Yasha Goby not eating

[Bear Claw]

I got a Yasha goby on Saturday and it has been 4 days now. I have tried all sorts of foods to get him to eat (all frozen). I'm whipping up some baby brine shrimp for him and will try that today. I ordered a pistol shrimp for him but it won't be here for a week. Any tips on feeding? What foods work best?

 

[blaxsun]

Baby brine is a good choice. Calanus is something else that can appeal to small fish.

 

[Bear Claw]

Baby brine is a good choice. Calanus is something else that can appeal to small fish.

Okay! He's a small guy and I'm hoping the big meaty foods just weren't appealing to him. He does seem pretty stressed out and I hope that won't cause him to not eat.

 

[dangles]

I didn’t see mine eat for almost a month. Even after that I rarely saw him eat (although he did)

 

[Bear Claw]

I didn’t see mine eat for almost a month. Even after that I rarely saw him eat (although he did)

Oh wow! What do you feed yours?

 

[merkmerk73]

Try calanus and pellets - I had success with the very small NLS Thera + pellets


They're also not the most ravenous of eaters - watchman gobies in general.

My YWGs will go several days before they finally get hungry and pursue food

 

[dangles]

Oh wow! What do you feed yours?

He liked PE Mysis the most. I don’t have him anymore though. All the other fish gobbled up all the food before any sunk to the bottom to get to him. He needed to be in a tank with less aggressive eaters.

I would just be patient. I wouldn’t worry until it’s been a few weeks.

 

[JoJosReef]

I have to target feed mine. After pairing with the pistol shrimp, she was out much more often and I could use my feeder pipette to drop some small NLS thera+ pellets in front of her mouth, and she would sometimes eat them. Not a strong eater, so I have to target feed every day. Mysis isn't too bad either, again dropped right in front of her mouth. Baby brine shrimp seem to wet her appetite, but I don't see her going for them like the other fish do.