Bloody Yellow-headed Sandsifting Goby

[Black Phantom]

It must be just your fish
My orange spotted is a great addition and pretty much leaves the sand alone. He mostly spends his day perched on his favorite rock.

[SATELLITE]

i too have that exact same goby. he is pretty cool looking, doen't go to far from home and likes to keep it clean. any empty shells close to him he moves it. kinda wierd

[untamed]

Originally Posted by Black Phantom

It must be just your fish
My orange spotted is a great addition and pretty much leaves the sand alone. He mostly spends his day perched on his favorite rock.

The Orange spotted behaviour is very different from the yellow-head. Yellow heads take a mouthful, then swim upward letting the sand fall through as they rise. Orange spotted stay on the sand bed. As a result, the yellow heads tend to deposit a lot more sand in higher areas.

However...like clockwork every few weeks, my orange spotted male tries to bury the female under a mountain of substrate. This is deliberate building not related to eating. Drives me nuts, but it is still easier than cleaning the sand all the time!

[Whatigot]

I LOVE my pink spotted shrimp goby, never aggressive and doesn't make much of a mess either.
was my first addition and hasn't been a problem in any of the ways described above....

[fishoholic]

I have a yellow headed sleeper goby and yes he does move sand around the tank, but I don't notice it that much. He does a great job keeping the sand bed clean, so I for one am quite happy with this fish.

[dsaundry]

So far I am happy with my yellow head... Yes he does move sand..

[dandyfop]

Thankfully, mine has chilled out a bit over the last couple of weeks...

For that first week though, it was like a snowstorm in my tank

[WhoPoopWrasse]

Maybe he was excited to be in a new home, I have an ornate goby and he does the same thing too but it's not that bad.
He had a death wish the first year I got him. He jumped out twice and both times he was dried up and stiff as a board. The first time I put him in the QT and he sank to the botom like a rock and it took him a week to be able to bend a bit. A week later he was ok and was returned to the main tank. The second time I had no choice but to put him back in the main tank since the QT was occupied and he still pulled through, tough little guy huh?