Where's my Goby? - Vote
AetherealKnight
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If you’re taking to me.. back then I had a canister filter lol, so I doubt it.
dwarfseahorse
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I have gone through the same thing with my goby but it always turns out it is deep into one of the caves that the pistol shrimp keeps digging. Since they usually are always together, I finally figured out that sometimes the goby will stay inside the caves where it can see the shrimp but does not have to actually come out of the cave unless needed. The pistol shrimp is constantly taking food into the caves so I've never had to worry about either of them not eating. Never thought a tank could have so many underground caves.Hello! We have a mystery on our hands.
My Yellow Clown Goby has not been seen in 2 days. He was reported missing Sunday, last seen Friday evening. I have a 25G AIO, without a lid.
I have a decent amount of rockwork, and most of it has been visually inspected. My sand shows no signs of a recent death. I inspected all AIO compartments, though cannot inspect underneath the return pump. I have 5 red-legged hermit crabs as a CUC, with 2 clownfish as the other companions. All areas external of the tank have been checked, within reason. I only visually inspected part of underneath my bed. I have checked every crevice possible. I do not have an ammonia test to check for a spike.
Please enter your votes! I will post the results once a conclusion is reached. The Goby is either..
Hiding in rockwork, somewhere/somehow, as they do..
Died and was cleaned up by 5 hermits, with no evidence to remain.
Jumped out of the tank and hopped some distance to a remote location.
Jumped into the AIO compartment and is hiding or dead under the return pump.
There is a slim chance it's within the sections between AIO compartments, though with flow and size unlikely.
I hope he/she is ok. Here's a photo for you. This happened the day before my KrakenReef lid arrived.
OP
OP
May have been me. I did not see him.
UPDATE:Hello! We have a mystery on our hands.
My Yellow Clown Goby has not been seen in 2 days. He was reported missing Sunday, last seen Friday evening. I have a 25G AIO, without a lid.
I have a decent amount of rockwork, and most of it has been visually inspected. My sand shows no signs of a recent death. I inspected all AIO compartments, though cannot inspect underneath the return pump. I have 5 red-legged hermit crabs as a CUC, with 2 clownfish as the other companions. All areas external of the tank have been checked, within reason. I only visually inspected part of underneath my bed. I have checked every crevice possible. I do not have an ammonia test to check for a spike.
Please enter your votes! I will post the results once a conclusion is reached. The Goby is either..
Hiding in rockwork, somewhere/somehow, as they do..
Died and was cleaned up by 5 hermits, with no evidence to remain.
Jumped out of the tank and hopped some distance to a remote location.
Jumped into the AIO compartment and is hiding or dead under the return pump.
There is a slim chance it's within the sections between AIO compartments, though with flow and size unlikely.
I hope he/she is ok. Here's a photo for you. This happened the day before my KrakenReef lid arrived.
I have found a heavily injured gorilla crab which I have removed from my tank. I believe the gorilla and goby had a bout. A terrible ending to this story
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Check tank overflow, sump, floor and even just hiding wellHello! We have a mystery on our hands.
My Yellow Clown Goby has not been seen in 2 days. He was reported missing Sunday, last seen Friday evening. I have a 25G AIO, without a lid.
I have a decent amount of rockwork, and most of it has been visually inspected. My sand shows no signs of a recent death. I inspected all AIO compartments, though cannot inspect underneath the return pump. I have 5 red-legged hermit crabs as a CUC, with 2 clownfish as the other companions. All areas external of the tank have been checked, within reason. I only visually inspected part of underneath my bed. I have checked every crevice possible. I do not have an ammonia test to check for a spike.
Please enter your votes! I will post the results once a conclusion is reached. The Goby is either..
Hiding in rockwork, somewhere/somehow, as they do..
Died and was cleaned up by 5 hermits, with no evidence to remain.
Jumped out of the tank and hopped some distance to a remote location.
Jumped into the AIO compartment and is hiding or dead under the return pump.
There is a slim chance it's within the sections between AIO compartments, though with flow and size unlikely.
I hope he/she is ok. Here's a photo for you. This happened the day before my KrakenReef lid arrived.
My goby disappeared for a couple of weeks, I found him in my sump when I was cleaning out the filter socks. He was in the overflow area that drains into the socks.Hello! We have a mystery on our hands.
My Yellow Clown Goby has not been seen in 2 days. He was reported missing Sunday, last seen Friday evening. I have a 25G AIO, without a lid.
I have a decent amount of rockwork, and most of it has been visually inspected. My sand shows no signs of a recent death. I inspected all AIO compartments, though cannot inspect underneath the return pump. I have 5 red-legged hermit crabs as a CUC, with 2 clownfish as the other companions. All areas external of the tank have been checked, within reason. I only visually inspected part of underneath my bed. I have checked every crevice possible. I do not have an ammonia test to check for a spike.
Please enter your votes! I will post the results once a conclusion is reached. The Goby is either..
Hiding in rockwork, somewhere/somehow, as they do..
Died and was cleaned up by 5 hermits, with no evidence to remain.
Jumped out of the tank and hopped some distance to a remote location.
Jumped into the AIO compartment and is hiding or dead under the return pump.
There is a slim chance it's within the sections between AIO compartments, though with flow and size unlikely.
I hope he/she is ok. Here's a photo for you. This happened the day before my KrakenReef lid arrived.
Schulks
Well-Known Member
I have 2 green band gobies in a tank. 1 of them hides 99% of the time and I keep thinking he is dead but then he reappears one day. I have not seen him in a couple weeks; once again I am thinking he is dead but he could just be nocturnal or something....
BristleWormHater
Valuable Member
I have a Green Clown Goby. He hides 99% of the time. Feeding time he darts out grabs a frozen shrimp and back behind some rocks. Not very social.
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