Gobies thread

[Justikanz]

I need pictures...

Yah, luck in feeding them too...

[XnSdVd]

http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guideb...h/text/236.htm

Happy CNY by the way

[XnSdVd]

Muahaha! went to Eco to get a flavatra and guess what was in the tank next to them? my pond gobies! locally caught too! muahahaha!!

[Justikanz]

Dun think I had seen the pond gobies before... Have fun with the garra and the gobies!

[XnSdVd]

Seriously thomas... get MSN, it'll make things so much easier... Hang on I'll take a photo.



There we go. 1 very shocked Stigmatogobius poecilosoma that just took a flash to the face at 2am Hopefull I got the genus and species name correct.

[avant]

Neons from C328. Got blue cheeks... There's a red-finned version too. But I dunno if it is also a neon goby... Anyway, no idea what species they are... I took some pics. Will do some processing over the holidays and then post them later...

Zebra gobies? Ooo... Sound interesting... Any pic?

Knights are brackish... The Zebras also?

I am thinking of transferring them to a 1ft cube in a couple of month's time... And then maybe put some lampeyes or similar surface dwellers with them... No way am I going to sacrifice my Endlers!

i see.. your neons looks similar to those at eco-culture. maybe you can take a look there

i got no camera at the moment ha... will try to take a pic of them when i can get hold of one ha.. but the stripes on them aren't that 'zebra-y' ha..

knights are supposedly brackish and when i got the zebras, the person also reminded me that they are brackish. i did put some salt initially in the tank that they are in. but its been a long long time since i added any extra salt, even with the occasionally water changes. in fact, they aren't having any problems. thriving well and squabbling with one another for food.. so i guess they have adapted to the freshwater.

[XnSdVd]

Hmm... avant are you sure? I got mine from eco too...

[jja]

anyone saw knight gobies recently?

[Quixotic]

3 so-called zebra gobies that i got from Ben's some time back and 1 knight goby

Zebra gobies? Hmm... interesting, the ones I know are SW species, never heard of a FW kind.

I know there was a tankful of Bumblebees, which are quite different from the normal kind we see, along with another tank of Knight gobies a while ago. Are these the ones instead?

anyone saw knight gobies recently?

Last saw them at Ben's, about a month back. Only a few of them, not sure if they are still there.

[avant]

Hmm... avant are you sure? I got mine from eco too...

yah.. but there were more than 1 type scattered over 2-3 tanks i think.. haa..maybe someone else can re-confirm

[avant]

Zebra gobies? Hmm... interesting, the ones I know are SW species, never heard of a FW kind.

I know there was a tankful of Bumblebees, which are quite different from the normal kind we see, along with another tank of Knight gobies a while ago. Are these the ones instead?

Last saw them at Ben's, about a month back. Only a few of them, not sure if they are still there.

it was quoted as "zebra gobies" at ben's. not too sure of the right id. shrugs.
definitely not the same of the bumblebee gobies.. quite elongated.

the last time i was at Ben's last week, there was no more knight gobies.

[Quixotic]

it was quoted as "zebra gobies" at ben's. not too sure of the right id. shrugs.
definitely not the same of the bumblebee gobies.. quite elongated.

the last time i was at Ben's last week, there was no more knight gobies.

Ooooh, interesting...

Bottomline is, we want pictures!!! Haha...

[avant]

Ooooh, interesting...

Bottomline is, we want pictures!!! Haha...

ah..no digicam leh.. currently not in my possession

[Justikanz]

Ok... Have to dig this up...

I found out that the red finned ones at C328 look gorgeous in the algae infested tank... Ok, I cheated, it is BGA... But I am sure there are some algae in it...

Mine looks darn washed out... and 1 neon just died recently...

Would it be a good idea to release them into my 2ft tank with Endler's Livebearers and cherry shrimps?

There will be plenty of algae for them... And they should colour up much better...

Opinions, anyone? Thanks in advance...

[Justikanz]

So... No one can offer advise??...

[XnSdVd]

My poecilosoma swallowed a 2cm malayan.... might wanna think about that

[Justikanz]

The problem is these gobies are supposedly ID-ed as Stiphodon spp., which makes them algae eaters, according to Fishbase... And C328 leaves them to feed on algae which supposedly makes them coloured up. Mine are now staying with a couple of malayan shrimps and all seems fine...