tibbsy07 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Hi, I'm looking at getting a small clown and a rainfordi goby for my new tank and I had a question about food. A lot of the care sheets say to give small crustaceans/pods and filamentous algae... Would Reef Frenzy or Herbivore frenzy work? I'd prefer to be able to feed both fish the same kind of food but have them both be healthy... Herbivore frenzy obviously has more plant and algae material, but Reef Frenzy has a microalgae (D. salina) in it [http://www.larrysreefservices.com/reef-frenzy-nano.html]. Would that be ok? Or should I use herbivore frenzy [http://www.larrysreefservices.com/herbivore-frenzy.html] and would a clown be healthy eating this? Link to comment
clownfitch Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Our Rainfords eats flakes, pellets, and Mysis. Very healthy little guy and have had him since last January. He also does a little sand sifting and nibbles at our "afro" snails hair algae wigs. lol These are great nano fish. You wont be disappointed. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 My rainfords will not accept any prepared food and I have tried almost every type. From what I understand, most don't but sometimes you get lucky. Mine sifts sand and picks at macro algae. Great nano fish if they will eat for you but otherwise difficult to provide enough food probably. Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 My rainfords will not accept any prepared food and I have tried almost every type. From what I understand, most don't but sometimes you get lucky. Mine sifts sand and picks at macro algae. Great nano fish if they will eat for you but otherwise difficult to provide enough food probably. Hmmmm. I may rethink this, then. Bah, I just can't pick a damn fish. Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I looked into the Rainfordi a while back and decided the Hector's goby is better. On LiveAquaria, it says Hector is easy to feed. I like yellow / black color combo too. Link to comment
cindyp Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 i just picked up a rainford(i)? goby like a noob and without research last week. because you know, they are good for nanos. i don't have much hair algae in my tank at all. i have one small tuft that she hasn't gone to because it's higher up in the tank, and she dwells on lower half. i have some copepods and bought a big bottle of it for her. i see her sifting sand through her mouth/gills and also constantly picking at the rocks and glass. but i have no idea if she's actually eating. i've had her since saturday. she's very sweet but i'm worried for her too. i've put a pellet down but she hasn't eaten that. i have reef frenzy but no idea how to feed that to her as it is quite floaty. very challenging. you can see her on my thread linked, last page. Link to comment
clownfitch Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Have those of you that are having trouble feeding your rainfords tried flakes? Mine went to those right off the bat. the only thing he is finicky about was the Mysis which he just picks at a little. The flakes are his fave. New Life Spectrum Optimum if it makes a difference. Link to comment
cindyp Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Have those of you that are having trouble feeding your rainfords tried flakes? Mine went to those right off the bat. the only thing he is finicky about was the Mysis which he just picks at a little. The flakes are his fave. New Life Spectrum Optimum if it makes a difference. thank you for the rec. i haven't tried yet as i've never bought a flake food for my saltwater tank before. the rainford is my first fish! does the flake float though? or sink? Link to comment
Tamberav Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 You just got lucky You don't see them in many tanks because most refuse to eat and starve: http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/313662-rainsford-gobyeasy-to-feed-or-hard/ No go on: two types of flake two types of extra small pellets mysis brine brine with spirula ova cylopeeze cyclopes Rods roggers LRS Eco eggs blood worms Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 I may stick with a hectors, lol Link to comment
clownfitch Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Dang I guess I did get lucky then. thank you for the rec. i haven't tried yet as i've never bought a flake food for my saltwater tank before. the rainford is my first fish! does the flake float though? or sink? They start off floating and then sink into the water column. The only fish that I have in all of my tanks that won't eat flakes is a Dispar Anthias and a Ruby Red Dragonet. I also don't just feed flakes. I use a rotation a rotation of also pellets and multiple different frozen foods. Link to comment
clownfitch Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Just so you all don't think I am nuts.. Here he is eating flakes off of the surface of the water. He has been thriving in my son's SpecV since January. Link to comment
cindyp Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 you are one lucky rainford goby owner! now i haven't tried to feed it anything yet, so we'll see. i'm not sure if i can tell if she's wasting away either. she's not chubby though. Link to comment
clownfitch Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I will say that for the first week or two he didn't eat much but sifted sand a lot. In that time his belly got a little concave. He started picking at the prepared foods and never looked back. You can see now his belly looks like I have been feeding Budweiser! Link to comment
cindyp Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I will say that for the first week or two he didn't eat much but sifted sand a lot. In that time his belly got a little concave. He started picking at the prepared foods and never looked back. You can see now his belly looks like I have been feeding Budweiser! the foto helps! we're almost one week in and i don't think goby has a concave belly. there IS a lot of pecking all over the tank on frags, glass, as well as sifting. i had gotten her a bottle of live pods last week. we'll see what happens. to OP, yeah, if i had known, i'm not sure if i'd risk it. but there have been a few success stories. Link to comment
Speaker73 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 My goby has been doing well for a few weeks in my tank. Had a concave belly when I got it but now its nice and fat. Of course it doesn't eat any prepared foods but does pick constantly on the rocks and glass of my pod ridden tank! I will say that before this fish my fav was a tailspot blenny but now.... Link to comment
cindyp Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 i think my goby, after a week, has a concave belly. Link to comment
cindyp Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 i bought (after a rancid bag fiasco) fresh copepods for the goby today. i don't think it's going well. i've tried leaving mysis shrimp, pellets, and also reef frenzy for it, but impossible to tell if she's eaten it. she hides when i get close to her with food. so yeah. i wouldn't recommend getting one of these fish unless you have a large established tank. and major my NOOBIE BAD for not having researched thinking all gobies were appropriate for nanos. Link to comment
clownfitch Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 One last thing you might try is Nori. She may go to it if you rubberband a piece to some rubble and drop it in the tank. It will seem like a more natural food source. If she isn't eating prepared foods like flakes frozen etc, or pods then maybe some nori will peak her interest. Good luck, hate to hear that she still isn't eating. Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Make sure the nori is UNSEASONED, though. Link to comment
peasofme Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 saw a tank of about 10 hector's gobies at the lfs, only one ate frozen brine (probably would eat frozen mini mysis/mysid as well) the rest were starving to death. the one that ate was a bully. i've seen many of these and the jesters starving at lfs's. i've read they mainly eat hair algae but i dunno how accurate that is. perhaps you could move your hair algae to the bottom of the tank? Link to comment
1.0reef Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 My rainfords will not accept any prepared food and I have tried almost every type. From what I understand, most don't but sometimes you get lucky. Mine sifts sand and picks at macro algae. Great nano fish if they will eat for you but otherwise difficult to provide enough food probably. This, them and Hectors gobies often won't take prepared. Link to comment
cindyp Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 saw a tank of about 10 hector's gobies at the lfs, only one ate frozen brine (probably would eat frozen mini mysis/mysid as well) the rest were starving to death. the one that ate was a bully. i've seen many of these and the jesters starving at lfs's. i've read they mainly eat hair algae but i dunno how accurate that is. perhaps you could move your hair algae to the bottom of the tank? This, them and Hectors gobies often won't take prepared. yeah. i'm still trying. i've already bought 3 lots of live pods (one from tim who sells and is a member here--great service), but my tank simply isn't established enough. i've tried cyclop-eeze for the first time, and my YCG seemed to like it a lot. i will try it again and hope that the rainfordi is curious from the YCG's eating. i was having a hard time with the YCG too, but he seems to be eating some, so i'm still more concerned with the rainfordi. i've had the rainfordi for 5 weeks now. wow, i didn't realize that long. Link to comment
cindyp Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 here is foto of my thin rainfordi i just posted on my thread. (i was showing off my gelatinous dendro coral. ha!) please send good vibes for the stubborn goatheaded fishie. Link to comment
peasofme Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 i've had yellow clown gobies eat minced up flake food and tiny pieces of mysis. the one on flake food had to be constantly fed and was always skinny. they have such tiny mouths and even thinner throats, and small stomaches. they are a pain. you could also try enriched frozen brine shrimp which is now thought to be good for fish. must be enriched though. oh, and i also got green clown gobies to eat live black worms. which are harder than ycg to feed. so you could also try that. the problem with gcg is they stay near the bottom and like to hide making them harder to feed than ycg. Link to comment
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