fire dart goby care

[markietan]

hi all,

i used to have 3 fire dart gobies, 1 red 2 purple. they were living happily together in my 2 ft nano tank w/o hood for almost 2 months.

3 days ago, i found my red fire goby dried up on my table.. apparently it jumped out at night...

now one of my purple one keeps hiding. i think they were initially shy but now the dominant purple is starting to show its true color... and terrorizing the other one.

i'm thinking of removing the dominant one to put in my bigger 3ft tank.. and hopefully the other purple one will come out and feed. it hasn't eaten for 2 days already... what do you think i should do?

[Ah-lim]

Different fishes have different temper. For firegoby, best is to have a cover for your tank, use egg crate as cover bah.

[cdckjn]

Yes Please cover the tank with something, as firefish (goby) will jump out of tank when scared by loud sounds or sudden movement!

[markietan]

Yes Please cover the tank with something, as firefish (goby) will jump out of tank when scared by loud sounds or sudden movement!

the room is my study room and it is very quiet at night.. so i'm sure the red firedart goby jumped out because it was terrorized by the dominant purple one and not by noise or sudden movement

anyway the top is also 1/2 covered by the lighting fixture... am planning to upgrade to a bigger fixture next week or so.