How do I feed a neon goby?

owlett

owlett

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Hi! I just bought a neon goby the other day and I have yet to see him eat anything. I also have a six lined wrasse and the two of them seem to be getting along alright except the goby likes to follow him around at a distance. the wrasse really digs brine shrimp but the goby is such a tiny little thing I don't know if he can fit a brine shrimp into his little mouth!
The guy at the store said that gobies were hard to keep alive if you don't have enough parasites in your tank. However, I'm not about to buy a fish covered in parasites just to feed my goby! I was hoping he could find and eat some of my billions of copepods and maybe daphnia or somthing. He is only about an inch long and I need help!:rolleyes:
 
flobskey

flobskey

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I had two, with the same problem, unfortunatly they died.:( Just keep feeding the, try direct feeding. Good luck
 
bdhough

bdhough

Active Member
try other things as well. Or chopping the brine up more.....
My damsels liked mysid shrimp and then stopped eating it because they didn't like it, well it was to big for them. Had to try other things.
 
fshhub

fshhub

Active Member
unfortunately this is one of the problems with neon gobies
They eat parasites, and unless there si food, they often do starve. Just like mandarins with pods. or Nudis with teir food source.
good luck, they are beautiful.
 
guppie

guppie

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Keep tring to feed it different thing some fish can take awhile to start eatting. I would not worry unless it goes over a week or so.
 
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