First pic of my new Dracula Goby

JM68 · #1 06/27/2007, 06:44 PM

I literally put him in the tank 5 minutes ago. Heres the first pic i snapped he's still perched on the rock that he swam to when i put him in.

Michelle L · #2 06/27/2007, 07:15 PM

What a cutie!!!

mr. clown man · #3 06/27/2007, 07:39 PM

lol ^^^, congrats hes a nice lookin fish

SDguy · #4 06/27/2007, 07:42 PM

Why is it called a dracula goby?

JM68 · #5 06/27/2007, 08:07 PM

Not sure. Maybe because the stripes on its side are a deep red color like blood. Its latin name is Stonogobiops dracula, so its incorperated in the latin name also.

carman9941 · #6 06/28/2007, 11:04 AM

get him a pistol shrimp

JM68 · #7 06/28/2007, 05:13 PM

I will be getting him a pistol shrimp soon, but they didnt have any i liked at my LFS when i got him. They only had Tiger Tistols and i want a Bullseye.

Am4nn · #8 06/28/2007, 07:36 PM

One of the cooler looking goby.

SDguy · #9 06/28/2007, 08:20 PM

I've heard bullseye pistols are kind of iffy when it comes to pairing with gobies.

1F2FRFBF · #10 06/28/2007, 08:53 PM

He looks more like a candy cane than a dracula. Very cool!

JM68 · #11 06/28/2007, 09:19 PM

I've never heard of a candy cane goby and can't find anything about them. Did u mean that it looks like a candy cane or is there such a fish as a candy cane goby?

JM68 · #12 06/28/2007, 09:26 PM

Does anyone else have one of these?? What type of pitsol do u have them paired with? My friend has a Randals goby with a Bullseye Pistol and i really like it, but if they r picky about who they accept as a roomie i'll get a different one.

ahullsb · #13 06/28/2007, 09:41 PM

Don't want to hijack the thread but I have a yellow watchman I am trying to pair up. You guys seem to know a lot about pistol shrimp. Is there any particular pistol shrimp for a watchman? And that dracula goby is really cool! I wish I had seen that around...

johnski · #14 06/29/2007, 02:05 AM

my favourite shrimps for pairing with a goby are either alpheus randalli or alpheus bellulus

ahullsb · #15 06/29/2007, 01:36 PM

Thank you. I've heard about the randalli but not bellulus. I'll check it out.

seapug · #16 06/29/2007, 04:03 PM

super cool fish. good luck with it!

Bebo77 · #17 06/29/2007, 04:04 PM

very cool.. any more pics?

malibumike · #18 06/29/2007, 08:02 PM

found this vid with a dracula goby, pistol shrimp and fire shrimp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdD6E...elated&search=

1F2FRFBF · #19 06/29/2007, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JM68
I've never heard of a candy cane goby and can't find anything about them. Did u mean that it looks like a candy cane or is there such a fish as a candy cane goby?

I only meant that he looks like one. Sorry for the confusion!

JM68 · #20 06/30/2007, 12:01 AM

Cool vid. Mine still hides most of the time except for feeding time when he will venture out a little bit to grab some food, but everything i've read says that they act just like the one in the video. Hovering about 2-3 inches from their burrow while the pistol maintains it.