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 fishguy444


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Post Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:23 pm GMT   Reply      

Do yellow watchman gobys need a soft substrate in order to eat?



 javahava


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Post Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:32 am GMT   Reply      

it does help that a soft substrate helps in letting them sift through sand and find small organisms/plant life to eat:

http://www.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.cfm?id=81

> Using their huge mouth, yellow watchman gobies scoop up mouthfuls of sand, sifting through it in search of zooplankton or tiny animals, phytoplankton or tiny plants, and pieces of algae.



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Post Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:30 pm GMT   Reply      

Thanks for the advice but can they eat food any other way besides sand sifting?



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Post Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:58 pm GMT   Reply      

They eat other ways but still need sand so they can burrow without cutting themselves...



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Post Thu May 24, 2007 10:32 am GMT   Reply      

So...I do not have to try to feed this guy with the frozen brime shrimp??? I a 6 line wrasse and "Nemo"...whenever I try to put the shrimp in the tank..they eat it before the goby can get it...and I do not want to overfeed!



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Post Thu May 24, 2007 1:56 pm GMT   Reply      

They'll sift food out of the sand but they still need suplementral feeding. Tiny extra pieces of shrimp do get down to the bottom where he'll eat it. I'd try some type of sinking pellet. Maybe whille your other fish are eating the shrimp the pellet will get down to the goby. Also i'd recomend switching to mysis shrimp, it has much more nutrients than brine.



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Post Thu May 24, 2007 5:56 pm GMT   Reply      

tks for the advise...I shall get some mysis shrimp!


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