AcroSteve
09/01/2003, 02:55 PM
Posted this in the main reef forum, but I did not get much info.
Well, I had a watchman goby in my tank for about 1-1/2 months.
During this time, it was on the sand 99% of the time and rather shy. It would come out to eat and would do so rather aggressively, but if you made movements in the room, it would dart and hide.
I then moved it along with all the other fish to my QT setup for about 5 weeks. During this time he got very sick looking with what I think was a reaction to cumpramine treatment. It also did not eat very well, and appeared to be losing weight.
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showt...threadid=222301
About 5 days ago, all fish were returned to the main tank. The gobie immediately started eating pods - which I had never seen it do. It was also spending a lot of time crusing the live rock structure - which I liked a lot. It was not as shy about movement in the room either.
Here's the problem.
Yesterday I could not locate it and found that it was in my main overflow box. This box is very cramped and I had a hard time removing it. This box drains the 1000 gph from the tank and sends it to my chiller chamber and then to the sump. Needless to sy, I do not want it to go down the drain. I can envision it getting stuck in the chiller and not finding the way out.
Anyway, after I got it out, it was still very active and exlopring around the overflows. Today it is back in the main overflow.
Well, I had a watchman goby in my tank for about 1-1/2 months.
During this time, it was on the sand 99% of the time and rather shy. It would come out to eat and would do so rather aggressively, but if you made movements in the room, it would dart and hide.
I then moved it along with all the other fish to my QT setup for about 5 weeks. During this time he got very sick looking with what I think was a reaction to cumpramine treatment. It also did not eat very well, and appeared to be losing weight.
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showt...threadid=222301
About 5 days ago, all fish were returned to the main tank. The gobie immediately started eating pods - which I had never seen it do. It was also spending a lot of time crusing the live rock structure - which I liked a lot. It was not as shy about movement in the room either.
Here's the problem.
Yesterday I could not locate it and found that it was in my main overflow box. This box is very cramped and I had a hard time removing it. This box drains the 1000 gph from the tank and sends it to my chiller chamber and then to the sump. Needless to sy, I do not want it to go down the drain. I can envision it getting stuck in the chiller and not finding the way out.
Anyway, after I got it out, it was still very active and exlopring around the overflows. Today it is back in the main overflow.