Monster Dragon Goby

[Red Devil]

My dragon goby is turning into a monster.. he killed my green phantom pleco .. i knew he was harrassing everyone in the tank and the pleco was the only one left in the tank besides the other dragon goby..i moved everyone and the pleco was next and i was turning the tank brackish..but before i could move the pleco the goby killed him...this monster goby eats everything that i throw into the tank for him.. i thought it was wonderful that he ate every type of pelleted food, algae wafers,blood worms,shrimp and anything else i put in small enough.. but i thought the pleco was safe I thought the goby was in danger from the pleco.. i was so upset to find my greenie dead this am.. Now i just moved the timid goby..i can now amagine the life he endured.. how did i get one so fierce with his raging appetite??? I still love him too but he certainly isn't the timid sweet guy i thought he was..anyone else have a goby like this???

 

[dragonfish]

Sorry to hear that Liz. Mine has never bothered anyone in the tank when he was in a community.

 

[wataugachicken]

wow. that's pretty crazy. i always thought they just minded their own business. what a shock.

 

[cansat]

mines is not aggressive but hes small, how big is yours? pics?

 

[Red Devil]

The other one i have has your dragon goby's personality but this one is a bad seed.. he is relentless..i will have to keep this monster by himself..isn't this so unusual??? Here we were worried about him eating.{i still worry a bit about the other guy} he is on the thin side but this one has doubled his size.. i just wish it wasn't my beautiful greenie.. i will get another one eventually but i will miss him..thanks dragonfish..

 

[Red Devil]

mines is not aggressive but hes small, how big is yours? pics?

I will get some pics up.. i think this is not your usual goby personality.. he is about 11 inches

 

[dragonfish]

That's about the size of mine and he has no interest in anything other then bloodworms and very small pieces of shrimp and fish.

 

[Red Devil]

wow. that's pretty crazy. i always thought they just minded their own business. what a shock.

The harrasment is constant.. he swims all over the other fish..poking at them.. but i never thought it would come to this.. the past couple of days i noticed the phantom was hanging out on top ..i just did not realize how bad it was for him.

 

[Yakuza-Irezumi]

And i thought they were only filter feeders! Congrats on getting it to eat all that.

 

[Red Devil]

That's about the size of mine and he has no interest in anything other then bloodworms and very small pieces of shrimp and fish.

I have a monster goby..fearless and wants to eat all the time.. i go down and open up the top of his tank he is the first one to the food..the other guy is usually hiding behind some rock.. i put food all the way on the other end of the tank this morning and as soon as the monster goby gobbled up the first food he was on the food all the way on the other side in seconds flat... he must have not let the phantom eat and if i put in zucchni he harassed him so much the pleco would leave.. and i found uneaten zucchini ..