NEED SOME INSPIRATION AND IDEAS FISH LIST!

[i cant think]

Where do you do all your goby research from? Do you have a main source?

My source is from experience with MANY different species, I do use alot of the books (Marine fish by Scott W Michael is my main source in the book side). I also find different articles about certain gobies, and depending on what I want to know I use a different site, so like with range I’ll use fishbase.se, with price I’ll use a lot of online retailers to get an average price range ect…

Some of the species I have worked with or around have been:
Cryptocentrus cinctus
Cryptocentrus leptocephalus
Gobiodon strangulatus
Gobiodon okinawae
Gobiodon cintrinus
Stonogobiops yasha
Stonogobiops dracula
Elacatinus multifasciatus
Elacantinus oceanops
Elacantinus evelynae
Lythrypnus dalli
And a ton of other guys

 

[dawi03]

My source is from experience with MANY different species, I do use alot of the books (Marine fish by Scott W Michael is my main source in the book side). I also find different articles about certain gobies, and depending on what I want to know I use a different site, so like with range I’ll use fishbase.se, with price I’ll use a lot of online retailers to get an average price range ect…

Nice! I am a goby lover for sure!

 

[i cant think]

Nice! I am a goby lover for sure!

I’ve just updated my last post with a few of the goby species that I’ve worked around (Obviously there are many more such as both Koumansetta hectori and rainfordi, would love to work around a Koumansetta hoesei to complete that genus).

 

[dawi03]

I’ve just updated my last post with a few of the goby species that I’ve worked around (Obviously there are many more such as both Koumansetta hectori and rainfordi, would love to work around a Koumansetta hoesei to complete that genus).

Why’d you fall in love with goby’s btw?

 

[i cant think]

Why’d you fall in love with goby’s btw?

I think it was because of both the variation in colours, swim pattern, the variety there is in species and how several of the same species don’t always look the same. As well as how there’s a mix of nocturnal and diurnal gobies (P. nocturna and I think all of the Callogobius species are nocturnal).
Also how they don’t just liven up the bottom of the tank but can also liven up the upper and mid water column.

How/why did you fall in love with them?

 

[dawi03]

I think it was because of both the variation in colours, swim pattern, the variety there is in species and how several of the same species don’t always look the same. As well as how there’s a mix of nocturnal and diurnal gobies (P. nocturna and I think all of the Callogobius species are nocturnal).
Also how they don’t just liven up the bottom of the tank but can also liven up the upper and mid water column.

How/why did you fall in love with them?

The ywg got me

I love their funny faces, love how some can pair up with a cuc, and like you I love the variety of species. I haven’t seen one in the flesh but I’m sure I’ll fall just as much in love with them as you when I finally get one into the tank hehe.

I really want to learn a lot more about them and find out the different species that like to be in different parts of the tank!

 

[i cant think]

The ywg got me

I love their funny faces, love how some can pair up with a cuc, and like you I love the variety of species. I haven’t seen one in the flesh but I’m sure I’ll fall just as much in love with them as you when I finally get one into the tank hehe.

I really want to learn a lot more about them and find out the different species that like to be in different parts of the tank!

That’s great! So far out of the three I currently own I have found:
Koumansetta like to hover close to the sand bed but will gladly swim up into the upper water column to pick on rocks
Gobiodon will swim WAY up to the top of the tank if given a reason and will tend to hover in the upper water column quite often as well as sit on rocks
Stonogobiops will stick closer to the bottom of the rocks and perch in one place the whole day but will come out and hover close to the rocks to get food, they do sometimes vanish for a few days (My S. yasha did this when making his burrow in the rocks).

I will probably make a thread and hope to get it to a sticky when I own more gobies (4-7 total), I hope to try keep with different genera to show the differences and similarities between genera. Along with how they react to certain foods, if they need any then the more specialised care of the species.

 

[dawi03]

That’s great! So far out of the three I currently own I have found:
Koumansetta like to hover close to the sand bed but will gladly swim up into the upper water column to pick on rocks
Gobiodon will swim WAY up to the top of the tank if given a reason and will tend to hover in the upper water column quite often as well as sit on rocks
Stonogobiops will stick closer to the bottom of the rocks and perch in one place the whole day but will come out and hover close to the rocks to get food, they do sometimes vanish for a few days (My S. yasha did this when making his burrow in the rocks).

I will probably make a thread and hope to get it to a sticky when I own more gobies (4-7 total), I hope to try keep with different genera to show the differences and similarities between genera. Along with how they react to certain foods, if they need any then the more specialised care of the species.

nice!!

Im also thinking of getting 2 yellow clown gobies instead of clownfish and making it a bit of a goby tank as well!! something a bit different!!

 

[i cant think]

nice!!

Im also thinking of getting 2 yellow clown gobies instead of clownfish and making it a bit of a goby tank as well!! something a bit different!!

Haha, my LFS recently had about 3 black clown gobies come in and it’s killing me to try and pair my current one.

 

[dawi03]

Haha, my LFS recently had about 3 black clown gobies come in and it’s killing me to try and pair my current one.

Haha

 

[dawi03]

Ok so after consideration I’ve got this list


Springeri damsel

Pink streaked wrasse

Diamond goby

Cuc
Shrimp
Snails
Potentially 1 crab

I want to get one or two more fish, then I’d be done, and can concentrate on stocking the tank with some coral.

yellow or purple fish I would be really happy with, still considering a clown maybe black and white one. I don’t think putting two clowns in would be smart. I’m sure one juvi on its own would be ok?

 

[i cant think]

Ok so after consideration I’ve got this list


Springeri damsel

Pink streaked wrasse

Diamond goby

Cuc
Shrimp
Snails
Potentially 1 crab

I want to get one or two more fish, then I’d be done, and can concentrate on stocking the tank with some coral.

yellow or purple fish I would be really happy with, still considering a clown maybe black and white one. I don’t think putting two clowns in would be smart. I’m sure one juvi on its own would be ok?

I have found when on their own the clownfish will turn female anyway, Yellow assessors are a nice yellow fish, same with yellow clown gobies, as for purple I can’t think of anything that isn’t aggressive off the top of my head.

 

[dawi03]

I have found when on their own the clownfish will turn female anyway, Yellow assessors are a nice yellow fish, same with yellow clown gobies, as for purple I can’t think of anything that isn’t aggressive off the top of my head.

Ok I am now thinking I’ll just get one more fish instead of two, and give them all some room as I may look to get a diamond watchman pair anyway

I’m thinking a yellow clown goby, as I just love them but would break my heart if I only had one for 12 months

or a helfricki firefish

 

[CC_N]

Can a small basslet get "lost" in a big tank. I said 75<gal

 

[i cant think]

Ok I am now thinking I’ll just get one more fish instead of two, and give them all some room as I may look to get a diamond watchman pair anyway

I’m thinking a yellow clown goby, as I just love them but would break my heart if I only had one for 12 months

or a helfricki firefish

Actually, Clown Gobies can live for 2-3 years. You HAVE to care for them properly though.

 

[dawi03]

Bummmpppp I’m ready to stock so if anyone else has ideas theyu are more than welcome

 

[Dave1993]

I dont want lots of fish and am happy to have 1 showpiece fish with some cool cuc and coral, happy to look at any ideas!

if you want a show piece fish for a nano candy basslet all the way

 

[i cant think]

I agree with the candy basslet recommendation - Although be prepared to drop a bank to grab one haha.

As for purple colours you could look into the genus Chrysiptera, a few recommendations are:
The Tabolts,
The Roland’s,
The Starcki.
Other purple fish are:
- Cook Islands helfrichi
- Pink Streak Wrasse

For yellow you could look at:
- Yellow Assessor
- Mollies/Guppies (These are brackish water fish in the wild)
- Clown Gobies

 

[dawi03]

if you want a show piece fish for a nano candy basslet all the way

Unfortunately on the no import list for Australia