cindy's cadlights 8g: on writing deadlines! :O

[cindyp]

How do you get your Goby to come out? Mine stays in a hole in one of the rocks and runs away every time it sees me. My wife must have been talking to it.

 

 

i don't get my gobies to do anything.

i think it's a personality thing, like people.

and while both my gobies are out swimmign a lot

in the open, neither of them will eat anything "easy".

 

i put in .5mm new life spectrum pellets (or whatever)

which everyone swears are great, and i watched my YCG

take mouthfuls and mouthfuls and spit them right back out.

 

i hope it gets better, because if not, then maybe i'm

not meant to keep fish.

[Drexellake]

Mine will eat pellets and pods, but only after a walk away.

[cindyp]

i'm hoping for the best.

[Drexellake]

I'm hoping the same for you Cindy. Might just need more time to adapt. My African Cichlids never came out of the rocks in my FW tank until I fed them at the same time every day for about two weeks. Now when they see me coming they're freaking out waiting on me.

[cindyp]

I'm hoping the same for you Cindy. Might just need more time to adapt. My African Cichlids never came out of the rocks in my FW tank until I fed them at the same time every day for about two weeks. Now when they see me coming they're freaking out waiting on me.

 

thanks, drexel.

[Drexellake]

Any change?

[cindyp]

Any change?

 

i *think* the ycg might be taking in a little

of my new life spectrum pellets. the rainford

has been pecking, but i don't think she's eating.

she's looking very thin. sad.

 

i'm getting coral frenzy in the mail soon. and

might poke around the LCS to see what they might

have in stock in terms of flakes or live foods.

 

i've already spent $70 on pods in, like, the last

two weeks. can't keep that going, alas.

[Drexellake]

I picked up some frozen brine shrimp for mine. Seems to like it a lot, but a single cube is way too much for this small tank. I probably need to cut it somehow into smaller piece so I can use a little at a time.

[cindyp]

I picked up some frozen brine shrimp for mine. Seems to like it a lot, but a single cube is way too much for this small tank. I probably need to cut it somehow into smaller piece so I can use a little at a time.

 

the rainford DID eat live brine shrimp.

but they sold in too large quantities. not sure

if the frozen (and i'm assuming with added nutrients)

would work. but yes, i keep the cubes in little sauce

tupperwares in freeze once i pop a cube out. works perfect!

[Nano sapiens]

Rainford's are not easy and usually do best in a large tank, but fingers crossed for you.

 

Does your tank have any filamentous algae for the Rainford's Goby? Since it is eating live brine, really important to have them 'gut loaded' with algae before feeding.

[kimberbee]

I was gonna say...

 

I did a little more reading and it seems they tend to pick on algae and not so much pods.

 

I dunno if there's such a thing as algae flakes that it might eat or not.

[FlowerMama]

what about trying a small piece of nori? I heard too, they'll scoop the sand and sift it.

[imkelz]

How about those frozen Rotifers, might be worth a shot.

[cindyp]

guys! i just picked up my first dendro

from the weekend ASD sale and it is

so beautiful! ASD got these a few weeks back,

and i decided to pick up another flower nem

instead (neon green pictured). but then i couldn't

resist getting this one. it's already eaten some

enriched brine shrimp!

 

 

 

and thanks so much for all your suggestions!

i picked up some enriched brine shrimp this time.

man, i think my tanks is getting so dirty i keep trying

to feed the fishies. the ycg is definitely eating and still

spitting back out, but i think he IS eating some.

 

i'm not sure about the rainford. she's continusouly

pecking, but looking thin.

 

it's my own fault for not having researched.

tank just isn't established enough.

Rainford's are not easy and usually do best in a large tank, but fingers crossed for you.

 

Does your tank have any filamentous algae for the Rainford's Goby? Since it is eating live brine, really important to have them 'gut loaded' with algae before feeding.

 

i had a hair algae problem in my 3g pico.

but with this one, nada! the irony! though from

research, it's up for debate. it might be the rainford

is simply pecking at the pods IN the hair algae, as i

did see my old tank crawling with them. *sighs*

 

it seems they did eat maybe 20% algae but majority

was pods.

[kimberbee]

 

PRETTY!!

[FlowerMama]

I love dendro but the one I have has been slow to grow any more heads, don't know why. I feed it only like once a week though.

[DaveFason]

Unit inbound

 

-Dave

[cindyp]

Unit inbound

 

-Dave

 

I love dendro but the one I have has been slow to grow any more heads, don't know why. I feed it only like once a week though.

 

1st, from what i read, they actually don't derive

any nutrients from light, so more feedings would help.

many feed daily! (meaty foods)

[BulkRate]

Really nice! I have a low-light corner of my tank that could use some dendros... pity everyone here only carries the "fathead" variety or mismarked tubastrea.

 

If your yellow clown goby's trying to eat NLS pellets then you're halfway there already. Lightly crush the .5mm pellets down and try that. Even the smallest pellet is often too large for them when they're young.

[cindyp]

Really nice! I have a low-light corner of my tank that could use some dendros... pity everyone here only carries the "fathead" variety or mismarked tubastrea.

 

If your yellow clown goby's trying to eat NLS pellets then you're halfway there already. Lightly crush the .5mm pellets down and try that. Even the smallest pellet is often too large for them when they're young.

 

thank you! i admit, i don't know my dendros

well enough and had to google the fathead kind.

mine were labeled as large red dendros? i see

the difference in that the stalk part is orange and its

tentacles are white, but not sure if that's the difference?

 

i picked out the biggest dendro with extended tentacles.

 

and yes, YCG was eating frozen enriched brine too.

well, eating spitting, eating spitting. i think he did keep

some down though! i *have* been crumbling the pellets!

 

i think rainford pecked, but i wasn't standing close enough

to see. didn't want to scare them!

[FlowerMama]

Yeah, mine's been in the less lighted part of the tank for sure the entire year and still has not grown another head. I brought it over from my Evolve 8. Maybe one day I'll be surprised with a baby on the side.

[cindyp]

Yeah, mine's been in the less lighted part of the tank for sure the entire year and still has not grown another head. I brought it over from my Evolve 8. Maybe one day I'll be surprised with a baby on the side.

 

so i've been reading up just a little now and supposedly

they like low light but some contend it doesn't matter.

mine has been in full light for the afternoon and happy

as a clam. so we'll see what it does.

[gena]

guys! i just picked up my first dendro

 

 

 

Nice! I've never had one but always admired them. Look at all the pretty colors in that photo .

[cindyp]

Nice! I've never had one but always admired them. Look at all the pretty colors in that photo .

 

the goby tail is hilarious. i hope he acclimates.

stubborn goat head. thank you, gena!

[ninjamyst]

jealous! i wish i got a dendro and not a sun coral