Why is my Yellow Watchman Goby white?

hds4216 · Nov 25, 2020

My captive-bred yellow watchman goby is... not yellow. It's far more whitish. It was shipped to me and it's in quarantine right now. It's from BIOTA and very small, probably only .75 in. Any thoughts?

ThePurple12 · Nov 25, 2020

That's normal, they sometimes change their colors. Same happened with mine, then when it formed a pair with my other matchman it turned orange. I've heard they can also stay whitish.

Zionas · Nov 26, 2020

I’d love to hear your experiences pairing Watchman Gobies. Are they easy to pair? Any fighting?

PR_nano · Nov 26, 2020

Read only one male per tank as two males can fight to death. I have one and most of the time he spends out of the burrow he's fighting his reflection on the glass.

ThePurple12 · Nov 26, 2020

They change sex, so just add two, preferably a big one and a small one. It happened with no difficulties in my tank

Zionas said:
I’d love to hear your experiences pairing Watchman Gobies. Are they easy to pair? Any fighting?

yourmom · Dec 17, 2020

Not sure if you’re still thinking about this but I added a YWG not long ago and have since provided it a single pistol shrimp and they are a fascinating pair. I was worried that they might not hit it off but I tossed the shrimp in a few days after getting the goby and they found each other over night and have been inseparable since. Very fun!