good sandsifting fish?

jaxfishgirl

jaxfishgirl

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I have a 55 gallon and I am looking for a good sandsifting fish. I have heard that the golden headed sleeper goby makes a huge mess throwing sand everywhere. Does anyone have experience they can share? And what about the Diamond Goby, do they make the same amount of mess? Thanks guys/gals!
 
meowzer

meowzer

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I have a sleeper banded bullet in my 225G....MESS is his middle name...BUT he is a great sand cleaner
I have a Longfin Sleeper goby in the 54G....cleaning machine NO MESS
 
al&burke

al&burke

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Hi meowzer and Jess, I am new to this, I have a glold head goby, seems to do a good job, neat watching him, he is becoming good friends with the new cleaner shrimp. Really new what is "LOL" must be a Canadian thing that I don't know, eh!
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Canadian....LOl...I'm in OKLAHOMA...
LOL...=laugh out loud or lots of laughs (my kids teased me on that one)
 
davmul

davmul

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I have a gold head sleeper goby in my 55 and my other fish love it! I have doubled the amount i feed on a normal basis just to try to keep this thing from starving to death. I have a refugium but it was clearly not enough. He is finally starting to feed out of the water column after 3 months but it has been a struggle. I love this fish but be forewarned.
 
al&burke

al&burke

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Mine seems to eat alot of the mysis shrimp, should I be feeding him something elae. The LFS said i was lucky he was eating the mysis.
 
davmul

davmul

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If he is eating the mysis then he is propably doing well. Mine has begun to eat mysis but is very shy at feeding time. I am target feeding with a turkey baster.
 
jaxfishgirl

jaxfishgirl

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Originally Posted by davmul
http:///forum/post/3250326
I have a gold head sleeper goby in my 55 and my other fish love it! I have doubled the amount i feed on a normal basis just to try to keep this thing from starving to death. I have a refugium but it was clearly not enough. He is finally starting to feed out of the water column after 3 months but it has been a struggle. I love this fish but be forewarned.
I love the look of that fish, I just don't want to deal with the mess all over the place.
Originally Posted by DragonZim
http:///forum/post/3250478
Diamond Goby is a great sandsifter as well. They are jumpers though so they arent good on open top tanks.
I was actually looking at this fish. I will have to make a top though since I have an open top. Thanks guys/girls. :)
 
al&burke

al&burke

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Thanks davmul, mine comes out alot he hangs out with the osc. clowns and is becoming very fond of a new cleaner shrimp I bought. Fun little guy.
 
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