Help!!! Skinny diamond goby
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Topic: Help!!! Skinny diamond goby
Posted By: Dan9554880
Subject: Help!!! Skinny diamond goby
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 3:26pm
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Well today looking at my tank closer I saw that my diamond goby was skinny. How can I get him fat again? My tank is a 90 gallon with about 150lbs of live sand and 90 of liverock. He eats anything I put there. He still really active and sifts through the sand. I have not being feeding as much as I used to could this be the problem? I feed nls pellets everyday and mysis almost everyday (soak in garlic) I tried to spot feed him today but I scare him and he went to hide while the whole feeding. I have had him since January and I don't want to loose him what can I do? ------------- 210 Mixed Reef 20 Nuvo nano reef Learn your tank, not the hobby |
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Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 3:28pm
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He may be eating but not getting the right nutrients. Try changing foods and add more. Of he does not improve, it may be internal parasites. PraziPro is the treatment, and it is reef safe. ------------- www.reefdup.com Diving since 2009, reefkeeping since 2007, & fishkeeping since 1987 200g, 75g, & 15g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water |
Posted By: Dan9554880
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 10:37pm
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Bump ------------- 210 Mixed Reef 20 Nuvo nano reef Learn your tank, not the hobby |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 6:41am
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Aloha, If it's been living since January, it may not be suffering from parasites or intestinal worms. My question would be whether the Goby has eaten most of what was living in the sand and is now not getting enough to eat? Try feeding the Mysis, BS, or other frozen meaty fish foods once a day. Don't bother with Garlic Oil every day. Garlic is only needed one feeding every 2-3 weeks as a preventive measure. I don't like to use pellets/flakes except for when I don't have 5 minutes to thaw some real fish food. I've seen how dry fish foods are baked. It made me think of bread and chips. Fish are much healthier eating a variety of more natural foods, including algae like in Emerald Entree. I have extra flats of Spirulina Algae Enriched BS - $3 each if you want to come over and "talk reef".  Mahalo, Mark  808-345-1049 call/text anytime ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: Dan9554880
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 5:25pm
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I'm thinking of doing multiple small feeding of mysis everyday will this be good? Here's a pic of him  ------------- 210 Mixed Reef 20 Nuvo nano reef Learn your tank, not the hobby |
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 5:52pm
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I'll have to disagree with Mark about the pellet food. New Life Spectrum pellets are an excellent food and fish love them. You have the added benefit that they will sink down where the Diamond goby likes to feed. Like any other food just don't over feed it. |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 9:37pm
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Yes, Mysis Shrimp are good and if a hobbyist wants to go to the effort of feeding more than once a day, go for it. Personally, I have good success with feeding large amounts daily with an occasional day of fasting. I feed a combination of 1. Emerald Entree, because mixed in with the shrimp are krill, plankton, lettuce, brewers yeast, fish oil, vitamins and minerals; 2. Spirulina Enriched Brine Shrimp, because their guts contain the single celled algae that all fish need; 3. Chef Bacot's special blend of all the above and more; 4. Chef Bob's special blend of all the above and more; and last but not least 5. Cyclops [Edit] 6. Great Salt Lake Brine Shrimp (extremely robust shrimp with tons of color). My tanks also have a good growth of macroalgae which some fish munch throughout the day. Stands of Macro also grows lots of Amphipods Copepods and other bugs which feeds fish all day and night with adult bugs and their spawn. I also like Rods Food for all the good stuff it has, similar to the 5 mixture above. I understand Jimbo's disagreement but let's stop and think about it - What do these fish eat in the wild? Do they eat dry baked goods or are bugs and algae their main diet? Then consider humans. We love breads and we go crazy for chips and cookies because they taste so good, but we cannot live healthy on those foods alone. I believe in feeding foods that are as close as possible to what a fish would naturally eat. That's also why I feed my tanks regular doses of single celled algae, the bottom of the food chain (makes all kinds of things grow). Aloha, Mark ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 10:02pm
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Quality pellets shouldn't be equated to human junk food. Often they're just ground versions of what the fish would naturally eat...sold in a convenient way. I've found that in rescuing corals, the corals can digest the pellets easier and recover faster initially than by feeding whole foods. I switch to whole foods only when the coral is fully healthy. I'd compare a quality pellet more to hospital gruel...it gets the job done in a more digestable way. ------------- www.reefdup.com Diving since 2009, reefkeeping since 2007, & fishkeeping since 1987 200g, 75g, & 15g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 10:38pm
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"hospital gruel" Oh
 Of course, I make the comparison to help make the point that natural whole food is generally better than processed food. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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