Two spot / twin spot goby

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RocketMan

Anyone have recomendations on feeding these guys? I bought one Last week because he was cool and I wanted my sand clean. He doesn't seem to be eating anything I put in, but he is doing a great job on the sand in my 12 gal Nano-Cube DX!

I wish I had searched the archives before buying him -- it was an impulse buy. He looks kind of skinny so any suggestions on food would be appreciated.

BTW - My purple fire fish and yellow clown goby do not bother him at all.

Thanks.

Michael
 
I have one in a 100 G tank.

He works on the sand constantly but gets much more active after I feed a dry mixture I made by copying the ingredients listed in Reef Chili (http://www.reefchili.com/services.html).

Been in there about 4 months and looks pretty much ok.
 
These are best kept in pairs. You can have some success on an individual basis but longterm they need to be paired.

frozen brine, mysis, blackworms are the best food source.
 
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1876&articleid=2088

The Twinspot Goby is also referred to as the Two Spot Goby, Signal Goby, or Crabeye Goby. The head and body are white splattered with orange markings. Its erect dorsal fins are distinctly marked by eyespots.

It should reside in a 30 gallon or larger aquarium with live sand as a substrate, and an attached populated refugium.

It will rarely act aggressively towards other fish, but is territorial, and will fight with its own kind unless they are a mated pair.


Under correct conditions, the Twinspot Goby will spawn successfully in an aquarium.

Usually, the Twinspot Goby feeds off the bottom sifting through the sand for food. It should be fed a variety of live vitamin-enriched frozen brine shrimp, mysid shrimp, live black worms, and prepared foods for carnivores.
 
Thanks for all the advice!

I have ordered some "Reef Chili" on Ebay, and I have tried a few new foods since my post. My goby is eating frozen blood worms eagerly (and the occasional mysis shrimp), so I think he is going to be OK.

I won't be able to get another one because I only have the 12 gal tank.

BTW - I tried pellets, and they were readily taken, but expelled through the gills as if they were sand.

One more question: What are black worms and where can you get them?

Thanks again.
 
You probably don't want them:

Black worms (tubifex) do not have the best reputation as live food; no doubt they are very nutritious for the fish, an excellent protein source, good for breeding. It is more the circumstances on how they are mass bred or live in nature that contributes to their bad rep.

Black worms can be found in polluted rivers mainly on the banks as they like muddy environments. They are in fact a positive sign and indicator that the water is polluted. Mass breeding takes place in aquaculture, trout farms and the likes. They are kept in run off ponds where they feed of fish waste. The black worm's reputation is therefore a bacteria and disease infested worm.

Nevertheless, it doesn't have to stay that way, as they are a high protein source, if not the best available.

Cultivating black worms will not yield a large harvest but will still provide the fish with a tasty snack.

When you get the first species from a pet store, place them in a jar of clear water. Replace the water 3 times a day until it stays clear. This procedure cleans out the fish and will get rid of whatever they might carry within.

In the meantime, prepare a small aquarium (1-5 Gallons filled up to 1/3 with water) with a layer of peat (about 1 inch). A small airstone will provide some oxygen and dilute some of the waste. Lighting is not needed. Water temperature should be room temperature; the upper tolerance is about 90 F and the lower about 40 F. The water has to be free of chlorine/ chloramine.

As food source, flour or cornmeal can be used, pre-mixed with a little milk or just applied directly. Don't worry about the water getting cloudy. It should not however smell rotten.

After 3-4 weeks harvesting time is here. The little 1-inch worms will stick their tails out of the "mud", ready to be fed to your fish.
On a side note, it is best to feed one worm at a time or to get a worm feeder. You do not want these little creatures to dive down the substrate at large; they will create too much waste if they start breeding in the main tank.

You can also combine the worms and water flees in one set-up and breed them simultaneously
 
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