Let see your Gobies!

[Leviathan]

I was just looking at my tank tonight and realized I must have a thing for Gobies ( Like I didnt know that already ). In my 75 gallon I have 4 fish 3 of which are gobies. So I thought, lets share some pictures of the ones in are tanks.

I will start
Here is my Watchman, Cryptocentrus cinctus, the current oldest fish in my system. Small in size, VERY big in personality.

http://www.freewebs.com/chrisphotopost/1-5-04%20watchman%20goby.JPG

[Leviathan]

Here are the other two, my pair of Zebra Dart Gobies, Ptereleotris zebra

http://www.freewebs.com/chrisphotopost/1-18-04%20zebra%20goby%20pair.JPG

Mugshot of individual

http://www.freewebs.com/chrisphotopost/1-18-04%20zebra%20goby%20mugshot.JPG

[nanocat]

My clown Goby
http://www.teampointless.com/apictures/clowngoby.JPG

I have a sleeper goby in another tank, but he lurks under a cave and is camera shy.

[Wind]

taggin.. i wanna get a gobie.. that cleans sand and stays small..

[sea student]

Great looking fish and great photos. Is that a citron clown goby? I love the bright yellow. What kind of camera are those taken with? Thanks for posting!

[colemanitis]

Clown Goby.
http://www.colemanitis.com/reef/7g/images/clowngoby111003.jpg

[llpoolej]

neon gobies clean and stay very small. They are hilarious. They will clean you too if you stick your hand in the tank

[nhanson]

can you keep 3 neons together? Will they school, or will they just kill the third wheel?

[Danielle]

Wind,

Have you looked at the Rainfords (aka Courtjester) Goby? They sift the sand all day long and are very attractive looking. They get to be about three inches.

Danielle

[Desolas]

Here is my banded goby:

http://desolas.com/posted_pictures/year2/03.jpg

Rainsfords are awesome, btw. I didn't buy one when I had the chance because I wasn't sure what it was, now months later I'm still looking for one. Very cool fish.

[Danielle]

Desolas,

You could always order one online:D Yeah, I can't get one even though my LFS always has them. My tank is to small:rolleyes:

Danielle

[cheeks69]

Here's my yellow watchman eating a bristle, I've got a pair. BTW Desolas great shot !!!
http://www.reefsanctuary.com/photopost/data/502/86116_1611-thumb.JPG http://www.reefsanctuary.com/photopost/data/502/86114_1433-med.JPG

[cheeks69]

Thought the pic was bigger but guess not:rolleyes:

[Rendos]

My pink spot watchman...
http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/1092766-M.jpg
I also have 2 scissortail gobies that are in love but can't get a good picture. They spend the entire day just rubbing on each other and inside their cave under the live rock that they dug out.

[unsped]

http://www.isber.ucsb.edu/~brad/albums/album18/DSCN7443.sized.jpg

my favourite inhabitant.

[brahm]

not my gobie.. but a pic of a gobie. I'll snap some of my own tonight.

http://www.socalracers.com/tankpic/LATRIP/fullsize/tglcam.jpg

[teevee]

Sorry for the crappy photos...

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/fish%20aug%2025%2003/orange-diamond-goby.jpg

She spent about 15 minutes yawning (ie. being angry) at this shrimp when it got too close to her burrow...

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/goby%20being%20a%20dweeb%20oct%2019%2003/2.jpg

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/misc%20jan%2010%2004/goby1.jpg

Top-down...

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/frags%20jan%2031%2004/birdnestandgoby.jpg

[whiirly]

wil all gobies jump?
they are really beautiful fish but i dont want to find one shrivelled up ya know
whiirly

[traip93]

:thumbsup: you guys make me never want to post another picture

[AndrewNS]

My Sharknoese Gobie.

[EvilMel]

I can't post the picture from work, but here's a link to my yellow watchman and randall's shrimp picture.

http://www.easttnreefclub.com/images/mel-9.jpg

[kiraroberson]

http://home.nc.rr.com/andyroberson/minnie_and_toby.jpg


Minnie the yellow clown goby hanging out with Toby the ocellaris clownfish.

[Leviathan]

great shots everyone,

I will see if I can get some more this evening when the halides come on.

[boosta]

In Australia we call this a pink shrimp goby. Unfortunately the shrimp is so elusive i have never managed to get a pic of him.

[mothra]

brahm - is that goby hovering over a whole lot of clams or something else?

[websiteworld.com]

I wasn't expecting to get this little guy, but he showed off pretty well at the LFS so I got him. He acclimated well, I left the lights off for two hours, then turned them on and he immediately started sifting through the sand. I really enjoy these guys. Anyone else like them?

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/24435sleepergoldheadgoby.jpg

[brahm]

Originally posted by mothra
brahm - is that goby hovering over a whole lot of clams or something else?

Yes that is the clam tank at Tongs in fountain valley, i thought it was neat they had one goby standing gaurd in a tank of clams.

[NTidd]

http://www.microsoftwindows.hotmail.ru/imgs/clowns_640_480.jpg

I like gobies too, I plan to get a green clown soon :D

[colemanitis]

Here's a picture of my Mandarin, I got him two days ago.
http://colemanitis.com/reefcentral/mandarin020204.jpg

[Aquabucket]

This is shot of my Emerald goby <i>Ctenogobius smaragdus</i> that I collected myself in SW Fl. I was very happy it made the 1500 mile trip to Green Bay this week.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/32290Emerald03.jpg

[jimsta]

i dont know if they are truly clown gobies, but i saw some black ones at my lfs this weekend, they also had the yellow ones. But the black really suprised me.

[AquaticFins]

Originally posted by NTidd
http://www.microsoftwindows.hotmail.ru/imgs/clowns_640_480.jpg

I like gobies too, I plan to get a green clown soon :D

What kind of gobie is the blue one?

[Aquabucket]

Dave, I beleive it is another type of clown goby. You have to watch these guys around SPS and sometimes clams.

[NTidd]

Originally posted by AquaticFins
What kind of gobie is the blue one?

It's a citrin, citron, poison, or citrus goby, those are his common names anyways.

[Wind's Wifey]

websiteworld.com

You have a pretty goby...NICE one..

Nice pics everyone...keep up w/the pics..

[websiteworld.com]

Yeah, I had to fork out 34.99 for it, it better be good. Good ole LFS. ;-) But at least you aren't buying a pig in a poke, this little guy comes up and looks at you square in the eye!

[CORALFISHG]

pikey, boosta, for some reason your goby's look familer..

my pink spot
http://coralfishg.com/media/DIR_17880/DSC02329-1.JPG
http://coralfishg.com/media/DIR_17880/DSC02328-1.JPG

sorry about the big pictures...

jason

[rleechb]

Here's my pink spot goby guy:


http://www.eneat.com/albums/55-gallon-mixed-reef/IMG_2585.sized.jpg

[NicoleC]

<---------- My yellow watchman.

I saw some really cute tiny gobies (3/4" total) this weekend, but I'm afraid they'd become a snack for my pistol shrimp.

[kmk2307]

Have you seen these reefkeeping articles?
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-01/hcs3/index.htm
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-09/hcs3/index.htm
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-06/hcs3/index.htm
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-10/hcs3/index.htm
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-09/hcs3/index.htm
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-03/hcs3/index.htm

Kevin

[SteveMH]

http://www.stevehicksdesign.com/images/corner/clown_gobie.jpg

[sudsy]

i have three banded gobies in my tank(lfs guy said they liked to school) which they do, my question is has anyone had succes pairing a gobie and shrimp that were purchased seperately? and since i had three, if i were to add the apropriate shrimp would the shrimp only bond with one gobie or would he interact with all three? would the gobies fight over him? Thanks Mike

[darn1]

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-01/hcs3/index.htm
i picked up a white ray a few months ago and i hardly see him but when i do its just awesome! i sometimes wonder if hes alive and hell peek his little head out from the back of the tank. bummer!

[EvilMel]

So I have had great success with getting a separately purchased shrimp and goby to pair.

I fyou have more than one fish that schools together, it is possible for more than one of them to pair with the shrimp. I once had two "black ray" shrimp gobies paired with one randall's shrimp. It was awesome. One would sit at one entrance to the burrow and the other would sit at the other entrance. Really cool.

Til I lost one of the fish in a move.

[bjolly]

cool pictures! :) I'm planning on getting a yellow watchman as one of my first fish & I'm hoping it won't be too shy & will actually be visible.

[gcarroll]

here are mine

Orange Striped Goby
http://www.reefhomes.com/gcarroll/_goby.jpg

[gcarroll]

here are mine!

Orange Striped goby
http://www.reefhomes.com/gcarroll/_goby.jpg

Hector's goby
http://www.reefhomes.com/gcarroll/Amblygobiushectori.JPG

[EvilMel]

Ok so I have been trying for days to get this to post and it's probably old news, BUT...

Here is a picture of two of my green banded gobies that I am pretty sure were spawning. These are the coolest tiny fish ever.

[musicsmaker]

Gcarroll, does that Hector's goby sift sand to the point where it clouds your water any? I had a yellowheaded jawfish that dug so much that my water was always cloudy, and now that he's gone I'm weary about anything that sifts sand.

[JazzMan]

I want to add two gobies to my 210 gallon, but it's open top and I am afraid they will leap. Are they known leapers???

[technoshaman]

My rainford's goby:

http://www.maast.org/albums/MikeP/rainfordi3.sized.jpg

My yellow watchman - actually have a mated pair that were my first fish I got when I got back into saltwater a few years back - I think this is the male:

http://www.maast.org/albums/MikeP/yellowwatchman.sized.jpg

[acrim]

Here is a photo of our Gobi, Scoot...By the way this is my first message on RC.

[Wind]

keep them coming.. great thread for me... to get a goby!!.. i want small ones...

[billwynne]

These guys are much more sociable than my late lamented suicidal banded gobies

[gilman]

Green Banded Goby

http://www.oc-creative.com/7gal/1957greenbandedgoby.jpg

[musicsmaker]

Acrim:

<img src="/images/welcome.gif" width="500" height="62"><br><b><i><big><big>To Reef Central</b></i></big></big>

[acrim]

Thanks Musicmaker!!!
Cant wait to post more!
Appreciate the welcome...this is post #2!

[NTidd]

Originally posted by JazzMan
I want to add two gobies to my 210 gallon, but it's open top and I am afraid they will leap. Are they known leapers???
The only thing covering my tank are the lights and haven't had an issue with my yellow clown and citrus clown.

[EvilMel]

I've never had any problems with green clown goby, yellow watchman goby, green banded gobies (cutest gobies ever) jumping out.

But I have had problems with neon gobies. Two jumped out of this tiny tank I had at school that was actually covered except for this one little hole. Well after having them for a few months, both jumped out within a week. Very odd.

In my 135 I have never had neon gobies jump out and it's completely open topped.

So I really think most fish have the potential to jump out, but I have never experienced any of the fish I mentioned first jumping out.

[intranet]

Great pics and info folks, I want to get a watchman goby , but haven't been able to decide which one. I had my heart set on a scissortail until I saw all these photos!!

[Hammer]

One of my favorite fish.
http://www.froadin.com/thereef/images/nikon4500/2002-10-27_threadfin.jpg

[frostbite]

Here's my Yellow Watchman goby infront of his cave, he's been with me for two years. I am not sure if it can be call "pair off" but he share the same cave with my banded serpent star and spent most of the day sitting on the serpent star.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/9998Goby1-rc.jpg

[gcarroll]

Originally posted by musicsmaker
Gcarroll, does that Hector's goby sift sand to the point where it clouds your water any? I had a yellowheaded jawfish that dug so much that my water was always cloudy, and now that he's gone I'm weary about anything that sifts sand.
Not at all. I have found that with sand sifting gobies, once the build there burrow there is not the major dust storms that cloudy the tank. My gobies definitly kick some minute sand into the water colomn but they aslo clean up the sand, king of like gravel vaccuming all day every day. I have a large tank so I take the good with the bad.

[picture the reef]

gcarroll, I know the hectors are kind of rare. Where did you find him and how long have you had him?

[Wind]

NICE THREADFIN!!!....

[Wind's Wifey]

Just taggin along...we thinking about gettin one ourselves..:P

[bjolly]

how many here have a goby paired with a shrimp? and how did you get them to pair up?

[UofAHog]

Here are a few shots of my Green Clown Gobies. They are the only fish in my 28 bowfront.

http://comp.uark.edu/~mkoss/GGPweb.jpg

http://comp.uark.edu/~mkoss/GCGoby2.jpg

[danellis06460]

I have not seen any of these gobies so far. This is Iggy, my bullet goby. He night not look like much but he has an awesome personality, always comes up to you to say hello. He is our favourite fish in the tank.

http://www.emilyellis.com/photogallery/Aquarium/photos/DSCN0042.JPG

[warlockgp]

Beautyful Picture...............

Originally posted by Desolas
Here is my banded goby:

http://desolas.com/posted_pictures/year2/03.jpg

Rainsfords are awesome, btw. I didn't buy one when I had the chance because I wasn't sure what it was, now months later I'm still looking for one. Very cool fish.

[GreshamH]

Originally posted by Aquabucket
Dave, I beleive it is another type of clown goby. You have to watch these guys around SPS and sometimes clams.

Why? Have you seen them nip at them, or is it just that they perch in them? My green clown goby spends quite a bit of time between my clam and the sps's, they don't seem to mind much at all althought the commencial crabs in the sps simply hate him.

[Marco]

danellis06460, your fish is not a Goby it is a member of the Parapercis family possibly Parapercis cylindrica or commonly called sandperch. Do a search on Fishbase for more info.

[danellis06460]

Really!, I guess the old adage of don't believe the LFS applies here.

Originally posted by Marco
danellis06460, your fish is not a Goby it is a member of the Parapercis family possibly Parapercis cylindrica or commonly called sandperch. Do a search on Fishbase for more info.

[danellis06460]

So he is, I just googled for it. I wondered why I could never find any information on him.

Well I hope he is reef safe, he seems to be.

He is still my favourite fish though ;)

Originally posted by Marco
danellis06460, your fish is not a Goby it is a member of the Parapercis family possibly Parapercis cylindrica or commonly called sandperch. Do a search on Fishbase for more info.

[bjolly]

UofAHog, are your gobies that green in real life? I thought they were usually more brownish. they look great!

[ozadars]

Originally posted by frostbite
Here's my Yellow Watchman goby infront of his cave, he's been with me for two years. I am not sure if it can be call "pair off" but he share the same cave with my banded serpent star and spent most of the day sitting on the serpent star.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/9998Goby1-rc.jpg

wow :eek2: this yellow watchman goby looks like he is few hundered years old but looks cool ;)

here is mine;
(sorry for b&w background)


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid100/p859bd4ef16cb5e0f8eb5c393bde10b3d/f9e4316e.jpg

[NFed16]

Heres mine... they say clown gobies only like acrapora corals but this little guy spends all day defending "his" leather coral. Smart fish IMO, leather would be way more comfortable than an acro.http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17818&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

[appellativo]

tagging along

[cheeks69]

Super Watchman!
http://www.reefaquariumguide.com/photos/data/537/7329110_1024.JPG

[whs520]

My whiteray shrimpgoby and yellowhead jawfish:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tchai1770/jaw1.jpg
Yellow watchman+tiger pistol shrimp video:
Click here for video (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tchai1770/edward.wmv)

[whs520]

Funny video of 2 shrimp gobies living in the same burrow:
Click here for vid (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tchai1770/shrimpgobies.wmv)