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I have a blue spotted watchman goby and just got a firefish for my son to put in tank together. I just looked and the goby has eaten my son's firefish. WTH?? Tail of the firefish is sticking out from goby's mouth. I'm wondering if the goby will eat up any smaller goby or blennies? Cuz I gotta replace that firefish before my son finds out!!!
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Lol, that's a big goby dude!
How big is he?
I've had 3 watchmens at different times before and none eat any of my other fish. But than again none of those fish could fit in the watchman's mouth.
If you must get another firefish, just buy a bigger one.I ate my fish that died.
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That sucks let's see a pic of this beastComment
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From liveaquaria.com
The Bluespotted Watchman Goby,commonly referred to as the Blackfinned Shrimp Goby, was first discovered by Bleeker in 1849. There are two color phases. The first has an orange head with blue spots, the body is orange with red bands, and the dorsal fin has black spots. The second phase is olive drab with blue spots.
It should be housed in a 30 gallon or larger aquarium with plenty of loose coral rubble. It requires ample swimming room and a sand bottom for burrowing. Rarely willit become aggressive towards other fish, but it is territorial, and will fight with its own kind unless they are a mated pair. The aquariumrequires a tight-fitting cover to prevent it from jumping out.
The Bluespotted Watchman Gobyfeeds mostly on prey suspended in the water column but will pick food off the substrate. The diet should include mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and table shrimp. It should be fed at least three times per day.
So its strange he ate it but maybe he was just hungryComment
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LOL. Man, the goby ain't even that big!! Maybe about 3" long. And the firefish was about the same length but slimmer of course. Now I'm not so sure if my new peppermint shrimps that I got are safe either. I feed the goby and my clowns mysis or brine shrimps. Figure he'd leave my other inverts or fishes alone.Comment
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Firefish like to hide at night. Maybe it tried to hide in the goby's mouth?
Anyway, gobies and dartfish are somewhat similar in shape and type so I can see why the goby ate it. Probably more of a territorial thing than a hunger thing...
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