davidb Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 hey ya'll I was reading on a website that fish need some sort of moonlighting so they don't swim into an anenome at night. this isn't correct is it... I only need my actnic blue running for half an hour before and after my mh comes on aye... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 I've got two anemones in 200lts and never had probs. I've got moonlighting but its only on two nights a week. All my fish except clowns sleep inside live rock anyway Bangaii just doesnt seem to sleep at all feeds on pods all night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted January 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 yeah my goby is still out feeding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Do you have a sleeper goby? what size sand do you have, how old is your tank? asking coz I want one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 it was sold as a sand goby- I got it the first day it came into hff. I had a look at a marine fish encyclopedia and it doesn't seem to be the actual species sand goby... I am thinking it might be a hawaiian-sand goby but i will have to do more research. My tank is really new but I have had live rock in it for about 3 weeks. The sand is really big but he doesn't seem to have any problems gulping it down... I have used small sinking food to supplement the micronutrients he is getting from the sand but I will teach him to feed like ordinary fish also... he seems happy at the moment and I will keep a close eye on him. On the brightside my bta has found a place where he is happy so he will no longer have to dodge swimming anemones! He is still very shy but i have lots of caves and crevasses built into my rockwork. I can approach the tank slowly and he will keep on doing what he is doing but if i make any fast movements he darts off into a cave. It was really funny watching the guy at the shp try and catch him because he is decievingly fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 they had a nice little blenny there too when I went there. I was tossing up wether to get the goby or the bleny. My sand is only half an inch deep so the goby makes easy work of churning it up and keeping it clean of detirus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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