400 gallon project

[untamed]

Well...I purchased two new fish yesterday. (addiction is tough...) I've got a pair of Orange Spotted Sleeper Gobies. The two of them share living quarters and seem inseparable, so I'm assuming I have a male/female pair.

You can see in the latest pictures, my sand bed is anything but clean. I've long looked for a fish or two that might do the job of munching up the sand. The cuke's do a pretty good job, but they just don't cover enough area fast enough.

These two have gone about immediately building a burrow. In fact, they've surrounded their new home with a good 3" or 4" pile of substrate. It is very dramatic the change in the tank that they have caused in such a short time.

So far, I can't interest them in any food. I'm sure there is a lot of stuff in the sand bed, but I sure would like to see them eating something that I can see.

When they sand-sift, they tend to just sit on the bottom and sift. They don't rise up in the water as they sift, so the sand is generally staying on the ground and not ending up on top of my coral.

[Pan]

Originally Posted by untamed

Well...I purchased two new fish yesterday. (addiction is tough...) I've got a pair of Orange Spotted Sleeper Gobies. The two of them share living quarters and seem inseparable, so I'm assuming I have a male/female pair.

You can see in the latest pictures, my sand bed is anything but clean. I've long looked for a fish or two that might do the job of munching up the sand. The cuke's do a pretty good job, but they just don't cover enough area fast enough.

These two have gone about immediately building a burrow. In fact, they've surrounded their new home with a good 3" or 4" pile of substrate. It is very dramatic the change in the tank that they have caused in such a short time.

So far, I can't interest them in any food. I'm sure there is a lot of stuff in the sand bed, but I sure would like to see them eating something that I can see.

When they sand-sift, they tend to just sit on the bottom and sift. They don't rise up in the water as they sift, so the sand is generally staying on the ground and not ending up on top of my coral.

Cool Looking picture, I have a ladder glider that does the same thing...they really can do wonders for sandbeds.

[untamed]

OK..these two are quite the busybodies...Anyone who is tuning into the webcam is getting a good show of how busy these two are. Compare these pictures, and look at what they have accomplished in only 2 days!

The tank is often milky as they are disturbing a lot of really fine sediment. There is so much water movement that this sediment doesn't seem to be settling on anything yet. It may lead me to run mechanical filtration of some kind. Or, it might just clean itself out as they keep at it. Regardless, these guys are doing a marvellous job of cleaning my sand (and stacking it!)

Before Gobies:


After Gobies: (check out the sand pile around the rock in the middle)


"The chomp line"...

[Tom R]

Hi Brad

You are pretty lucky.

In my tank those two gobies would have made their little home somewhere down the back of the tank, never to be seen again.

Tom R

[digital-audiophile]

Your tank just keeps getting better with age!

[vazgor]

i was wondering if you could post a link to your web cam again i seam to have missed it and i would love to see your tank in real time
thanks

[Pan]

Originally Posted by vazgor

i was wondering if you could post a link to your web cam again i seam to have missed it and i would love to see your tank in real time
thanks

http://brads-aquarium.viewnetcam.com:50000/

[argan]

Is the Tank web-Cam still working Brad? couldn't get it to show me anything.

[untamed]

Originally Posted by argan

Is the Tank web-Cam still working Brad? couldn't get it to show me anything.

Yes, it is working fine. Viewing hours are only 1PM to 10PM PST. You also have to click on the "single" tab in order to see the tank.

http://brads-aquarium.viewnetcam.com:50000

[argan]

ok after 1 pm, thanks