New Yellow Watchman Not on Sandbed?

MetaKnight101 · Dec 29, 2018

I recently just purchased a yellow watchman (already quarantined) and hes been here for about an hour he still not on the sand bed and he just swimming around in the water column is this normal since he is new?

Katrina71 · Dec 29, 2018

Ours swims too. A lot.

Muttley000 · Dec 29, 2018

I’ve never seen mine swim but he hasn’t been in the display that long either. Maybe he’s scoping out a spot. What kind of sand bed do you have? If it’s rather fine try breaking up a rock into little pieces and put in a pile for him.

rkpetersen · Dec 29, 2018

Do you have a lot of other fish? A goby may go out exploring if it doesn't feel threatened. Also do you have a pistol shrimp for it already? If a shrimp starts making a burrow the goby may head straight for it.

Katrina71 · Dec 30, 2018

rkpetersen said:
Do you have a lot of other fish? A goby may go out exploring if it doesn't feel threatened. Also do you have a pistol shrimp for it already? If a shrimp starts making a burrow the goby may head straight for it.

+1 the pistol will give the watchman a job

MetaKnight101 · Dec 30, 2018

Katrina71 said:
+1 the pistol will give the watchman a job

I had one long before it died heh I suppose I'll get another one, I do appreciate everyone's help tho!

SkillKing21 · Dec 31, 2018

Just give it some time to settle into its new environment.

Zeal · Dec 31, 2018

I wish mine would get off the sand bed. He literally moved all the sand from the right corner of my tank and filled that entire corner with shells and rocks around where he sleeps. And if a snail or crab gets near his little area hell grab em by the snail and fling them across the tank.

He spends his days moving sand from that corner and collecting stuff lol

He sleeps under that rock(lights are off everyone is sleeping)

SkillKing21 · Dec 31, 2018

Zeal said:
I wish mine would get off the sand bed. He literally moved all the sand from the right corner of my tank and filled that entire corner with shells and rocks around where he sleeps. And if a snail or crab gets near his little area hell grab em by the snail and fling them across the tank.

He spends his days moving sand from that corner and collecting stuff lol

You go one nice yellow watchman XD