engineer goby doesnt come out

[pebble]

my engineer goby always stay under my rocks sometimes digging sand out. i never see it come out and eat during feeding time, well i rarely even see it at all. is this normal. will it be ok?

 

[Reefscape]

Hi there,

What other inhabitants are in the tank with the goby? What do you feed the tank and have you tried to target feed it at all??

Niko

 

[salty420]

how big is it? how long have you had it? how big is the tank? when i got my bio-cube it came with two 6-inch engineers that the guy had moved out of his 120g. obviously they couldn't stay in the 29g so i traded them in when i broke the tank down when i bought it. anywho, i chilled and watched the 29 a bit before breaking it down and the engineers stayed hidden under the LR until he fed them at which time the darted around the tank eating up a storm. they were eating flake food. he said that was their typical behavior. so if you just got it maybe it's just getting used to the place. after i brought that bio-cube home it was about a month before the yellow watchman goby that came with it would come out at all - even to eat. i thought for sure the fish was going to die but now he's out all the time. hth.

 

[pebble]

i had it for about a few days now. it will only come out of the live rock to dig sand out.