I just acquired a Diamond Goby

[PBMann]

I just acquire a Diamond Goby and it is doing well. It is eating frozen shrimp as well as sifting sand. It is making a home and stirring up a lot of silt, my question is will it slow down it's house building or is this something I will have to deal with, the silt I mean. I love it's activity.

 

[Uncle99]

Mine spits sand on corals.
A bit annoying at times.
Normal.

 

[PBMann]

Mine spits sand on corals.
A bit annoying at times.
Normal.

I thought so. I do like it's personality.

 

[mpatterson42]

When I added mine I noticed the tank was cloudy for a few days, I started changing my polyfil every day and it eventually cleared up and stopped getting cloudy. Make sure you have a tight fitting lid, they can escape the smallest gap.

 

[daikaijureefer]

It’s going to sift all the sand it can possibly find. And then some more.

 

[Ziggy17]

I just acquire a Diamond Goby and it is doing well. It is eating frozen shrimp as well as sifting sand. It is making a home and stirring up a lot of silt, my question is will it slow down it's house building or is this something I will have to deal with, the silt I mean. I love it's activity.

Mine builds castles around his cave displacing quite a bit so substrate. Every morning I flatten it, every morning there’s a new one to flatten. This has been a daily event for a year. Both of us are too stubborn to give in, so I can see this being a daily thing for his lifespan. :)

 

[Sean Clark]

The payoff is worth the hassle of a bit of sand on the occasional coral.
When it no longer stirs up a cloudy mess it has earned it's keep.

 

[MegabiteOG]

A Diamond Goby will never stop doing its thing. I had a love/ hate relationship with mine. Loved how clean it kept the sand and its character. Hated it constantly burying all low rocks and coral. Eventually I took him back to the LFS. Don't get me wrong, great fish just wasn't for me to deal with his antics.

 

[Uncle99]

I thought so. I do like it's personality.

I do as well. A building expert. A sand processor.

Only those sand type meaty corals are at risk. Mine was sloppy and made them “unhappy”.

I have quite a few of these LP (mostly scolly) so he was re-homed.

Each situation different though.

 

[Sean Clark]

Diamond goby rock... Sand bed clean

 

[PBMann]

When I added mine I noticed the tank was cloudy for a few days, I started changing my polyfil every day and it eventually cleared up and stopped getting cloudy. Make sure you have a tight fitting lid, they can escape the smallest gap.

I waited until I got a screen from Kraken Reef lid before I got this fish. I knew they are jumpers.

 

[PBMann]

Mine builds castles around his cave displacing quite a bit so substrate. Every morning I flatten it, every morning there’s a new one to flatten. This has been a daily event for a year. Both of us are too stubborn to give in, so I can see this being a daily thing for his lifespan. :)

I have a Diana Conch and a smaller conch, I'll let them fight with the goby. It should be fun to watch.

 

[PBMann]

I do as well. A building expert. A sand processor.

Only those sand type meaty corals are at risk. Mine was sloppy and made them “unhappy”.

I have quite a few of these LP (mostly scolly) so he was re-homed.

Each situation different though.

My tank is going to be primarily soft corals with possibly some LPS higher up so he shouldn't bother them too much.

 

[Sean Clark]

 

[higher99]

I just acquire a Diamond Goby and it is doing well. It is eating frozen shrimp as well as sifting sand. It is making a home and stirring up a lot of silt, my question is will it slow down it's house building or is this something I will have to deal with, the silt I mean. I love it's activity.

Do they pair with pistol shrimps? I've always wanted one too!

 

[higher99]