yelow goby wont eat

[coralcor]

so i bought this yellow goby about a week ago. and i still havent seen it eat.... was rely looking at him today and i saw that his stomach is like not there.....its so empty.... i feel bad for him.... so i fed something like 6-7 types of food.... mysis,2 types of formula one frozen, formula one pellet, formula 2, a krill pellet food, and ora clown food, also i mushed up some mysis just to make sure they weren't to big.... and i fead so much im kinda worried about phosphates.....

any tips or anything that will help. i feel rely bad for him.....

 

[coralcor]

any one got any ideas?

 

[Liam]

when you say yellow goby is it a watchman or a citron goby?

 

[coralcor]

yellow clown goby
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+31+1441&pcatid=1441

thanks for clearing that up

 

[Liam]

how big is it?

 

[coralcor]

little over an inch

 

[Liam]

have you tried something like frozen cyclopeeze?

 

[Liam]

or frozen/live brine shrimp?

 

[Mini4x]

Jeez mine ate anything and everything..

Mysis
Brine
Pellets
krill

THey have smallish mouths though, is the food small enough?

 

[coralcor]

have you tried something like frozen cyclopeeze?

or frozen/live brine shrimp?

dont have any of those on hand

Jeez mine ate anything and everything..

Mysis
Brine
Pellets
krill

THey have smallish mouths though, is the food small enough?

yea. im using the smallest formula one pelets. and i evin mushed up mysis

 

[dcforester1]

I have 2 they eat everything, but they do wait their turn so they dont end up being dinner. Do you have a small tank you can put him in. I am trying to do that with a Blue Gudgeon Goby. He is very shy. He will eat, but hes not getting enough. I had 2, the other starved to death. As soon as he went in the tank, he never came out until he died. I felt so bad. It stinks when they dont eat.
Good Luck

 

[biggyclops]

try a garlic soak.

 

[coralcor]

I have 2 they eat everything, but they do wait their turn so they dont end up being dinner. Do you have a small tank you can put him in. I am trying to do that with a Blue Gudgeon Goby. He is very shy. He will eat, but hes not getting enough. I had 2, the other starved to death. As soon as he went in the tank, he never came out until he died. I felt so bad. It stinks when they dont eat.
Good Luck

he is a rely active fish..... he just dosent eat. i hit him in the face with some food....... and atm all i have it my 34g RSM... i do have a DIY specimen container.... its a Tupperware container with holes drilled in it..... could put him in that...

 

[somewhereinri]

I had a YCG that was a very picky eater. He only ate frozen brine, and occasionally live pods. Good luck, they're awesome lil fish, I miss mine.

 

[coralcor]

I had a YCG that was a very picky eater. He only ate frozen brine, and occasionally live pods. Good luck, they're awesome lil fish, I miss mine.

no luck.... i went out at bought brine and krill... wont eat any.... i think he is going to die...

 

[frank180reef]

try live brine?

 

[Mini4x]

on a side note..

I went away for 4 days.. had someone I can trust enough feeding the fish..

Came home to 2 things.
1. YCG AWOL
2. Falco in the overflow

Well, got the falco out without too much ordeal time for some 'protection' there..

Goby was AWOL until last night, he was never shy was always out and about until now, didn't see him even during feeding for over a week.

Did your eat yet?

 

[coralcor]

nope still hasn't....

 

[Sean Irwin]

Krill is way too large. I haven't come across a goby yet that won't devour spirulina brine, cyclops-eaze, or blood worms. Incidentally all my fish go bananas when I feed nutra-mar frozen prawn eggs. You can get them from Premium Aquatics or maybe Skiptons (where I purchased mine). They also sometimes go for Reed's Arctipods too.

 

[coralcor]

im going to tropic isle tomorrow.... maby i will get some cyclope-eaze. every one is recommending that