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FAQs on Amblygobius Gobies, Selection
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Which Sand-Sifting Goby? 6/19/06
Hello help crew,
<<Vincent>>
The sand in my sand bed is roughly 1mm to 1.5mm sized. What kind of goby will
fit to that?
Thanks,
Vincent
<<Most all of the sand-sifting/sleeper gobies will do fine. My favorite is
Amblygobius phalaena... Regards, EricR>>
Amblygobius hectori, Hector's Goby, Sel.,
MAC, 8/22/07
Hello once again, been a little while this time. I may have made a
little oopsy in a rushed decision to buy some fish? My current 29 gallon
BioCube has been fishless for about 4-5 months so I do have a good pod
population but am worried it will not be enough to support 2 Hector's
gobies?
<Not really social animals... One is what I would stick with>
I also have a fair amount of algae in the tank to hopefully help with
keeping these fishes fat and happy. Here's what happened since I know you do
not like it when people buy fish without research..... I read the FAQ's
daily. I work at a LFS and have been waiting to purchase 2 small fish that
MAY breed in captivity. Well as I scanned the stocklist and looked at photos
and I DID do some reading, I thought this sounded pretty good. I did some
quick looking since they were placing the order at that moment and according
to SOME sources they are easy to keep. Then I looked on your site which
tells me they are not so easy to keep?
<IF one can secure initially healthy, not-too-starved specimens, place them
in suitable circumstances (not too busy, crowded, well-established, with
much micro-fauna...) not terribly difficult>
The fish are MAC certified, whatever that means?
<Indeed... that the folks involved have acquiesced to being further taxed>
I believe it has something to do with how they were caught?
<Mmm, most all Amblygobius are hand-netted... simply by locating, stirring
up the bottom sand... waiting a bit for them to come out and inspect...>
Well I thought I would be in the clear with these 2 small fish but now am
really quite worried and hoping they will take to eating frozen foods. If
not I'll have to setup a small dedicated refugium which I can breed some
pods in, I have plenty of macro algae to set this up so hopefully that will
work? I read your articles regarding these gobies but was wondering if you
had any other advice for me? I also know you HATE when people ask you these
types of questions so please don't think this is my typical fish buying
behavior. Thank you. One last thing, I feel obligated to take these fish
since I asked that they be ordered for me. Thanks again.
<Keep good notes... share your observations. BobF>
Re: Amblygobius hectori,
Hector's Goby 8/23/07
Thank you Mr. Fenner. I just received the fish I feel obligated to take,
because I had the store order them for me. Anyway the fish look fat and healthy,
one is about 2 inches the other is about a inch, this may help or hurt me?
<Will help assuredly>
I'll keep you updated and let you know what happens when these two fish are kept
in the same small tank. If they do fight a lot I can just move one to a
different tank. Thanks for your help.......like always.
<Welcome Ryan. BobF>
Re: Amblygobius hectori, Hector's Goby
9/2/07
Hello again! Thought I would give you a brief update on these fish. So
far there has been no fighting between the 2 and both appear fat. I don't
know what they are eating (for sure) but apparently they are finding
something. The smaller of the 2 will eat Cyclop-eeze, so that's a bit of a
relief, the larger does not appear to be eating it? It could be that the
fish eats it after it lands on the sand but I really am not sure. The bigger
one is constantly picking at the sand when I feed so maybe that's what he's
doing?
<In the wild this genus feeds on a great deal of interstitial fauna>
Do you have any other suggestions on foods to try?
<Mysids of a few species, sizes... soaking whatever is offered in Selcon or
such>
I added coral frenzy to my main tank once an all the fish went crazy eating
the stuff so I wonder if that would work?
<Worth trying>
I currently don't have any to try but can easily go get some. Also would it
be beneficial for me to add phyto in this tank?
<For?>
Not directly for the fish but for the pods. I am now wondering if these 2
fish can change sex, and could possibly breed in my tank?
<Possibly...>
Is there a way of telling sex
on these fish?
<Not as far as I'm aware>
Well that was a lot more questions than I intended. Thanks, Ryan.
<Thank you! BobF>
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