Tag: goby

fishamiright:

I’ve had this fish for like over a month now and this is only the second time he’s been out and about. Meet Steak (we brought him to a steak and shake on the way home from getting him) the newest saltsquad member, he’s a beautiful Court Jester Goby that does a great job keeping the sandbed clean.

Court Jesters are lovely fish! They’re really shy, though. Also, they need a lot of sand to pick through for food, they don’t do well in small tanks despite their small size. Anyone looking to get one should keep that in mind. The Hector’s goby is a similar looking fish with very similar behavior (lots of hovering and picking at things) that can stand having less sand around, and eats hair algae as a bonus, so they’re good for tanks that haven’t been up long enough to have that really active sandbed. The two shouldn’t be kept together as they’ll probably fight. Hector’s gobies need at least a 20 gallon aquarium or a 10g with a refugium, Court Jesters generally need at least a 30g to get enough food.

Congrats on your pointy cutie coming out of hiding! There’s a decent chance he’ll come out more and more as nothing threatens him, though he’s always gonna be shy.

@why-animals-do-the-thing

What do you think is going on here? I thought at first that the white goby was just trying to burrow in a bad spot, but it does seem to be intentionally throwing sand on the jawfish. Both of those are fairly intelligent fish species who are very good at moving sand, so I don’t think that much targeted movement of sand into the tunnel is accidental. 

My only guess is maybe the jawfish (blue) stole the goby’s tunnel, and the goby is trying to drive it out. 

The clownfish, I’m guessing, is hanging around in hopes that the digging unearths tasty snacks. That, or it’s trying to intimidate the others. 

fishcommunity:

bluecheeseisnotahappycheese:

letsgetsalty:

Yoshi’s starting to stand up for himself!

I love Yasha gobies so much!!

I just love seeing Mollies in marine tanks 🙂

For anyone concerned: mollies are actually brackish water fish, and they can be acclimated to either freshwater or saltwater. They’re great in marine tanks because they’re one of the few readily available fish that will eat algae without eating your corals, plus they’re small and not terribly aggressive.