Goby MIA!

angler man

angler man

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48 hours have passed and I haven't seen him at all. He's a sandsifting goby that is about 4". I do have a CBS in the tank, but this goby is lightning quick and somewhat skiddish. I tested my Ammonia and Nitrates to see if there was a spike and they both are reading zero. If he was toast wouldn't I be seeing a spike of some kind with the water? I did check the outside of the tank to make sure I didn't have a jumper. He was properly drip acclimated as well. The tank has a lot of rock for hiding spots but the two days we had/have him he was out sifting like there was no tomorrow.
Ideas/suggestions?
 
angler man

angler man

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Originally Posted by paintballer768
Other inhabitants? When was he added?
Just a cleaner crew and a CBS. He was added 4 days ago.
 
yosemite sam

yosemite sam

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You have a 90 gallon tank, right? A single fish probably isn't going to make much of a spike in a cycled tank, and your clean up crew would have eaten most of it before it started to pollute the tank.
It's possible it's just hiding. New fish can take a while to adjust to their surroundings. Was it eating?
 
angler man

angler man

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Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam
You have a 90 gallon tank, right? A single fish probably isn't going to make much of a spike in a cycled tank, and your clean up crew would have eaten most of it before it started to pollute the tank.
It's possible it's just hiding. New fish can take a while to adjust to their surroundings. Was it eating?
It was eating/sifting like crazy. I didn't know that a casualty could be that minimal on the water parameters.
Snake, yeah, just peachy! Looks like I may have to up the ante on the money wasted thread!

Oh well, hopefully he's just hiding, and not in the CBS's stomach.
 
scotts

scotts

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Do you perchance have any other pets such as cats or dogs? If so you may never find out if it jumped or not, if you know what I mean. I only found half of my Diamond goby.
Let's all sing it together, "the circle, the circle of life...."
 
buckster71

buckster71

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Here it goes.
Two days in a row, I don't see my Firefish.
Four days I didn't see my Mandrin
1 day out of 8 I have seen my new Diamond Goby
One day they eventually come out of their hole.
 
mie

mie

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Originally Posted by Scotts
How old are your kids? They may have found a new snack......

I would'nt put it past them.
 
angler man

angler man

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Originally Posted by SWAlchemist
If you have overflows check in there.
Okay, so I tore my canopy off(total pain in the butt)and found the little monster in my overflow
. What now? I don't want to tear apart the plumbing and how in the heck can I keep this from happening again?
I would have never guessed that goby's travel the water column.
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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Originally Posted by Angler man
Okay, so I tore my canopy off(total pain in the butt)and found the little monster in my overflow
. What now? I don't want to tear apart the plumbing and how in the heck can I keep this from happening again?
I would have never guessed that goby's travel the water column.
They are sneaky and like to hide anywhere that they find "safe", including your carpet
. Can you add some mesh to the opening to the overflow?
 
mikeyjer

mikeyjer

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Originally Posted by Angler man
Okay, so I tore my canopy off(total pain in the butt)and found the little monster in my overflow
. What now? I don't want to tear apart the plumbing and how in the heck can I keep this from happening again?
I would have never guessed that goby's travel the water column.
You can try by using a netting first to try to get it out of the overflow. Best to put some sort of cover over your overflow and you need some egg crate or something to cover the back of your canopy too since they're known to be jumpers....
 
S

swalchemist

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Good luck you have to catch him with a small net and it take time. You will get eventually though so try every day. I knew thats where he would turn up.
 
m0nk

m0nk

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Maybe put some eggcrate above the water-line around your overflows? Dunno if this guy is too small and might fit through....
 
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