple hundreds of gallons if you want to not have to feed them.

I don't know a more polite way to say this, other than: this is why it's important to research the care and feeding of an animal before buying it. These are known to be difficult to get onto prepared foods, and they definitely need to be fed something.

Agreed

 

[frankieg2293]

There wouldn't be much in the sandbed of a standard 1-year-old tank anyway, and clearly this fish isn't getting enough to eat. They really do need tanks in the multiple hundreds of gallons if you want to not have to feed them.

I don't know a more polite way to say this, other than: this is why it's important to research the care and feeding of an animal before buying it. These are known to be difficult to get onto prepared foods, and they definitely need to be fed something.

What do you mean by prepared food?