YELLOW WATCHMAN GOBY TURNED WHITE OVERNIGHT

[akaps]

When I turned the light on to my tank and found my yellow watchman goby a) ******* WHITE AND NOT NEON YELLOW and b) not in his cave, I flipped the hell out you guys. He is indeed alive. I know they tend to get dark almost black stripes when under stress, and with all the new aquascaping I did I know he’s been stressed. But holy **** why is he so pale???

Last night he was his normal beautiful yellow color. He ate dinner, and went to bed in a cave with the shrimp. I woke up and the shrimp is on the opposite side of the tank (extremely unlike the pair to be separated) and the goby was also outside of the cave pale as ever. This does not seem like normal black stress lines.

Someone please help me. The photo attached is after the goby moved, I moved some sand near him to make sure he was alive. There’s also a photo of his normal color.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Many fish lighten or darken in color during the night, its normal... it will regain color as the lights are on.

 

[akaps]

I’ve seen him many times at night and this has never happened…. It’s wild that the color changed so drastically overnight. I’ll put another photo when I’m home from work. I had no clue they could change colors!

 

[akaps]

I feel silly. He is already 80% back to his normal color.

 

[Dom]

I’ve seen him many times at night and this has never happened…. It’s wild that the color changed so drastically overnight. I’ll put another photo when I’m home from work. I had no clue they could change colors!

I have a Fox Face that turns different shades as the lights go down to blend in with the rock work. I think this is camouflage to protect itself while it sleeps.

Your tank is new, which we can see from the white sand and rock. Your Goby has turned white, matching the sand and rock work. I expect that the Goby does the same as what I described above about the Fox Face.

As your tank matures and your rock work comes to life, your sand bed and rock work will begin to color up.

 

[Slocke]

Almost all fish are capable of this. Completely normal

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I was confused when my goby did this a few months ago. Now he's bright and yellow again. Perfectly normal for those fish!

 

[akaps]

I have a Fox Face that turns different shades as the lights go down to blend in with the rock work. I think this is camouflage to protect itself while it sleeps.

Your tank is new, which we can see from the white sand and rock. Your Goby has turned white, matching the sand and rock work. I expect that the Goby does the same as what I described above about the Fox Face.

As your tank matures and your rock work comes to life, your sand bed and rock work will begin to color up.