watchman goby that doesn't hide?

[sachabballi reef]

Am I the only one that has one that is out all the time? I just walked by the dark tank and noticed he is sleeping in the corner of the tank...not even in a cave or rock work....is he a spaz or is he normal?

 

Also I don't have a symbiotic shrimp and I have been holding off for fear that he would disappear into a cave and never be seen....thoughts?

[smallreef]

i had a watchman in my 150g aggressive...always out...i moved him to my biocube with tiny fish...he stayed under a shelf all day,lol

some are just crazy like that...

[sachabballi reef]

Its not aggressive at all. Its just not afraid...it doesn't spook at all

 

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[epleeds]

your not that scary...

[sachabballi reef]

your not that scary...

Lol...don't be so sure....

 

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[howaboutme]

Show off. I'd love it if my watchman was out.

[sachabballi reef]

Show off. I'd love it if my watchman was out.

 

I am just not sure its not a psycho....the last time I had one I saw him all the time but it was always right outside its cave....and would just hang and "watch" me lol...but it never left its territory of the tank...this one doesn't go into the rocks at all....it is either swimming around the right side of the tank or at the bottom of that same side just watching the world go by....it doesn't care about the other fish swimming all around it...it shows no desire to hide or dig...so I am thinking it is just lazy....lol...but he has the biggest scowl on his face....it even waits for food to flow by it to eat...lol...I think if I put a tv in front of the tank it would be in heaven...it just needs a couch and remote.

[howaboutme]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the pistol do most, if not all, of the digging in the relationship? At least that's what I've found in my research and with my pair...That's maybe why your goby doesn't have a burrow....Just a thought.

[sachabballi reef]

i can believe that..although my old one used to always have a mouthful of sand it was moving around....but my rock work has a ton of caves and such at the sand bottom...so theoretically he would only have to swim over there and hang out....but for some reason he feels no need for protection ...its like he is missing a gene. He also likes to look at the lps 75 gallon which is the next door neighbor....can't tell if he is making eyes for the royal gramma or thinking of an escape plan....you know...a "the coral is always greener in the other tank " kinda mentality

[howaboutme]

Someone sell this lady a pistol! lol

[swimmatte]

My goby never comes out

[sachabballi reef]

So it turns out that if it rains on a night your kids and the neighboring kids were supposed to sleep in tents in your backyard and you set up the tents in your basement instead and then the neighbors kids pound on your tank for all their worth it WILL eventually scare your watchman into the rocks. I checked the entire floor and overflow and no sign so I assume he's in the rocks :(

 

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[howaboutme]

I am pretty sure my goby and pistol don't come out because:

 

1. My daughter's face is usually plastered against the tank searching for them.

 

2. My face is usually plastered against the tank searching for them.

 

3. My face is usually plastered against the tank with a flashlight shining into the burrow searching for them (and making sure they are still alive).

 

No wonder they don't come out.

 

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[ToddR]

I have a black watchman goby that stays out all the time. It's too afraid it might miss something to eat.