Twin Spot Goby Help

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Originally Posted by paddyob

Twin spot are not a good choice for most. As you already learned, better in pairs.

Also more sensitive than others. More of an advanced/expert fish.

If you can't support it on sifting alone, you are going to have trouble.


Get a baby sitter if you need one.

Good luck.

I can certainly support it by continuing to do what I'm doing: injecting the food into the sand. I'm hoping I don't have to do it forever, though. Once the new tank is set up I'll be investigating ways to populate the sandbed for him. Though I will continue to give him his "shrimp cocktail."

I didn't treat him for internal parasites, however. When I do the tank switch he'll be treated before moving to the new display tank. I suspect this is what will kill him: if I don't treat him.

The tank is peaceful, and he doesn't seem agitated or nervous. Of course, I have nothing to compare his behavior to so I may not know what I'm looking at.

I am going to have to find someone to pop into the house a couple of times, as we have a rabbit and plants that will also need care while we're away.

Originally Posted by dc4

I've tried keeping a single signal goby and then a pair, didn't end well on either occasion and I over feed my tank twice a day. I would never recommend them to anyone and I think they should be left at the LFS so they stop stocking them. I have a pair of fat mating Mandarins and I would rate them a 5 and the twin spot a 10 in terms of difficulty if that helps.

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How long did your gobies live? I desperately want a Mandarin, and now I'm thinking that maybe I can do it: if I can care for the goby as long as you did.

If this one does well I may look for a partner for him, but that is the only reason I would ever purchase another one. I have read a couple of anecdotal stories online where a couple of people have been successful with them for a year+, but they are very much the minority.

I had researched "sand sifting gobies" in general, but I hadn't encountered this species in my research. I figured he had to be reasonably similar to the others. A quick "google" on my BlackBerry at the store didn't raise any red flags, so I went ahead with the purchase. Then when I did my in depth research at home while acclimating him, I learned about my mistake.