Catalina goby temps?

[davidcalgary29]

I've now rehomed my captive-bred Catalina Goby from a jar build to an Evo 13.5; temps have remained the same at a constant 22-23C. Are these borderline temps acceptable for long-term health, or is it time for the chiller? This one was apparently bred in tropical reef temperatures, and has done well for the past six months in sub-tropical temps.

 

[Tamberav]

I keep a pair at 56 degrees and they are now two years old and still spawning/active.

Higher temps increase metabolism so it should decrease their life span but by how much I do not know as people are generally not successful with them so the exact data is probably not there.

 

[KrisReef]

I've now rehomed my captive-bred Catalina Goby from a jar build to an Evo 13.5; temps have remained the same at a constant 22-23C. Are these borderline temps acceptable for long-term health, or is it time for the chiller? This one was apparently bred in tropical reef temperatures, and has done well for the past six months in sub-tropical temps.

Catalina water temperature is too cold for me most of the year.
From the web: https://www.watertemperature.net/amp
“August is the month with the highest water temperature at 68.2°F / 20.1°C. The month with the lowest is March with an average water temperature of 57.9°F / 14.4°C.”
If you want optimal temperatures for the goby a chiller is required. The goby can live in warmer aquariums but physiologically it is liable to have a shorter life expectancy at the elevated temperature. The goby may only live a few years in the wild anyway and I have heard they only live about a year in captivity. You may increase it’s captive life by chilling but probably not by much.

Hth.

 

[davidcalgary29]

I did buy a CSXC-1 chiller just for this possibility, but would have to move the chalk bass with which its sharing its tank. And the inverts as well, as I'm not sure that the cowries and snails would survive in those temps.

Are they rock dwellers? I'm watching mine, now, as it worms its way through some very small holes in some LR. I thought that they were sand burrowers...

 

[KrisReef]

I did buy a CSXC-1 chiller just for this possibility, but would have to move the chalk bass with which its sharing its tank. And the inverts as well, as I'm not sure that the cowries and snails would survive in those temps.

Are they rock dwellers? I'm watching mine, now, as it worms its way through some very small holes in some LR. I thought that they were sand burrowers...

I’ve only seen them on rocky reef substrate on the island and never in the sandy harbor.