Rainford Goby care

[Cessna89811]

I have 2 Biota Rainford gobies in my RSR 350. They have been raised to eat pellet and flake foods. They readily eat PE Mysis 1mm Pellets. They also pick at the rock and sand. I love them.

 

[David & Katie]

I have 2 Biota Rainford gobies in my RSR 350. They have been raised to eat pellet and flake foods. They readily eat PE Mysis 1mm Pellets. They also pick at the rock and sand. I love them.

Did they eat pellets, flakes and mysis from the beginning?

 

[Cessna89811]

Yes they did. I was so happy.

 

[Cessna89811]

https://biotaaquariums.com/product/rainford-goby-court-jester/

from Biota's website:
The Rainford’s Goby or Court Jester Goby is a great addition to any nano or large-scale reef aquarium. These fish are typically very difficult when wild caught because they do not take to prepared foods very often. Biota Marine Life Nursery Palau is the ONLY aquaculture producer of Rainford’s Goby on the planet! In home aquaria they are most known for their propensity to graze on hair algae. These fish do well singly in small aquariums or in small groups in larger aquariums. Rainford gobies have great green and orange striping with white and black spots. These fish tend to be shy when first introduced to an aquarium and typically do not do well with aggressive tank mates. Our captive-bred Rainford’s Goby feast on small pellets, frozen mysis and spirulina brine shrimp.

 

[David & Katie]

https://biotaaquariums.com/product/rainford-goby-court-jester/

from Biota's website:
The Rainford’s Goby or Court Jester Goby is a great addition to any nano or large-scale reef aquarium. These fish are typically very difficult when wild caught because they do not take to prepared foods very often. Biota Marine Life Nursery Palau is the ONLY aquaculture producer of Rainford’s Goby on the planet! In home aquaria they are most known for their propensity to graze on hair algae. These fish do well singly in small aquariums or in small groups in larger aquariums. Rainford gobies have great green and orange striping with white and black spots. These fish tend to be shy when first introduced to an aquarium and typically do not do well with aggressive tank mates. Our captive-bred Rainford’s Goby feast on small pellets, frozen mysis and spirulina brine shrimp.

Great info! That could explain it.

 

[408Dartfish]

good luck catching the crab. Hopefully the Rainford starts eating. Can I see some pics of your E260 I also have one. Dustin

 

[Pbh-reef]

Can you ask the LFS where the Rainford came from? If it is from biota they should know that.

I have never seen my captive bred Rainford Goby eat. Yet right now she is in a Home Depot bucket doing TTM for ich and seems to be eating.

@Cessna89811 - does yours come to get food when you feed the tank? Is it picking food out of the water like the other fish or getting them from rocks and sand?

I have seen a thread on r2r where someone fed the Rainford Larry’s reef frenzy brand food and she ate it from the water column. That goby had not been eating and eventually died, but the LRF food did induce a feeding response.

 

[Pbh-reef]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/feeding-rainford-goby.306172/

Here is the thread. I forgot about it when I first replied to this thread but remembered it the other day.

 

[David & Katie]

good luck catching the crab. Hopefully the Rainford starts eating. Can I see some pics of your E260 I also have one. Dustin

Sorry it took so long. Long day.

 

[408Dartfish]

Sorry it took so long. Long day.

No worries. Tank looks great.

 

[David & Katie]

No worries. Tank looks great.

Lol. Thanks. It is a nice tank. We all really enjoy looking at it. I can't wait to start putting Coral back in. It is so bare. But the gorilla crab issue is definitely slowing things down. How bout you? Gotta a photo of your tank?

 

[brwaldbaum]

 

[408Dartfish]

Lol. Thanks. It is a nice tank. We all really enjoy looking at it. I can't wait to start putting Coral back in. It is so bare. But the gorilla crab issue is definitely slowing things down. How bout you? Gotta a photo of your tank?

My E260 been up and running since May this year.

 

[Cessna89811]

Can you ask the LFS where the Rainford came from? If it is from biota they should know that.

I have never seen my captive bred Rainford Goby eat. Yet right now she is in a Home Depot bucket doing TTM for ich and seems to be eating.

@Cessna89811 - does yours come to get food when you feed the tank? Is it picking food out of the water like the other fish or getting them from rocks and sand?

I have seen a thread on r2r where someone fed the Rainford Larry’s reef frenzy brand food and she ate it from the water column. That goby had not been eating and eventually died, but the LRF food did induce a feeding response.

Yeah, they both eat pellets at surface and as they sink.

 

[Pbh-reef]

Yeah, they both eat pellets at surface and as they sink.

Totally jealous!

 

[Rakie]

My Rainford was a sand sifter. He was tiny and I had big sand flakes, I worried he'd starve -- He did just fine, sucking big sand particles clean one at a time and eating pods.

As long as you have a good sand bed they're not as hard as we hear. They're timid of other fish though in my experience, they like a peaceful tank. Mine had a pair on him though.. Everyone went to hide when it was water change time, he didn't. He wasn't afraid of the gravel vac, or my hand. Great little fish.

 

[Pbh-reef]

One food my Rainford has started eating with more gusto than any other are fish eggs. I got Reef Nutrition bran ROE but I bet eggs from a super market could work too (like tobiko)

 

[David & Katie]

One food my Rainford has started eating with more gusto than any other are fish eggs. I got Reef Nutrition bran ROE but I bet eggs from a super market could work too (like tobiko)

Thanks for the update. I may have to try that next. I added Tigger pods to the tank last week...not sure if he ate any. I was also trying to start a Tigger pods culture in my 5g Evo. I thought it would be a good way to keep food on hand for him. All the pods appear to be dead on the 3rd day. I'm not entirely sure what I did wrong. The eggs may be a good alternative until I can figure out what I did wrong with the pods.