twin spot goby

lbaskball45 · 01-27-2007, 01:11 PM

Hello,

Anyone recommend keeping a twin spot goby in a 14gal nano cube? I believe they eat algae (does anyone know what type of algae) as well as meaty foods such as brine shrimp, mysis.

lbaskball45 · 01-27-2007, 01:12 PM

I am trying to find a good sand sifting goby for my 14gal tank.

**wwest** · 01-27-2007, 01:19 PM

Welcome to TR

How deep is your sand in the tank and how many other fish you have? Do you have a lot of open sand area or is most of it under your rock work?

I use to have a twin shop in my old tank and i liked it. I'm not sure about it eating algae but it did help with keeping the sand bed clean. It didn't do the best job in the world but its helped and it was very cool to sit and watch it work. The one i had didn't care to much for eating brine,mysis and anything else i fed the tank. There were a few times that it came out and ate but not often..

**wwest** · 01-27-2007, 02:22 PM

I also wanted to add that in my old tank i was looking for a sand sifter as well. Ultimately i ended up stopping the search and now i just clean it myself once a week.

I looked into the twin spot, sand sifting stars and who knows what else. But at the end i realized that i couldn't find something to keep the sand bed clean like the way i thought i could. Also I had the problem of a lot of sand sifters are predators of creatures I'm trying to raise and breed in my tank. I am a member of projectdibs.com and there we try to breed a large number of mini star fish, snails and worms so i had to be very careful what i put in my tank. Just something to think about.

Victoria · 01-27-2007, 03:25 PM

Wesly,
I have a Hector's goby and its a great sand sifter and does not bother my mini brittle star population. Just a thought.

iglowce · 01-27-2007, 03:31 PM

would it have any problem wt my mimic blenny?

**wwest** · 01-27-2007, 03:33 PM

Thats cool, I never looked into a hector goby before. I should of stated this above but my biggest thing was that i had a sand sifter star and i wanted to breed (i believe) hair worms. Well the star would of eaten the worms so i stopped looking.

lbaskball45 · 01-27-2007, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by wwest

Welcome to TR

How deep is your sand in the tank and how many other fish you have? Do you have a lot of open sand area or is most of it under your rock work?

I use to have a twin shop in my old tank and i liked it. I'm not sure about it eating algae but it did help with keeping the sand bed clean. It didn't do the best job in the world but its helped and it was very cool to sit and watch it work. The one i had didn't care to much for eating brine,mysis and anything else i fed the tank. There were a few times that it came out and ate but not often..

I have about a 2inch sand bed. I have no fish at all. I am thinking of getting a small citron goby and a twin spot goby. I just wasnt sure if it was a good thing because I dont know if the twin spot gobys are like mandarians who just only eats pods and thats it.

As for rock work, I have rocks in the middle, there is enough sand all around the rocks. Plus there is a cave in the rocks with more sand. By the way I have a 14gal biocube

**wwest** · 01-27-2007, 04:23 PM

I'm not sure if it would get along with a mimic or not i have never kept a mimic or read up on one.

It sounds like you have the right layout for one.

I had a total of 4 fish in my tank and I'm not sure if twin gobies need something to produce the waste that they eat and stir up or not. Hopefully someone esle will pop in.

**CarmieJo** · 01-27-2007, 07:13 PM

lbaskball45

I don't know the answer to your question but I did want to say to TR.

lbaskball45 · 01-29-2007, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by CarmieJo

lbaskball45

I don't know the answer to your question but I did want to say to TR.

Thank you for looking at my thread anyway.

**Amphibious** · 01-29-2007, 10:50 AM

to Talkingreef Community, lbaskball45.

Gobies are territorial and will defend their "territory" against perceived threats. Another goby, sometimes even of it's own kind, can be perceived as a threat and you may have a fight to the death on your hands. Also, the sand sifting gobies are not sifting sand for exercise or just to build their caves. They are sifting the sand for food, foods you are trying to raise the population of like, copepods, etc. Even though they will eat prepared foods they will still eat the live stuff in the sand. And finally, a 14 gal system is hardly the right place to try to keep more than one Goby unless you were fortunate enough to find a mated pair.

Dick