Sand Sifting Goby

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boogieman77

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I have a 65 Gallon reef tank thats been up and running for around 6-7 Months now and having a hard time with adding a sand sifting goby. At first my sleeper banded goby did fine for a few months then found him floating around dead. So I went out and got another one and few weeks later he was dead. Tried a lawnmower bleamey and he didnt last 1 day. My stock is 2 clowns, six line wrasse, yellow watchman goby, blue hippoe tang, yellow tang. Normal cleanup crew of snails and blue legged crabs. 2 cleaner shrimp and a Fireman shrimp and 1 arrow crab. Weekly water changes of 10-15 gallons. All perimeters are excellent. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Originally Posted by boogieman77 http:///forum/thread/385914/sand-sifting-goby#post_3386685
I have a 65 Gallon reef tank thats been up and running for around 6-7 Months now and having a hard time with adding a sand sifting goby. At first my sleeper banded goby did fine for a few months then found him floating around dead. So I went out and got another one and few weeks later he was dead. Tried a lawnmower bleamey and he didnt last 1 day. My stock is 2 clowns, six line wrasse, yellow watchman goby, blue hippoe tang, yellow tang. Normal cleanup crew of snails and blue legged crabs. 2 cleaner shrimp and a Fireman shrimp and 1 arrow crab. Weekly water changes of 10-15 gallons. All perimeters are excellent. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Welcome to the site.
Some ideas to consider:

  • Did you use live sand, or dry dead and did you use aragonite or crushed coral? Live rock or dry, and how much?

  • I ask because in 6-7 months dead sand would not have enough to keep a goby alive, and once depleated the second goby had even less

  • Crushed coral is not good sand to use with sand sifting critters.

  • If a fish didn't make it after 1 day...it could have been a sick fish, the other fish m ay have attacked it, already starved and the stress of the move was too much or you acclimated him too fast.
    Final thoughts....A hippo tang and a yellow tang are algae eaters and a LMB in a 65g with them would not have enpough to eat. Also and I hope you don't take this personal but your tank is to restricted for any tangs. Tiny ones would be okay for a bit but they need a larger tank.
    In my 90g I have + CUC

  • 2 Clowns
    Hippo tang
    Kole Tang
    Lemonpeel dwarf angelfish
    Orchid Dottyback
    Lawnmower Blenny
It seems to me (and it is just an opinion) that with your type of fish in a 65g that you are maxed out on fish.
 
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