Gobies

Whale4 · 04-27-2005, 05:22 PM

Do all watchmen gobies sift sand or no

jennmac415 · 04-27-2005, 06:03 PM

No, I don't think so. I had a tiger watchman that sifted sand from morning until night. Now, I have a pink-spotted goby that never sifts sand. My yellow clown goby didn't sift either, my neon goby didn't... so I guess some do and some don't.

HTH,
Jenni

SPANKYSREEF · 04-27-2005, 06:04 PM

Ditto on what Jenni said---They will burrow but do not actually sift the sand.

Whale4 · 04-27-2005, 06:16 PM

thanks

Dani · 04-27-2005, 06:47 PM

Do these guys have any predators?

Cosine · 04-27-2005, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Dani

Do these guys have any predators?

what are you thinking about here?
I mean a mantis or some types of larger fish or big ol brittle stars (is brittle the one I'm thinking of? big green guys)

did you lose one in your tank without a trace?

Dani · 04-28-2005, 09:41 PM

No, I just purchased one and he's TINY. Just wondering if there's anything I shouldn't add to my tank. I only have a 47 gal, so that eliminates a lot of big predators

Saint Taris · 04-29-2005, 09:42 AM

I've had a Yellow Watchman Gobie for 8 months. I only see this fish about once a month. He never comes out, not even to eat. I don't know if my Yellow Tang or Coral Beauty is picking on him or what. If I could catch this fish, I would take it back to the LFS.

SPANKYSREEF · 04-29-2005, 10:59 AM

The only predator I think he might have would be a big hungry Emerald Crab.

Dani · 04-29-2005, 04:07 PM

Dang I have one of those. Hmmmm....and mine never comes out either