Feeding Goby's...

[Djbetterly]

So I really want to get a Goby and came very close to buying one today. I resisted because I need to know more about the feeding of these fish.

Liveaquaria.com says diet should include a variety of mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, table shrimp, and frozen preparations for carnivores. It should be fed at least twice per day.

So here is my question. One obviously cannot use an auto feeder with wet food. So if one is not home every day to feed the goby twice a day, what are the other options? Please keep my tank in mind, I have a 34 gallon solana, thread link below.




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[howze01]

What kind of Goby? Really depends on the species you're looking at.

 

[Djbetterly]

Either a Yellow Prawn Goby or a Yasha White Goby.

 

[howze01]

They will both do just fine with a regular feeding a day along with the other fish. Yes, a couple of smaller feedings is better than one big one but you shouldn't have a problem. I would think that either could be acclimated to eat pellets as well.

Were you thinking of a pistol shrimp to keep along with them?

 

[Djbetterly]

Ok cool! And what about traveling, any thoughts? Or is that when a fishsitter comes in?

 

[howze01]

Fish will always be fine for a couple of days without food. If you're going away for a longer period of time that's when training them onto pellets would help. You can always add pellets to an autofeeder. If you have someone you can trust then a fishsitter would be great.

 

[Djbetterly]

I do plan on getting a pistol shrimp as well. Which Goby do you think has the best personality per se? Could I have both of them in there?

 

[howze01]

I really like the Yasha out of the 2. I don't think I would do both in a 34g tank. What you could do is get a pair of either of them. The pair will live with the shrimp.

 

[meloncoral]

Have you tried the frozen Ova small fish love it