Getting a Goby to move

[Guest JasonD]

I got a beautiful Hi Fin Red-Banded Goby (Stonogobiops nematodes) about a month ago. Problem is I hardly ever see him because he has taken up residence in the back of my tank under a huge piece of LR.

 

Will I be wasting my time trying to get him to move to a new home in the front of the tank? I can't move the LR he's under as all my aquascaping would come tumbling down. Will trying to scare him with my hand to the other side of the tank be effective, or will he always want to live in the same 3 square inches of tank?

[Brian Ward]

Gobies can be hit-or-miss when it comes to seeing them - not unusual at all for them to hide in a hole forever. Unless you re-do your aquascaping or add a fish that steals his hole, he's not going to move.

~Brian

 

I got a beautiful Hi Fin Red-Banded Goby (Stonogobiops nematodes) about a month ago. Problem is I hardly ever see him because he has taken up residence in the back of my tank under a huge piece of LR.

 

Will I be wasting my time trying to get him to move to a new home in the front of the tank? I can't move the LR he's under as all my aquascaping would come tumbling down. Will trying to scare him with my hand to the other side of the tank be effective, or will he always want to live in the same 3 square inches of tank?