Ranford goby goodness

[CritterCraZy]

I got a ranfords goby to help eat algea and i caught him sand sifting. I didnt recall seeing this when i looked him up. Seems to be a hard worker 😀 anyone got exp of pairing them?

[MondoBongo]

i've only ever seen mine sifting sand or plucking myses from the water column. i've never actually observed him eating any kind of algae.

it took a long time for him to start grabbing myses even. he didn't really pick up on it until after a few weeks of watching one of my dragonets doing it.

[CritterCraZy]

https://vimeo.com/149430913

I know. Tank is gross. 6months of being on cruise control will do that.

But attempted to capture him sifting.

[CritterCraZy]

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[vhuang168]

That's not a Rainford. That is a Hector's

Rainford
http://www.marineaquariumsa.com/featuredsystems/oct2007/rainfords%20gobyl.jpg

Hector's
http://redseamaxreef.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DSC_0747edited.jpg

[Member No. 1]

I have a Rainford. Doesn't eat anything but tiny strands of hair algae. I didn't get him to control hair algae, but for the fish he is. My tank is BB so I can't comment on sand sifting, but on occasion he will grad a mouthful of something, maybe detritus from a rock and sift it.
One thing I was shocked to see, and again, he wasn't brought for this purpose, is he will grab and eat cyano from the water column if I brush some off. And when I say he grabs it, I mean he will attack it and swim all over with it hanging out of his mouth. I don't have any problem with cyano, just every so often a tiny patch will show up.