I’ve had my golden head sleeper for 7 months now and he’s fully grown and eats anything I put in the tank. He keeps my sand bed clean and eats from that all day long. I’m still just a beginner in the saltwater world as I’ve only had my tank running for 8 months now but I’m loving the ups and down and learning from everything all the time.
Mine eats most frozen foods and also sinking carnivore pellets - which it grabs and then 'gums' for a while like a toothless granddad! Of course, between meals it still sifts the sand continuously!
i overfeed but i have a oversized skimmer and a refugium. the striped goby i have is about 3 years old and its so big it makes sand mountains. it moreso resorted to sucking hermit crabs out of their shells so even though i feed heavily, it seems to really love hermit crabs so i buy 10 every three weeks and wind up with a few og survivors that actually swap shells and get big.
I'm kind of on board with this. I have a flame hawk who has taken out, I'm gonna say 3 of 15 hermit crabs inside of a month. I can't say I mind it as hermit crabs are still cruising around scavenging. It's good enrichment for a predator and good diet variation as well.
I used to have one. I took a thin pipe and had small pellets going to his hole. He always got to them quick. One day he disappeared, I think my puffer got him,
Don't they eat copepods in the sand? I have a refugium with sea lettuce, adding pods every month, dose phytoplankton every day to keep the pods growing and reproducing, and my goby has been fat and healthy .
I had this happen with my court jester goby. They told me it eats everything. Mine tried to sand sift but they like algae and copepods and that stuff doesn’t exist in quantities in a new tank
Bruh it breaks my heart cuz I have 5 gobies and bruh I just wanna keep ‘em alive I have a bunch of pods in the tank but this right here imma have to try ty homes 😊😊
@Max Ohm thanks. I tried a bunch of stuff to get pellets in the sand. The problem I was having with pellets was that the tools would get wet and then the pellets wouldn't cooperate. What I ended up doing was using a new API testing vial. I'd use that to scrape some frozen food, until the vial was full and then squirt some tank water in it. Give it a couple minutes and then use a long turkey baster to suck some up and squirt it in the sand. It worked well and pretty soon the DWG associated the turkey baster with food and he'd go crazy when he saw it. After that, I didn't really need to put it in the sand, I could just spot feed him or he'd eat with the other fish in the water column Sadly, the DWG found a hole in the lid and went carpet surfing. I'll probably get another one in the future
@@VegasEducation They are REALLY jumpy fish. I didnt get my yellow watchman until I was sure my tank lid was nearly impenetrable. Also, at the fish farm we would wet the pellets first in a jar with some salt water so they sink instantly when placed into the tank.
@Max Ohm ya. I knew they are jumpy. I changed out a piece of hang on the back equipment and I need to modify the lid. I figured the small gap would be fine for a few days. Especially since my DWG had become pretty chill. NOPE!
Mine got very skinny. I dont understand because i made a plexi glass divider so he can eat mysis, pellets, flake without being out competed for food. He eats A LOT but is not gaining weight. I feed him 2 to 3 times a day and he eats to the point where he gets his fill and doesn't want anymore and i remove the divdider so the rest (yellow tang, hippo tang, purple tang and 2 lightning clowns) can eat what goby didnt finish. All the rest of the fish are fat but he continues to be skinny even though he eats to his hearts content. He continually sifts the sand all day long as well. Idk what else to do.
Mine has been healthy and growing and eats everything i give him but a few days ago he vainished and havent seen him since idk what voulda happened i looked under rocks and cant find him the sand is already not as white in some spots😔i dont have any fish bigger than him and theyve never had problems
Ok mine did die but he was an aggressive eater he would shift the sand but also when I fed in the morning he would go after and eat the food I was feeding so I don’t know why he die
Thank you. Will definitely give the food in sand a go or just start using turkey baster and blast some into his cave where he can eat in piece,think that might work? Edit: also I learned something I did not know and can also share with friends who might not know this as well.
A heads up for anyone wanting to buy a watchman or diamond gobie: THEY ARE JUMPERS!! You MUST have a solid lid on your tank or they will hop right out. Fast. And then you'll come on here and say "My gobie disappeared" lol.
Mine decided to become an aeronaut. His first mission was unsuccessful.
That’s why I keep a top on my tank
I’ve had my golden head sleeper for 7 months now and he’s fully grown and eats anything I put in the tank. He keeps my sand bed clean and eats from that all day long. I’m still just a beginner in the saltwater world as I’ve only had my tank running for 8 months now but I’m loving the ups and down and learning from everything all the time.
wisest aquarium dude on youtube , its just his accent funny otherwise pure gold
OMG, you just saved a poor little fish, THANK YOU 😍
Your thoughts are kind of mind blowing
Mine eats most frozen foods and also sinking carnivore pellets - which it grabs and then 'gums' for a while like a toothless granddad! Of course, between meals it still sifts the sand continuously!
I still have my diamond back sand sifting goby. Bought it back in 2017.
Mine eats brine shrimp and flakes, been with me for 2 1/2 years.
Great video!
I love your level of sarcasm lol , I always have mates that buy fish without doing the research and then complain when said fish passes away >
i overfeed but i have a oversized skimmer and a refugium. the striped goby i have is about 3 years old and its so big it makes sand mountains. it moreso resorted to sucking hermit crabs out of their shells so even though i feed heavily, it seems to really love hermit crabs so i buy 10 every three weeks and wind up with a few og survivors that actually swap shells and get big.
I'm kind of on board with this. I have a flame hawk who has taken out, I'm gonna say 3 of 15 hermit crabs inside of a month. I can't say I mind it as hermit crabs are still cruising around scavenging. It's good enrichment for a predator and good diet variation as well.
Oh, and you get to double dip on the hermit crab shells!
I used to have one. I took a thin pipe and had small pellets going to his hole. He always got to them quick. One day he disappeared, I think my puffer got him,
😂 I think your right
Awsome video I’ll be little turkey basting food on my sand now for my Diamond back friend
Don't they eat copepods in the sand? I have a refugium with sea lettuce, adding pods every month, dose phytoplankton every day to keep the pods growing and reproducing, and my goby has been fat and healthy .
Gobies eat pods, yeah.
Put so clearly!
Because the jump. The bastards...
Very well said. You have to be observant.
I had this happen with my court jester goby. They told me it eats everything. Mine tried to sand sift but they like algae and copepods and that stuff doesn’t exist in quantities in a new tank
Bruh it breaks my heart cuz I have 5 gobies and bruh I just wanna keep ‘em alive I have a bunch of pods in the tank but this right here imma have to try ty homes 😊😊
I don't understand the technique for getting the pellets in to the sand. Whats the tool that you use?
You can do it with x-small TDO pellets and a pipette
@Max Ohm thanks. I tried a bunch of stuff to get pellets in the sand. The problem I was having with pellets was that the tools would get wet and then the pellets wouldn't cooperate.
What I ended up doing was using a new API testing vial. I'd use that to scrape some frozen food, until the vial was full and then squirt some tank water in it. Give it a couple minutes and then use a long turkey baster to suck some up and squirt it in the sand. It worked well and pretty soon the DWG associated the turkey baster with food and he'd go crazy when he saw it. After that, I didn't really need to put it in the sand, I could just spot feed him or he'd eat with the other fish in the water column
Sadly, the DWG found a hole in the lid and went carpet surfing. I'll probably get another one in the future
@@VegasEducation They are REALLY jumpy fish. I didnt get my yellow watchman until I was sure my tank lid was nearly impenetrable. Also, at the fish farm we would wet the pellets first in a jar with some salt water so they sink instantly when placed into the tank.
@Max Ohm ya. I knew they are jumpy. I changed out a piece of hang on the back equipment and I need to modify the lid. I figured the small gap would be fine for a few days. Especially since my DWG had become pretty chill. NOPE!
@@VegasEducation I just laid my big long rubber gloves across the back gap, that does the trick
Ive watched over 300 fishkeeping video's. This is the first!
Mine got very skinny. I dont understand because i made a plexi glass divider so he can eat mysis, pellets, flake without being out competed for food. He eats A LOT but is not gaining weight. I feed him 2 to 3 times a day and he eats to the point where he gets his fill and doesn't want anymore and i remove the divdider so the rest (yellow tang, hippo tang, purple tang and 2 lightning clowns) can eat what goby didnt finish. All the rest of the fish are fat but he continues to be skinny even though he eats to his hearts content. He continually sifts the sand all day long as well. Idk what else to do.
Copious copepods
@@MajesticAquariumsTV my tank have plenty of copepods. I see them all over rocks, sand. I've seen him eat pods all the time. But still remains skinny.
They prefer frozen foods rather than pellets
yeah, mine pops up to grab frozen food when it drifts past but I don't think it's getting enough. I will try putting some pellets in the sand
I knew they werent getting enough food! Especially the way they eat and what they eat
I have one common pleco, it stays afraid hidden in the corner behind the filter although it's bigger than every other fish in the tank.
U have lights on
😂 I love this comment
Just got 1 today and this has me wanting to put bits of frozen cube in the sand
Mine has been healthy and growing and eats everything i give him but a few days ago he vainished and havent seen him since idk what voulda happened i looked under rocks and cant find him the sand is already not as white in some spots😔i dont have any fish bigger than him and theyve never had problems
Play this video x1.25 for the correct speed lool
Fact my died do to my Emerald Crab 🦀 killing my poor goby.
Mine died 24 hours in the tank
Did you add it to lower salinity?
So you are saying if i put some of the pellets in the sand he’ll be okay?
May help
What type of sand is that?
Not sure on coral sand brand
title: "Heroine junkie gives aquarium advice"
haha just kidding
Is there a strategic way to hide food
Where it hangs out
Ok mine did die but he was an aggressive eater he would shift the sand but also when I fed in the morning he would go after and eat the food I was feeding so I don’t know why he die
What did you feed it
I feed it Mysis or Brine mix with pellets and added a little garlic to the mix
@@MajesticAquariumsTV why did you ask if you weren’t going to reply 😅
thx now my pet Jared may live longer and be happier :D
Thank you.
Will definitely give the food in sand a go or just start using turkey baster and blast some into his cave where he can eat in piece,think that might work?
Edit: also I learned something I did not know and can also share with friends who might not know this as well.
Need help, just got a Wheelers Shrimp Goby. Will they eat pellets that fall to the bottom or is it a must to buy mysis shrimp? Thank you
@@kiddt1999 i know im very late but I would reccomend mysis and pellets
@@stephenparkkkkk yes, mine is eating everything we throw his way! He is fun to watch. Thank you 👍
@@kiddt1999 what all are you feeding? Mine is not eating and im getting worried
@@stephenparkkkkk i mainly feed rods frozen foods. He will eat pellets too though which are on a timer
they eventually jump out, is it because of starvation?
Or they are trying to fly?
Put a cover on your tank. These fish are well known for jumping when stressed or frightened.
A heads up for anyone wanting to buy a watchman or diamond gobie: THEY ARE JUMPERS!!
You MUST have a solid lid on your tank or they will hop right out. Fast. And then you'll come on here and say "My gobie disappeared" lol.
Can confirm that they are habitual aeronauts.
Useful advice, don’t know why you have to be so arrogant about it though.👎🏻