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Old 02-28-2016, 06:45 AM
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I am not happy about this demon polyp eating monter. Buyer beware yellow gobies are far from reef safe. It has caused so much damage in less than a week. I spent half a day trying to catch this mofo I think I may have to add a predator fish to take him out befor he destroys my Sps. If you can't answer a customer question ask a coworker who has more knowledge than yourself.
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Old 02-28-2016, 08:19 AM
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Yikes buddy, that's brutal!
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Old 02-28-2016, 08:22 AM
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At one time I was trying to invent a dart gun to remove pesky damsels! Maybe there is a market for that.
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Old 02-28-2016, 03:25 PM
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Yea. I loved mine until he started munching on sps polyps
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Old 02-28-2016, 04:17 PM
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Wow.

I used to keep a clown goby in my sps tanks.

They would nibble and the odd coral would get upset for a while but never any permanent damage unless to frags from time to time.

Sounds like you've got an exceptionally problematic one.

Any lfs should have been able to tell you this could happen.
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I have managed to catch one. One more to go I think I will be able to avoid corporal punishment. I used a turkey baster and basted him into the net I am sure the polyps will recover. This is what it looks like when it's happy.

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You could also syphon it out with a bit of big tubing.
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Here is an older thread that talks about these gobies. It seems it is the bright yellow ones that are the worst offenders. I had one and it was also eating the acro's.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=1121
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Old 02-29-2016, 06:51 PM
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Poor customer service may be a bit strong. Yellow Goby's are considered reef safe for the most part, I'm sure any fish store worker would tell you that. Liveaquaria lists them as reef safe.

Best a store worker can do is tell you the norm. If you're not sure when you're at the store google it up on your phone then make your own call.
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Old 02-29-2016, 07:26 PM
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It's pretty common knowledge to anyone who's been around that these gobys may nip at sps.

If you work at an LFS, you should mention this to anyone who is buying one.


This is the kind of nuance that you trust your lfs to help you with.

Perhaps that is expecting to much though.
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