Do dragon/banded gobies need sand in QT

[Myrddraal]

I'm considering purchasing a dragon/brown barred goby, and am wondering if I need to put a sand bucket in the QT tank with it after I get it home. I can seed the sand with food using a pipette so that there will be food for it. How has everyone else QT'd this fish? Thanks!

[lecher]

Most of the time these fish will readily accept prepared foods. If so you should be fine with no sand in the quarantine tank.

[scatty25]

I personally perfer to have a sndbed in my QT tank because most wrasse' that you would get should have a sandbed. It would be a pain to add one later.

[lux_06]

you dont need one for this goby, however if you want one just fill a small container about an inch deep with sand and place it in there that way its way easier to manage.

this works well for QTing wrasses.

[Myrddraal]

I added a small sand bucket to my QT. I don't want to put a full sandbed in this tank, as it's also my hospital tank and may get medicated from time to time. I used a small plastic pail, cut down and filled with about 2" of sand. I put a piece of plastic wrap over the bucket to prevent a sandstorm when I lowered it into the tank.