Recent content by gthaefner

yes and no.. I posted questions about the problems with the last goby... they both begin their stay with me eating great. After about a month, the first goby suddenly stopped eating, his head turned red, had rapid breathing and died quickly. The second goby ate fine for about 4 months but hid...

live sand.. a mix of medium and fine

both gobies that I have lost have been Cryptocentrus cinctus, watchman or shrimp gobies.

after a long, hard fight we lost the goby. He died two days ago. This is the second goby that I have lost in the past year. I don't understand why. They are supposed to be hardy fish. I keep up with the water changes, pH, salt... everything. I have two clownfish and a fairy wrasse in my 35 g...

He has been eating a little bit of garlic soaked brine shrimp everyday now for about a little over a week now. However, he does not look like he is getting any better. He is still just as thin and now he looks as if he is rotting (for lack of a better term). His top fin seems to be...

Thanks! I have been using the garlic and it has seemed to help. The goby still does not eat a whole lot but he eats a little more each day. This has to be a good sign, right?

Thanks reeffreak! I was thinking it might be a parasite too but I was not sure. I called my LFS and they suggested using garlic with shrimp and also treating with metronitrozal (spelling??). They said that neither of these will hurt anything else in my tank. Does this sound right to anyone? I...

I believe he is a Cryptocentrus cinctus, a watchman or shrimp goby. The situation is worse than my first post explained. I have had him now for 4 or 5 months and he has been healthy. However, he is very shy and spends alot of time hidden in the rock. I think this behavior is typically of a...

Hello, my goby likes to hide in the rock and when i feed the fish sometimes he will come out and i feed him with the turkey baster. We used to always feed him brine shrimp then we started on misis. Today when i saw him he looked very thin, so i got some brine out and he ate a litte. He would not...

Check out my new edition to our tank! Got him out of the scrap pile for cheap so he is small right now but he fit the college budget. Does anyone know what type he is? The employee at the fish store told us that we do not need to feed him, he will pick up food floating around. Is this true...

Hello everyone! I read through many of the posts and I see people talk about bristleworms, and copepods in their tanks. How can I tell if I have these in my tank? Is it possible that I don't have any because I never see any little crawlers in my tank? I have a 35 g tank with 35 lbs of live rock...

Well, they don't move so I don't think they are a type of worm. They don't seem to be coming out of any nearby tubes either. Any other ideas? Thanks!!!!

I just noticed these little "strings" on my LR and sand. They look like little cobwebs . Any idea what they might be or from? My snails and hermits just pass right over them. They are too small and thin to get a picture of. Thanks!!!!

That is really cool about the clownfish. Will there ever be baby clownfish????

I would love to have an anemone for them but I don't have the proper lighting right now. I really would love to any hard and soft corals and anemones but due to my budget the lighting has to wait. Actually, I have heard that you can make your own HQI light using the light from a street lamp for...