Chalk goby Laying eggs
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I have only had them since end of July, they never leave each others side. They started to make a burrow under a heliofungia which I moved and place a good size rock there. They didn't mind and have made their burrow underneath. It's been fun watching them drag rather large stones and using to make door ways. Since yesterday they open there burrow up both went in and closed it up, this was in the middle of the light cycle and was not to seen unit nearly lights out and only then it was the larger one. Today only the large one has emerged for some food and has gone back in
Found this article or i should say my wife did, this is a snippet
It is highly advisable to keep these gobies as pairs in the home aquarium as single individuals are typically noted to succumb to an early death. Spawning of paired individuals is not uncommon in the home aquarium. The eggs, usually between 1000 and 2000 eggs, will be attached to the roof of the burrow. The female will stay in the burrow with the eggs until they hatch, reportedly from one to four days for V. strigata (Michael, Coral Realm) and three weeks for V. sexguttata (Baensch, 1994), while the male remains outside the cave, presumably guarding the female and the eggs from danger. When the eggs hatch the male will seal the burrow entrance with the female inside until nightfall, at which time the male opens the burrow door and along with the female, herd the fry into the open water column (Baensch, 1994).
It is highly advisable to keep these gobies as pairs in the home aquarium as single individuals are typically noted to succumb to an early death. Spawning of paired individuals is not uncommon in the home aquarium. The eggs, usually between 1000 and 2000 eggs, will be attached to the roof of the burrow. The female will stay in the burrow with the eggs until they hatch, reportedly from one to four days for V. strigata (Michael, Coral Realm) and three weeks for V. sexguttata (Baensch, 1994), while the male remains outside the cave, presumably guarding the female and the eggs from danger. When the eggs hatch the male will seal the burrow entrance with the female inside until nightfall, at which time the male opens the burrow door and along with the female, herd the fry into the open water column (Baensch, 1994).
