Skinny Rainford Goby?
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Haven't seen him actually pick food out of the water column. But as soon as everything settles he goes crazy all over the rock. I'm also hoping that the amount of pods I've added are helping (LFS had 50% off live pods this weekend).
you're going to have to add a lot of pods. your tank looks so new and practically sterile. you also will need to add enough pods for a self sustaining population for the long run. your best bet is to add mature rock from other systems that have incredible pod populations and hope to transplant those mature pods into your own tank. i would go for rock from grow out systems or sumps where they've been there forever and there are no predators.
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Yeah, I'm worried about losing him
I would hate to try and catch him and stress him out taking him out of his little home to go back to the LFS, especially if they are just going to sell him to somebody else with a newer tank.If anybody local to the Cary NC area has a very established tank or has success with these types of fish wants him, I would donate to you for free.
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Mine eats green hair algae.. Never seen him eat anything else. He pulls it off and chomps it down. Unfortunately he doesn't have to look too hard to find it in my tank.
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If he looks interested in the food but never eats this is classic symptom with that concave belly that he was caught with cyanide poison. Hope that is not the case. Let us know if the little guy survives.
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I kept a Rainford goby for quite a while that started off skinny but my tank had a large amount of pods running all over the rocks and glass that he would eat. Later my tank got GHA and I would watch him pick at it along with sifting through the sand and snatching point of sale off the glass and walls. The pods eventually diminished because it is only a 29 gal tank and I got rid of the GHA with Tiger Trochus snails. I would buy live brine shrimp at the LFS and he would eat those like crazy. 2 weeks went by without me being able to pick up live brine shrimp and he ended up passing away Those are the 3 main things I saw mine eat. If you can get your hands on live brine shrimp, I would go that route. It just needs to be on a regular basis.
Those are the 3 main things I saw mine eat. If you can get your hands on live brine shrimp, I would go that route. It just needs to be on a regular basis.
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Went on vacation to the Dominican Republic for 4 days, came back and can't find the little guy no ammonia or nitrate alike though and no body found. If he's under the rock dead is it possible for there to be no spikes in such a small system?
no ammonia or nitrate alike though and no body found. If he's under the rock dead is it possible for there to be no spikes in such a small system?
If you have any cleanup crew at all, they likely made short work of him.
Sorry for your loss - they're charming fish, but can be difficult.
~Bruce
Sorry for your loss - they're charming fish, but can be difficult.
~Bruce
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All I have is two hermits and 4 snails. Could they have gotten rid of him that quickly? I guess he was a pretty tiny fish
sucks if I lost him. I've never lost a fish before and feel bad for purchasing him simply under the LFS guidance. My tank simply wasn't ready for him :/
