Gobies

[supersmirky]

Hey Blake...Apparently I came in just right after you left Just for Pets.

Saw some awesome gobies that I considered getting. He said you picked up some of those gobies! How do you like em? Can't really remember what they are right now.

[rolloffhill]

:npics:

_____________________________________^blake's:D

[biggin]

Give me a few minutes... I will upload some pics....

Honestly I can not give a lot of advise.... my first batch did not fair well the second seem to be doing great.

I will say if you have a nice community setting and want someone trolling the bottom these guys are freaking cool. Colors are really cool but they do not seem to like a lot of movement.

[bra8ndy8]

ewwww I want some.....how much where they?

[biggin]

Pretty cheap.... 6ish... I do not remember for sure.

Very cool fish....

[bra8ndy8]

hummmm I will have to ride my horse to the big city!!

[biggin]

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc310/findme5x5/2008_02_06_Goby_04.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc310/findme5x5/2008_02_06_Goby_02.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc310/findme5x5/2008_02_06_Goby_01.jpg

I think in one thread I even gave their name.... too drunk now to look it up...

Very cool fish... if you have a place for them pick some up.

[bra8ndy8]

u said they can go in a community tank? how many did they have?

[biggin]

Yeah. They do not seem to bother anyone.

They had a few.... I dunno ho many...

[biggin]

There is not a lot of info on them.

But if you are looking for a fish that will surprise you a lot these are the guys.... they are always different colors and seem to be everywhere in the tank.

[bra8ndy8]

do they do good with more than one!

[biggin]

I have 3 and they seem to do fine.

Chris has a couple and last I heard they are doing alright.

Just give them plenty of time to acclimate.

[lellison]

what kind of goby were they? If that was mentioned I missed it. Very neat looking though! I wanted some knight gobies when I had my brackish tank..but that never happened.

[supersmirky]

Just for Pets had at least 4 more that I could see. These guys were chilling on plants and around the bottom.

[xtc]

I've got a pair- she sits in the plants and he patrols the substrate in circles under her. Occasionally, she'll drop down to the floor and he'll put on a killer show of behavior and color change. I love mine. They're not in my community tank though- they're in a little 10g planted tank. They seem happy enough.

FOOD:
I've been feeding mine flakes and an occasional bloodworm night. I dropped a sinking pelet in front of him and he didn't touch it. -what about you? and do you see them eating it?

I'm thinking about going to get another pair...but I'm not sure yet. He had Peacock Gobies last year and I loved them- so I'd like to see about some of them.

[biggin]

Mine eat flake or bloodworm.

They seem to eat pretty good.

[dcacjc]

I picked up a pair today and they really are awesome, I put them in my community tank and everyone checked them out and left them alone after that. When I feed tonight they both were eating flakes.

[xtc]

My female has established a nice roost in a plant that he circles around. She's a bright "green" color- he's more of a dark gray when she's up there- he goes ash/white gray markings with pronounced gills and open mouth (like a shell dweller defending it's territory) when she's on the ground- it's cool to watch.

I haven't seen her eat anything yet, just him.

[dcacjc]

Chris how do you tell a male from a female?

[xtc]

I'm assuming by the behavior the male exhibits. I could be wrong- mine are very different in color 95% of the time- so it's easier to tell which is which.

ANYONE got a link to any info on these guys- I couldn't find squat!

[dcacjc]

Both of mine are different color as well. I would be interested in any info as well.

[biggin]

I have not seen much info....

I was curious how to tell the difference as well.

Mine just hang out all the time.

[xtc]

mine act completely different. I can't remember the last time I pulled up a chair and watched fish- but I've done it 3 times in the last 2 days- these guys are so cool!!

[biggin]

I did see somewhere they are easy to breed but not a lot on what the males and females look like.

[jjriotgrrl]

can mudpuppies be put in cold water with my goldfish?

[biggin]

I could be wrong but I thought they needed a place to get out and bask in the sun(or artificial light source).

[xtc]

Chris, the name of the gobies are rhinogobius yaoshanensis, they also go by Ctenogobius yaoshanensis. Here is one of the site about them.

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60224

[tsunderl]

http://www.gobiidae.com/
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/gobies.htm

"the "land" Gobies called Mudskippers that spend more time out of the water on mud flats than in."

[xtc]

My pics are not nearly as good as Blake's- but here are my little guys.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l282/Fishgallery/CIMG0090.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l282/Fishgallery/CIMG0097.jpg

[supersmirky]

Nice ones! They are really cool looking. Is that male and female?

[xtc]

they seem to act like it.

[jjriotgrrl]

i want some for my coldwater tank