Two spot/signal goby care?

[shingo43]

Hi, I was in my lfs one day and saw this little guy, so cute.

I didn't buy it because I want to make sure it can live happily in my aquarium.

I have a red sea max 34 gallon and I have 2 gobies, yellow watchman and shark nose.

1.will they fight with two spot goby?

2.does two spot goby only get food from sand? and will he eventually die because out of food? does it eat flakes or pallets?

3.will he mess up with the sand bed?

 

anyone has experience with two spot goby/signal goby. please share you experience with me.

Thanks

[TRAP ADAMS]

Will they fight?

-maybe, depends how well your tank is filled with hiding places.

Will they do well?

-who knows, only way is to try. BUT! They will compete for good hiding places. Dont know how hard core that competition will be, but all fish fight some. They jsut have to establish dominance. Try rearanging a little right before you introduce the new mate so that they all have to find their own new spot. I hope this helps, im no expert by any means but theres my 2cents worth.

[cbandotho]

I love these fish but they do not do well in captivity. I have had a number of aquarium store owners share the same thing with me. I have also followed discussion about them on the forums and do not hear of many people who have success. They usually die within months.

 

If someone is successful there are a number of factors.

 

- They seem to do better in pairs

- You need a mature and stable system

- They need plenty of hiding spots to retreat to

- You need a large pod population. They can be trained to eat prepared foods but they will not get all they need from your sand and will eventually starve to death.

 

Maybe someone with a different experience can share how to be successful. I would love to get one some day too.

 

HTH

[animalmaster6]

- They seem to do better in pairs

- You need a mature and stable system

- They need plenty of hiding spots to retreat to

- You need a large pod population. They can be trained to eat prepared foods but they will not get all they need from your sand and will eventually starve to death.

This is perfect.

 

These gobies need a huge microfauna population in the sandbed to survive. When they sift the sand they get all the microfauna. They can be hard to get eating prepared foods and even if they do eat prepared foods they still need a large microfauna population. They also need large sandbeds.

 

I commend your patience of not buying fish unless you know their care