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Hey everyone, I just recently got a diamond goby for my 30 gallon. He made a burrow for the first day or 2 and go used to it, I could see him in the 2 spots he made, he has since made more spots but I haven’t seen any sights of him in a day and a half, should I be worried now? How long before I should be worried because I haven’t seen him even when i put food near the entrances.
 

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Hey everyone, I just recently got a diamond goby for my 30 gallon. He made a burrow for the first day or 2 and go used to it, I could see him in the 2 spots he made, he has since made more spots but I haven’t seen any sights of him in a day and a half, should I be worried now? How long before I should be worried because I haven’t seen him even when i put food near the entrances.

They tend to do that lol. There are some people that have had them go missing for weeks & then they just randomly appear a week or two later. Just monitor the ammonia in the tank. Mine has 17 different burrows and loves to change where he sleeps daily.
 
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Hey everyone, I just recently got a diamond goby for my 30 gallon. He made a burrow for the first day or 2 and go used to it, I could see him in the 2 spots he made, he has since made more spots but I haven’t seen any sights of him in a day and a half, should I be worried now? How long before I should be worried because I haven’t seen him even when i put food near the entrances.

They tend to do that lol. There are some people that have had them go missing for weeks & then they just randomly appear a week or two later. Just monitor the ammonia in the tank. Mine has 17 different burrows and loves to change where he sleeps daily.
Okay I just wanted to make sure, I have a 30 gallon tank and can see almost every corner and crevice which Is why I was just worried, he must be all the way under the rock just chillin. I tested ammonia and it was 0, I will continue to monitor
 

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Okay I just wanted to make sure, I have a 30 gallon tank and can see almost every corner and crevice which Is why I was just worried, he must be all the way under the rock just chillin. I tested ammonia and it was 0, I will continue to monitor

Unless the tank has been set up for 3-6 months I would still feed a little near the tunnels. They sometimes will feed at night if they are shy initially just to make sure it does not starve.
 
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Okay I just wanted to make sure, I have a 30 gallon tank and can see almost every corner and crevice which Is why I was just worried, he must be all the way under the rock just chillin. I tested ammonia and it was 0, I will continue to monitor

Unless the tank has been set up for 3-6 months I would still feed a little near the tunnels. They sometimes will feed at night if they are shy initially just to make sure it does not starve.
I will continue to do that, it’s just hard because my cleaner shrimp usually ends up getting as much of it as he can near the burrow, I thought the goby would kinda push him away, but that doesent seem to be the case just yet.
 

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I will continue to do that, it’s just hard because my cleaner shrimp usually ends up getting as much of it as he can near the burrow, I thought the goby would kinda push him away, but that doesent seem to be the case just yet.

I sometimes take pellets or frozen and actually just use a long pipette and shoot some food under the sand since if he sifts it he will find it usually and it prevents my other guys from eating it before him.
 

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They like to jump out. Found mine several feet from its quarantine tank. Was in there for a month and decided it didn’t like water anymore.
 

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You can try and spot feed sinking pellets when you see him or shoot them near his burrow
 

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