How to Take Care of Gobies: Species Spotlight with Hilary

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Bulk Reef Supply - Saltwater Aquariums

3 жыл бұрын

On this episode, Hilary talks all about Gobies. Specifically, we're taking a look at sandsifting, perching, and symbiotic gobies and what it takes to care for them properly.
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@karthikn7325 2 жыл бұрын

I have a Istigobius Ornatus, my first goby and he started taking pellets during acclimation itself. He'll come to me if I peek at the glass and will always try to get food halfway down. Such a great personality and will wander all over the glass.

@krishnar1182 3 жыл бұрын

I had a watchman goby that paired up with an Alpheus shrimp. Unfortunately a Bangai cardinal fish bullied it into hiding nearly permanently. I didn’t see it for years and thought it had died, but when breaking down the aquarium I found it. It looked very pale and was clearly beaten but very alive. I also had a clown goby, which was fun but weirdly during its final days its skin color turned transparent. The Rainford goby was great at picking at the sand and rocks for algae.

@markwiegand9334 3 жыл бұрын

I have a Randall's goby, Tiger pistol shrimp pair in my 60 gallon fish only reef tank. They have been together for about 6 years now.

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@CosmicCorals1 8 ай бұрын

6 years!? That is 2x less than my age 💀

@markwiegand9334 8 ай бұрын

@@CosmicCorals1 Point being

@RiseUpMusic 3 жыл бұрын

I purchased numerous diamond watchman gobies (great jumpers). Currently I have a blue dot goby. Happy reefing!

@scottmo31 3 жыл бұрын

Hi scott from Scotland here. Loved the video you should present videos more often.

@Fish_Ventura 3 жыл бұрын

I love her videos, not 100% sure if it’s the great info or love her presentation.

@lyndonbennett2805 3 жыл бұрын

Great video 🇬🇧

@RaptureSniping 2 жыл бұрын

I just got my first yellow watchman! So excited to see him pair with future pistol shrimp

@jeffstevens199 2 жыл бұрын

super knowlegdeable. thanks

@Messier87_M87 3 жыл бұрын

Had a yellow watchman goby paired with my pistol shrimp, but he jumped out while being harassed by a damsel fish. I now have a purple fire fish who seemingly filled his role. Sits in the hole with the pistol shrimp all day long unless there is food in the tank and even then he does not venture out very far.

@fadiabdulkader4461 3 жыл бұрын

So nice video.

@grahamodonovan7666 2 жыл бұрын

I have a nano tank and my neon goby has to be my favorite member, my tank is full of shyer fish but he's just social butterfly and has developed a symbiotic relationship with my fire shrimp where they will clean each other, he will even try to clean my hand and arm while I do tank maintanence

@trevor19qhshe 3 жыл бұрын

Can we get more of these videos???? This is so informative for new reefers. I'm trying to put together a info excel sheet for someone and a video link would be great to add!

@Gro2healthheirlooms 3 жыл бұрын

I have a yellow clown goby, orange diamond sleeper, fire fish, yellow watchman gobies and they are great 👍.

@tonys1289 3 жыл бұрын

I have a yellow watchman and a diamond goby yellow is matched with a pistol shrimp they both seem to love pellets and mysis shrimp diamond will also eat nori if it comes close and literally pluck it out of the water column

@Tetrastuctural_Intelligence 3 жыл бұрын

First Defense worked great when my Yellow Watchman was shedding it's slime coat and acting strange. I feel like it probably saved it's life.

@andym209 Жыл бұрын

I had a boxfish for about 3 years his name was apple pie

@casperharris3395 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a huge Gulf of Mexico native fan all my favorite marine wildlife come from there including my naked gobies, they’re really small and pretty amusing to watch I had a beautiful little pistol shrimp with them and watching that symbiotic relationship was a blast and quite interesting but unfortunately my pistol shrimp has recently passed .

@fl7210 2 жыл бұрын

Gobys are so cool

@jetli3352 3 жыл бұрын

Hello. Hillary please advise best goby for sand sifting, keeping sandbed clean but the dumping sand to minimal on corals. I know what you said in you video. But i hoping some species are atleast better than other becuase i want gobies and a mix reef tank. Thank you in advance. Dream goby is Valencienna bella.

@dchai61 3 жыл бұрын

I identified the goby as a pink spotted diamond, still not sifting, but eating

@mikealmeida6074 Жыл бұрын

What type of food would you recommend for the yellow watchman? Do you just add the copapods to the tank or try to release them close to the goby?

@wmusic0w87 2 жыл бұрын

I'm upgrading from a 75 gallon to a 280 gallon. I have a yellow watchman paired with a pistol shrimp. once we go to the 280 can I add another goby like a diamond goby? would they have plenty of room to have their own territory? I would like to have a sand sifting gobby plus my pair.

@spinster4000 2 жыл бұрын

Im trying to decide on a goby to pair with a shrimp for my 10 gallon, all I have is 2 clowns so I was thinking of something small- Either a Wheelers goby, orange spotted goby or Yasha goby. All I think are amazing but I just cant decide on one lmao

@davepage8048 3 жыл бұрын

I have a blue cheak gobie

@Orybailey Жыл бұрын

Do you have any recommendations on sand size for a goby?

@dchai61 3 жыл бұрын

Do all diamond gobies sift sand?

@OriginalMariAnnaWolf Жыл бұрын

Is wheeler shrimp goby a sand sifter?

@Wangsium 2 жыл бұрын

can we have one video for the shrimp ?

@thatryguy5474 2 жыл бұрын

What sands and sizes are good for gobies?

@ThePeanutMann Жыл бұрын

Wait... Frank? That's what I named my diamond watchman goby yesterday!

@dchai61 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, purchased a banded goby 5 days ago, but this one doesn’t have a line on its face. Instead has 6 brown dots on both sides of face. Can you identify? Mixed breed? Also has not sifted any sand, bit eats frozen food. Will he start sifting or do some of them not sift? Thanks, Dave

@rubenarreola9993 3 жыл бұрын

I've had gobies with shrimps in all my tanks hi-fin red banded with bulls eye pistol shrimp, orange spotted goby with norm pistol shrimp and a pink spotted goby with a tiger pistol shrimp

@Mskiki1942 3 жыл бұрын

Yellow Watchman and pistol shrimp

@33awesomeman33 2 жыл бұрын

I have a clear whitish goby, maybe 2-3 inches long but not sure its full grown. what type is it?

@BALD8BIL 2 жыл бұрын

Can you have a yellow watchman goby and a diamond watchman goby in the same tank?

@michaelross5674 2 жыл бұрын

I have a yellow watchman gobie.....I bought a pistol shrimp also but it was dead the next day. 😢 😢.... don't know what I did!! Maybe acclimated it wrong idk. I have hermit crabs snails and clown fish ....but he died...

@erost4641 2 жыл бұрын

Shrimp are very sensitive compared to the other fish you have. It doesn't take much to kill them off if the chemistry in the tank changes too much or too rapidly. Not sure why yours died (could've been sick on arrival) but definitely make sure your parameters are good before adding.

@dominicpowell3867 2 жыл бұрын

My diamond goby is a free swimmer 🏊‍♂️ loves to eat food while it’s floating.

@dennismoody4312 3 жыл бұрын

Diamond Goby in my 165 peninsula.

@sawyerbreslow8487 3 жыл бұрын

I have a pink spot goby in my 65gal! Great sand sifter! Also have a hi fin goby in my 10gal nano. Should I get a pistol shrimp for the hi fin?!?!

@animetronic6689 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! A tiger pistol shrimp.

@CasildaChenier 2 жыл бұрын

do u have a video of diseases we'd likely encounter and treatments? it's the one thing forums seem to help most with but it is laypeeps not marine biologist....so, thanks

@BulkReefSupply 2 жыл бұрын

We're currently working on a fish health and QT series, which will certainly cover common diseases too. Here is a link to the playlist: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r5ygesKG16epfps.html More videos will get added to that playlist as they're available 🙂

@lawrenceskegz781 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, can I ask what you would use for green hair algae and syno bacteria? I'm taking over someone's tank and its very unsightly. Thanks for the help.

@huntandski1993 3 жыл бұрын

Always go natural first. Some large water changes to keep your nitrate and phosphate level low, less lighting, and don't overfeed your fish. While doing this, physically remove as much algae as you can from the aquarium. The fact that you have hair algae and cyanobacteria makes me think it can easily be fixed by nutrient and light control.

@animetronic6689 3 жыл бұрын

Turn off lights and lower nutrients, add chemi clean, or add a uv sterilizer.

@lawrenceskegz781 3 жыл бұрын

Ive gone for a new tank now but i want to keep the same live rock. Should I just scrape off what i can and the fight it in the bigger tank or would you start the whole process again??

@animetronic6689 3 жыл бұрын

@@lawrenceskegz781 I’d start over

@lawrenceskegz781 3 жыл бұрын

Ive got an upgrade which is going in the same place so i have no way of starting again tbh. Could i use all the media, live rock (after clean) ? And just fight it all in a bigger arena lol

@zackrain9174 Жыл бұрын

Don’t gobi fish eat zooplankton??

@sharabugnanesh3098 3 жыл бұрын

Does gobi fish eat pellets?

@BulkReefSupply 3 жыл бұрын

Some Gobies will take to pellet foods!

@sharabugnanesh3098 3 жыл бұрын

@@BulkReefSupplywhat about round gobies and sand guppies What type pellets it will take sinked or floated?

@KolkataMarineHobbyist 3 жыл бұрын

@@sharabugnanesh3098 It depends . If you can train your goby to eat pellets , then it will eat My yellow watchman goby eat hikari marine s. Actually it was in LFS for 1 month. There these watchman were already eating pellets. So I don't face a big problem. But a carnivorous diet like frozen mysis shrimp or brine shrimp will be a better option. And make sure you are using soaked pellets which can reach at the bottom of aquarium , from where your goby can pick the food . I distract my clownfishes by giving them flake foods , and the same time I use soaked pellets near the goby area. Some of them were eaten by clownfish. But most of them which reach the bottom part , eaten by the goby Or you can target feeding them just like turkey baster or pipe if you want less wastage of food.

@sharabugnanesh3098 3 жыл бұрын

@@KolkataMarineHobbyist thanks bro later i gave a try with pillets They are eating pillets right now