Yellow Watchman Goby

[Gvirgoan]

I've had my YW Goby for about 5 days and he's just always hanging up top and not in the bottom. What to do? He's an excellent swimmer so I don't know what's wrong. My parameters are all great and I have live rock and sand.

 

[Gvirgoan]

PH 8.0
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5

 

[Paul B]

Besides hanging out there he looks fine. Does he eat and how old is the tank

 

[Gvirgoan]

Besides hanging out there he looks fine. Does he eat and how old is the tank

I saw him eat once and I think he's eating the snail's eggs out of the corners lol. The tank has been running 6 weeks now. Just a FOWLR system

 

[Paul B]

Snail eggs won't keep him alive. Do you normally give him frozen foods to eat? If not, what do you try to feed him? The tank is very new and fish hate new tanks so no fish will be completely "happy"

 

[Hemlawk]

My yellow watchman did the same thing, then swam into my powerhead and died shortly later. He might not be ok...

 

[Murica]

Mine did the same thing and it looked like he was just checking the place out, then he went to the bottom and acted normal. I went bare bottom and moved everything around and sure enough.. He did it again. Back to normal

 

[randy4083]

6 weeks is very early to put anything in a tank because it isn't fully cycled and it could get ammonia poisoning from it and die so hopefully it makes it but that might be what's wrong with him

 

[Jason mack]

How is Your sg ?? Do you have a ato .. do you check sg daily .. what are you using too measure Your sg ?

 

[USMC 4 LIFE]

That's normal behavior for a yellow watchman goby. They perch themselves in places and observe the tank. Mine did that ALL the time when I first got him. Then I paired him with a candy cane pistol shrimp and now he's always beneath the rock with him. You're tank is fine don't worry

 

[Gvirgoan]

Sg 1.024
And he's fine, made a cave under live rock and sand. I feed frozen brine, mysis, plankton, and pellets. And again my ammonia and nitrates has been at zero for weeks. I check it very often. @randy4083

 

[Garyf7257]

Mine did that for about 3 weeks before finding a have to crawl in then I didn't see him for a month almost. Now he comes out for feeding and that's it. Should be fine.

 

[Paul B]

That's great, he should be fine.

 

[Murica]

6 weeks is very early to put anything in a tank because it isn't fully cycled and it could get ammonia poisoning from it and die so hopefully it makes it but that might be what's wrong with him

I think it's dependent on the tank, my tank fully cycled in only three weeks-four weeks. I think it set a land speed record

 

[randy4083]

That's crazy because mine took 2.5 months to fully cycle and most people say 2 to 3 months

 

[Murica]

That's crazy because mine took 2.5 months to fully cycle and most people say 2 to 3 months

Yeah I thought it was nutty too, I even got new test kits to confirm. Sure enough.. All done. It was in the summer before I put the ac in so maybe the warmer temp of the water increased bacterial activity... That's my theory anyway lol

 

[randy4083]

I guess so but when you even look online it tells you a couple of months but I guess it just depends on what you do and everything

 

[Travis Stewart]

I guess so but when you even look online it tells you a couple of months but I guess it just depends on what you do and everything

Takes mine usually 4 weeks using a bacteria supplement

 

[USMC 4 LIFE]

I guess so but when you even look online it tells you a couple of months but I guess it just depends on what you do and everything

There are various methods to speed this up (using live rock and water from an established tank, using chemicals). 2-3 months to cycle is more on the long end of the spectrum.