Diamond goby and jawfish ...

Congaken · Feb 19, 2017

My 65 fowlr is doing well except for sand sifter fish...lost 2 jawfish about a month ago...just lost my diamond goby this morning...he had been QT'd for at least a month at a reliable lfs...my guess is that my sand bed does not have enough good stuff in it to maintain them...also I have eggcrate under the bed...don't know if this is a problem....the goby had what seemed to be a dark blood spot behind his mouth as he lay dead...any ideas...

The new fish on the block · Feb 19, 2017

Have you heard any popping coming from the tank do to you have a pistol shrimp?

Congaken · Feb 19, 2017

The new fish on the block said:
Have you heard any popping coming from the tank do to you have a pistol shrimp?

nope...do have a coral banded shrimp and some peppermints...you think its murder?...also I put in a emerald crab months ago...never seen him since...assume he's dead...

The new fish on the block · Feb 19, 2017

I'm not sure maybe one of the shrimp pinched it causing in to bleed internally?

Congaken · Feb 19, 2017

The new fish on the block said:
I'm not sure maybe one of the shrimp pinched it causing in to bleed internally?

the goby was staying in his cave the last couple of days...cbs was not bopping around as usual...reading up...it seems that the cbs may be the culprit...it seems that sedentary fish are a target for him...if true, no more sifters...what 'cha think?