Bloody Yellow-headed Sandsifting Goby

[untamed]

Originally Posted by Black Phantom

It must be just your fish
My orange spotted is a great addition and pretty much leaves the sand alone. He mostly spends his day perched on his favorite rock.

The Orange spotted behaviour is very different from the yellow-head. Yellow heads take a mouthful, then swim upward letting the sand fall through as they rise. Orange spotted stay on the sand bed. As a result, the yellow heads tend to deposit a lot more sand in higher areas.

However...like clockwork every few weeks, my orange spotted male tries to bury the female under a mountain of substrate. This is deliberate building not related to eating. Drives me nuts, but it is still easier than cleaning the sand all the time!

[Whatigot]

I LOVE my pink spotted shrimp goby, never aggressive and doesn't make much of a mess either.
was my first addition and hasn't been a problem in any of the ways described above....

[fishoholic]

I have a yellow headed sleeper goby and yes he does move sand around the tank, but I don't notice it that much. He does a great job keeping the sand bed clean, so I for one am quite happy with this fish.

[dsaundry]

So far I am happy with my yellow head... Yes he does move sand..

[dandyfop]

Thankfully, mine has chilled out a bit over the last couple of weeks...

For that first week though, it was like a snowstorm in my tank

[WhoPoopWrasse]

Maybe he was excited to be in a new home, I have an ornate goby and he does the same thing too but it's not that bad.
He had a death wish the first year I got him. He jumped out twice and both times he was dried up and stiff as a board. The first time I put him in the QT and he sank to the botom like a rock and it took him a week to be able to bend a bit. A week later he was ok and was returned to the main tank. The second time I had no choice but to put him back in the main tank since the QT was occupied and he still pulled through, tough little guy huh?