Feeding Clown Gobies

[_nix_]

Hello all,
I have been searching the BB, and can't find a definitive answer. So....
What is everyone feeding their Clown Goby?
I have tried a number of different foods for my guy, but he just sits there and watches the food go by.
He's got a invert belly, yet swims around actively. He has been this way for over a week, every since I got him from the LFS.
Ideas?

 

[kdfrosty]

Try soaking food in garlic additive to entice eating. I dont have experience with a clown goby, but I do have a yellow watchman goby. He was prety picky about eating at first too. I started off with mysis, then switched to a combination of flake, brine, cyclopeeze, and squid. He eats just about anything now.

 

[gmusick]

Part of the problem with the clown goby is that his mouth is so small. I had a yellow clown goby and I got him to eat frozen brine shrimp (not the brine shrimp plus). If he ignores that, then I might try baby brine shrimp. I think he should eat that.

 

[speg]

Go with the cyclop-eeze in the small powder-like form. That stuff spreads all throughout the tank when you use even a small amount and my clown goby would just levitiate above the rock he was perched on and chop down on that stuff!

 

[traib]

Dito! Cyclop-eeze. I use the freezer bar type for my gobys.

 

[_nix_]

Cool, thanks everyone for the information!
I have tried mysis, brine, baby brine, live brine, (all tried soaked in garlic), will be picking up some Cyclop-eeze for him.
Question: Is there any difference between the dry vs. the frozen bar?

 

[traib]

I have both, but freezer bar is probably better nutritionally. It's what I use unless I run out and can't get to the LFS right away. :jumping:

 

[_nix_]

I am under the belief that this food is good for corals, pods, etc.?
Or am I wrong? I would really like to know if this is good for pods, as I am trying to increase my pod count.

 

[traib]

Yes to the above. It's small size and high nutrition makes it particuarly useful when dealling with smallanimals. However, my larger fish also go after it with gusto.

 

[_nix_]

Thanks everybody for the replies.
I dropped in some dry cyclop last night, my chromis went nuts! Like it was candy for them!
Not too much got around the clown goby, but he at least took a slight interest to it. Still didn't come out and eat, but maybe I change up the feeding patterns a little to see if I can get so more towards him.
I'll try and soak some dry in garlic, and then turkey baster a little in his general direction. Hopefully this helps.
Thanks again!