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11-12-2008, 02:11 AM
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Gobies in a Nano?
I have a 24 gallon nano cube, bare bottom at the moment as I don't like the look of dirty sand however I prefer the look of a clean sand to that of bare bottom. My question is if I add sand is there enough sand to support a gobie?
Currenlty the tank only holds a clown, damsel & dottyback. Thoughts?
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11-12-2008, 02:30 AM
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I've got a 25 gallon tank with an orange spotted goby. He sifts the sand and keeps it clean without any problems. He eats mysis, pellet food, homemade frozen food and pretty much anything I put in. Keep in mind that some gobies will carry the sand fairly high and end up dropping it all over the rock.
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11-12-2008, 05:45 AM
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I have 24sqft of sand area and I'm not certain that there is enough in the sand to sustain my two gobies. Fortunately, as Floop says...they do take a variety of other foods.
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11-12-2008, 05:54 AM
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I think if you can buy one that is eating other food like mysis or pellets then you should be fine. However if the goby is only living off of the sand, you would need a lot more sand then a 24g can hold.
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11-17-2008, 04:53 PM
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11-18-2008, 03:14 AM
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They are shy eaters and the fish will eat all the food before it gets to the bottom unless you go to the trouble of target feeding it. The twin spot's meal is filament algae and is tough to keep alive. One of the clown gobies would look good together with any other goby that is not a bottom feeder. see www.wetwebmedia.com
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11-18-2008, 03:49 AM
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noticed randles and hectors will sift a little. my hectors didnt last long but noticed he liked sifting . i have seen hectors sifting in petshops.
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