Sharknose gobbies

[Duke4Life]

Anyone mind giving me your personal experience with these?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Anyone mind giving me your personal experience with these?

They are an Elacatinus. Peaceful toward other fish, though aggressive with congenerics if not a bonded pr. They will provide a 'cleaner service' eating certain external parasites and dead and damaged scales. They are easier to keep than cleaner wrasses, though they usually don't live much longer than a year.

 

[dodgerblew]

I had a sharknose and a neon in my 60 cube. They were very cool. Cleaned the fish and the fish came to them to be cleaned. They both ate prepared foods and seem to thrive for a couple months and then just died within days of each other. No signs of ich, wounds, just died

 

[Duke4Life]

Hmmm short life spans. That adds a bit different into the equation.

 

[ReefSprinter]

I loved my Shark Nose Goby. It's tank mates were a Powder Brown, two Clowns, a Tailspot Blenny, and a McCosker Flasher Wrasse, I never had any problems. The tang initially didn't appreciate the Shark Nose's cleaning but eventually came around. The only thing I didn't care for was whenever I had to stink my hand in the tank he would clean my arm, not a pleasant feeling in my opinion. Sadly he died of unknown causes. I will definitely be getting another once I complete my upgrade.

 

[Duke4Life]

I loved my Shark Nose Goby. It's tank mates were a Powder Brown, two Clowns, a Tailspot Blenny, and a McCosker Flasher Wrasse, I never had any problems. The tang initially didn't appreciate the Shark Nose's cleaning but eventually came around. The only thing I didn't care for was whenever I had to stink my hand in the tank he would clean my arm, not a pleasant feeling in my opinion. Sadly he died of unknown causes. I will definitely be getting another once I complete my upgrade.

Worth the heartbreak? I may think about a pair here soon before I go wrasse crazy again hahaha 125g 6ft is what I have

 

[ReefSprinter]

Most definitely worth the heartbreak. I really liked how the blue and yellow of the Sharknose matched the Powder Brown.

 

[Duke4Life]

@dodgerblew @ReefSprinter how long did you all have yours for?

 

[ReefSprinter]

I had mine for about 6 months. Around the same time he died I was battling a massive aiptasia outbreak and some were fairly big. I'm not sure if aiptasia pack enough of a punch to kill a fish but if they do I have a good feeling they killed the Sharknose.

 

[Duke4Life]

I had mine for about 6 months. Around the same time he died I was battling a massive aiptasia outbreak and some were fairly big. I'm not sure if aiptasia pack enough of a punch to kill a fish but if they do I have a good feeling they killed the Sharknose.

Interesting, hope we get someone to see and chime in.

 

[dodgerblew]

A few months at most. Like I mentioned they were doing great and just expired with no warning signs

 

[eatbreakfast]

I would lean toward the death of the gobies and the aiptasia outbreak above as being coincidental.

 

[Duke4Life]

Guess these are on my list. And I swore to myself no more gobbies hahaha