I bought a Marble Goby at about 2.” He is now around 7.5-8” and usually eats anything that he can get in his mouth. I feed a variety of live food considering he has never taken pellets. His diet consists mostly of worms, ghost shrimp, and feeders such as roseys or guppies. I’ve never had a problem with him refusing food and he always takes whatever I give him on the first try and he even hand feeds when he’s out of his cave. The water temp is set at 81 degrees and the only other tankmate is an 8” RTB. The last 4 days the Marble Goby hasn’t shown interest in any of the food I’ve tried to give him. He seems to be relaxing in his cave and I’ve tried to hand feed him worms, I’ve given him ghost shrimp, and I’ve tried a couple of roseys which are usually his favorite. He hasn’t eaten any of it and it seems highly out of character. At one point I left a red worm in his cave for about 45 minutes and it was still there crawling under his belly when I came back so I took it out. I fed the RTB 4 roseys earlier and he left the last one I gave him so I hoped the Marble would take it but he didn’t show interest. I checked the water parameters and they are on point and the Mala was moved to another tank last week so there’s less competition for food. The Marble has been growing more rapidly lately and I find it even more strange that now he’s refusing food. Any ideas as to what could be causing this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
MARBLE GOBY IS NOT EATING
- Thread starter Evano1
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Do you quarantine the rosey red minnows. If not it's possible for the Marbled goby to contract diseases or parasites from an infected fish.
Agree,
It could have picked a parasite from an infected feeder. Rosies are notorious for carrying parasites.
But also, how often are you feeding?
When young these gobies will eat every day, but as they age, they need to eat less and less often.
After a large meal, mine would would sometimes wait 3 or 4 days, before needing another.
They can be weaned off live feeders, to safer alternatives.
The feeders are quarantined in my black water tank. The past few days I’ve been trying the worms more since he doesnt have to chase those down. He usually ate 1-2 meals a day. Going to give him a few days to build up an appetite before I try again. I know feeders aren’t the safest choice however most of my fish were raised on live food which I don’t have a problem with. I have a guppy tank also where they are breeding so I can take the fry and raise them parasite free to use as feed.