Regular feeding in order to maintain a healthy body weight food including Enhanced and Plain Brinshrimp, Mysis and chopped meaty foods. A peaceful goby but territorial about its burrow. May fish will its own kind and other gobies unless a true mated pair is aquired.
The Yasha Goby is known to be one of the watchman family that will share its burrow with a pistol shrimp and pairs particularly well with the red and white striped 'Randalls' Pistol Shrimp....
It should reside in a 10 gallon or larger aquarium with live sand as a substrate, and an attached populated refugium. It will rarely act aggressively towards other fish, but is territorial, and will fight with its own kind unless they are a mated pair....
Due to their size they have very small bio loads. They hide in and out of the rock work in their little groups. Aggression is very limited. These Gobies are relatively new to the trade, but are becoming more and more popular and available....
It requires an aquarium with plenty of loose coral rubble, ample swimming room, and a sand bottom for burrowing. It rarely becomes aggressive towards other fish, but it is territorial, and will fight with its own kind unless they are a mated pair....
It may occasionally quarrel with conspecifics if kept together, or if the tank is too small. When first added to an aquarium it may not eat for several days, but will usually acclimate and begin eating. It is not aggressive towards other shrimp gobies and may even share a burrow with another species.
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The head and sleek body are dark blue with a striking horizontal light-blue stripe on each side beginning above the eye and running the entire length of the body. It is a very hardy fish, and because its small size is a great addition to a small reef tank.
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As with all Sand Sifting Gobies, the Yellowheaded Sleeper Goby may have to be target fed with meaty foods if there is not enough for them on the bottom of the tank.
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The Engineer goby is also commonly referred to as the Convict Goby. It is in a separate family from the gobies and blennies. ...
It is best to keep only one of this species in an aquarium, unless the tank is large with an abundance of hiding places. It is rarely aggressive towards other species. ...