Tell me your Engineer goby horror stories!

xxkenny90xx · Mar 24, 2020

Or success stories. Bring them on! (and yes, I know the typical have your rocks on the bottom of the tank, not on the sand advice).

Brandon103095 · Mar 24, 2020

not a horror story i wouldnt say, i have 3 of them and they carved out a hole under my rock and one of my RFA's has moved under the rock into complete darkness

xxkenny90xx · Mar 24, 2020

Ya I feel you, I had a really nice rfa about 6 years ago just wander to a dark spot behind my rocks and shrivel up and die. It sucks.
So what has your experience with those gobies been like Brandon? And how long have you had them?

Brandon103095 · Mar 24, 2020

had them for about 3 months, they live in a cave that i have and i really only see them during feeding. my kole tang lives in the cave at night too and i believe its where my pom pom crab hangs out during the day. Ive had no issues though.

Brandon103095 · Mar 24, 2020

also, sites say they are carnivores, but mine LOVE the nori i put in the tank for my tang lol, all of my fish share well

xxkenny90xx · Mar 25, 2020

Thanks for the input! I picked up a pair about 2 weeks ago and just yesterday one has started poking his head out of a hole. Glad to hear that yours haven't wreaked havoc on your tank.

MurphyJ · Mar 25, 2020

Mine stole frags to shore up his never ending tunnels. I got tired of his thieving ways and put him in the fuge. He now lives a happy life building one tunnel after another in his own kingdom. Never see him till I clean the sump.

Auquanut · Mar 25, 2020

I've had 2 in my 125 for going on 3 years. They are huge! They still move a lot of sand around, abandoning old tunnels and starting new ones. I don't mind too much. It keeps the sand under the rockwork stirred up. It's kind of a pain trying to keep the sand from piling up in all the wrong spots, but I think it's worth it.

I don't have a horror story at all. Couldn't ask for more gentle giants (these two are over 12" each). The only complaint that I could have is that while I see them all the time, I rarely see more than half of the fish. On the rare occasion when one comes all of the way out of their labyrinth, it's truly a sight to see.