Goby In Predator Tank

[swaddicted]

I have a 75 gallon with 10lbs. of live rock, 80lbs. live sand, one vol. lion, one sleeper goby, two yellow tail damsels and three turbo snails. The tank has been running for about six weeks with no problems

. I have a wet dry with bio balls. Tonight I performed my first 20% water change. Should I do a 20% water change once a month or twice a month? I've heard bio balls bulid up nitrates so more water changes are necessary. Your feedback will be appreciated.
I want to eventually have a tank with the lion, por. puffer and panther grouper. Would the sleeper goby be able to survive that line-up? The goby just seems irreplaceable due to cleaning the sand so well and adding oxygen to the tank. I know the puffer will be after the snails so they will be out of the question. As I stated before, all feedback will be very much appreciated.

 

[keith burn]

imo no with a lion all small fish will be fair game

 

[salt life]

When I had my volitan, one of his tankmates was a scooter blenny, he left him alone and showed no interest. but it is a different case everytime with the fish. Most of the time small fish will be food in only a matter of time, other times, you can get away with it.

 

[swaddicted]

Thanks for the replies. The lion, so far does not show any interest in even the two small yellow tail damsels. I will play it by ear. What I love about the goby is his ability to eat anything the top feeders don't eat and keeping the algae off the sand

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One more question for you. What, in your opinion, is the best frozen food to start the lion on. The lion will eat mysis when he's fooled and then won't touch it again until the next feeding session. He's eaten krill, then spits it out. The LFS runs out of live ghost shrimp often. Should I take the approach of not offering live food and forcing him to eat frozen? Will he eventually swith over due to being hungry? Any responses are appreciated.

 

[trouble93]

Originally Posted by SWAddicted
http:///forum/post/2952326
I have a 75 gallon with 10lbs. of live rock, 80lbs. live sand, one vol. lion, one sleeper goby, two yellow tail damsels and three turbo snails. The tank has been running for about six weeks with no problems

. I have a wet dry with bio balls. Tonight I performed my first 20% water change. Should I do a 20% water change once a month or twice a month? I've heard bio balls bulid up nitrates so more water changes are necessary. Your feedback will be appreciated.
I want to eventually have a tank with the lion, por. puffer and panther grouper. Would the sleeper goby be able to survive that line-up? The goby just seems irreplaceable due to cleaning the sand so well and adding oxygen to the tank. I know the puffer will be after the snails so they will be out of the question. As I stated before, all feedback will be very much appreciated.

I want to make sure I was reading this right or was it a typo...You have 10lbs. of live rock in a 75gal. tank.

 

[swaddicted]

Yes, 10 lbs. was correct. I have since added 10 more lbs. of cured rock. I was told that having the bio-balls I wouldn't need the 1-1 1/2lb. per 1 gal. ratio. Should I still use the ratio and buy 55 more lbs. of cured rock? I was planning to add more little by little. I realize adding 55 lbs.at one time, I would make sure it's cured by putting it in a tub until the numbers were good. Although, my LFS is pretty reliable when it comes to the rock actually being cured.

 

[renogaw]

your panther grouper will eventually try to eat your lionfish...along with everything else while growing to upwards of 21" and looking like dookie.
don't get the panther grouper

 

[swaddicted]

Yes, I did some research a while back and took the grouper out of the equation.

 

[fishkid13]

My dad had a vol. lionfish with a blue spot goby. they did fine together and the vol. left him alone but the goby wouldn't leave his food alone. ahaah It is not everyday you see a goby eating goldfish.

 

[swaddicted]

Yea, so far the vol. lion and the goby get along great. I cannot say enough about the sleeper goby. He eats unwanted food, sifts the sand. Of course the only bummer is the cloudy water at times from sifting and him burring holes under the live rock. But you can't have everything.