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Old 09/06/2003, 04:40 PM
mike4271 mike4271 is offline
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Goby I.D.

Just purchased what my lfs had listed as a worm goby but I'm thinking it may be a neon, almost black with silver, is it the same fish or are there two seperate sub species. Sory, no photo available yet, still have to train him to pose for the camera
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Old 09/06/2003, 07:39 PM
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Old 09/06/2003, 07:47 PM
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Re: Goby I.D.

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Just purchased what my lfs had listed as a worm goby but I'm thinking it may be a neon, almost black with silver, is it the same fish or are there two seperate sub species. Sory, no photo available yet, still have to train him to pose for the camera
Is it a tiny fish or an eel type looking fish?


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Old 09/06/2003, 07:56 PM
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Thanks naesco, its eel type fish, glows under light.
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Old 09/06/2003, 08:12 PM
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Is this your fish?

Bluestriped fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhnchos)
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Old 09/06/2003, 08:31 PM
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Thanks naesco, its eel type fish, glows under light.
The worm goby is often called an engineer goby or blenny. I can't find a good pic. Can someone?
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Old 09/06/2003, 08:44 PM
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Thanks Aquabucket, I think you maybe right, although mine seems black and white stripes. He is really active, its been a great night, I just bought him and an algea blenny, both juveniles, he is all over the tank, and after lights out the blenny is sitting up and or jumping up the glass just like a puppy. God I love this hobby. Sorry about the late reply, my wife insisted on borrowing HER laptop.
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Old 09/07/2003, 10:29 AM
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Possibly this??

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...sname=oceanops
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Old 09/07/2003, 10:34 AM
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Does Your Fish look like this? It is an engineer goby..
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Old 09/07/2003, 11:49 AM
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Does Your Fish look like this? It is an engineer goby..
Thanks Mickey.
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Old 09/07/2003, 11:55 AM
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Old 09/07/2003, 12:10 PM
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And the winner is............................................................MaryHM thanks a lot guys, sems like I got myself another goodie.
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Old 09/07/2003, 12:17 PM
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Good deal - FYI many of the Gobisoma species are reared in captivity so you don't need to buy wild caught Carribean gobies. ORA has been offering these captive bred for several years!

Word of warning these are not long lived fish in nature maybe a few years at most so I reccomend buying a small juvenile if possible. Also despite some people claiming that captive bred will not clean I have not had this problem and these buys make EXCELLENT cleaners for other fish.
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Old 09/07/2003, 12:19 PM
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Hey! What do I win?? You think I answer these questions strictly for educational purposes???
 


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