Marble Goby Care Sheet

The cobalt blue goby stiphodon semoni considered by many tropical fish keeping enthusiasts to be one of the most colorful freshwater gobies in the genus stiphodon is found in west papua indonesia.

Marble goby care sheet.

Marbled sand goby marbled sleeper goby scientific name. Marbled sleeper goby oxyeleotris marmorata the marbled sleeper goby is unique because it is valued both as a source of food and an addition to the freshwater aquarium this species is native to south america and it can grow to a whopping 2 feet long. Eleotridae sleeper gobies origin. 25 inches 63 5 cm care.

Southeast asia maximum size. The elongated club shaped eggs are stuck onto a surface usually inside a burrow crevice empty shell or other safe place. Ph range from 6 5 7 5 brackish and slightly acidic. The fish like to dig and sometimes partially bury themselves so a soft substrate of sand several inches in depth is recommended provide hiding places using large chunks of bogwood lengths of plastic piping or clay flowerpots dim lighting is also preferable as this is essentially a nocturnal species.

It range extends from ambon island chain south molucca islands east from western sumatra across most of indonesia northern papua new guinea and as far as the solomon islands in the bismarck. Mums rarely participate in parental care. In some goby species the male guards the eggs and the young stay close to dad for a time after hatching. Xanthozona is a small bottom dwelling carnivorous fish that is distinguished by its solid unbroken black stripes and bright yellow body.

Tank and water requirements. Bumblebee goby is not suitable for community tanks since it requires brackish water and it is a territory dependent fish. The males fight for their territory on the tank bottom and despite this it is recommend to keep not less than 6 species in a school to make sure that they don t demonstrate aggression towards other tank dwellers. 10 gallons for two gobies water temperature.

73 85 f 23 30 c water ph. Dragonfish care basics the first tank guide basic information on keeping a dragonfish in your aq the first tank guide is a beginner s guide to setting up a new. Because this fish is so large it requires a very large tank about 200 gallons or more. The spotted sleeper goby eleotris picta is a large species that is also known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the spiny cheek sleeper goby water cow or water cow goby.