Hey, back again! Thanks everyone for your awesome responses. I have my dear BBGS in a brackish tank probably 1.007 which I want to bring down to 1.005. I have...
Hey Neale! Thanks for the great reply. You keep brine shrimp with them? Wow, I have to give that a try. Right now I have my four BBGs in a divided tank with my...
I've had Bumblebee Gobies, same group, for a little over 2 years now. They are in brackish (Instant Ocean) @ 1.008 > 1.003. I've usually had some livebearers...
noticed on a stocklist that COBALT BLUE SUMATRAN GOBY STIPHODON PURPUEUATROS (assume that to be s. atropurpureus) however, details with regard care are rather...
... I keep mine at 7.2-7.6, which seems to work well. Temp range is right. and they do love algae, but will also eat frozen bloodworms, frozen mysis, and flake...
Hi folks. I recently received the goby in the pic from my India supplier. They came in as B. nunus. However, I can not verify that these fish are indeed that...
Looks like xanthomelas to me however the color could come in. xanthomelas have 5 bands nanus have 4 bands. The middle band is broken up and spotted. "Frank...
Gerald Griffin wrote: Looks like xanthomelas to me however the color could come in. xanthomelas have 5 bands nanus have 4 bands. The middle band is broken up...
Not supposed to be. Could be one of dozen species of bumblebees known. However I do not know of any bumblebees that come from India, the closest I know of...
Gerald Griffin wrote: However I do not know of any bumblebees that come from India, According to FishBase, B. nunus is from India, which is the name these fish...
Under Naomi Delventhal's advice, I've been encouraging fishkeepers not to get to hung up on identifying Brachygobius to species level. My understanding is that...
Having been trained as an ichthyologist I do count scales and do all of the other morphological stuff that goes with it. Nothing worse than a fish in my...
... Can't help it. I'm obsessive that way <<G>>. ... Well, I can do both counts, so it may be possible for me to get an identification that way. I'll see if I...
Keep us posted and if you ever want to send a dead one my way let me know. ... Can't help it. I'm obsessive that way <<G>>. ... Well, I can do both counts, so...
Frank, For what it's worth, your fish does look a lot like B. nunus as show in the Aqualog 'Brackish-Water Fishes' book (p. 49). The fish photographed there...
Hello Frank - that looks like B. nunus to me, and that's based on my examination of Alcock's syntypes, which came from Port Canning, lower Bengal. There is...
Helen Larson wrote: I hope to finish my revision of all the Brachygobius species soon-ish. Work will speed up after I retire from govt work mid-next year and...
Probably in Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. <')////==< Dr Helen K. Larson Curator of Fishes Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory PO Box 4646 ...
One of my bumblebee gobies died today, and I would like to figure out for certain which species I have. How can I count the fin rays or scales? Do I need a...
... in ... just ... Thanks! ... I don't think your goby is pregnant. As far as I know, gobies don't get pregnant. They do external fertilization. Females may...
Some (male, I believe) Brachygobius will change colour around spawning time. Females ripe with eggs will look "fat", but you should also see the egg tube...
Counting fin rays is pretty easy, and a decent digital photo should do the trick, at least with a dead specimen. On dorsal fins for example, you're counting...
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Preserving requires alcohol (vodka will do) or formalin (nasty carcinogen, best avoided). If not an option, keep cool (not frozen) and photograph the corpse...
... frozen) ... camera. ... to ... have) ... scales. ... Would 91% alcohol be better than vodka? I have both here. I tried looking at the fins, but I couldn't...
Yes the 91% alcohol would be better. Sounds like Everclear - 180 proof. ... frozen) ... camera. ... to ... have) ... scales. ... Would 91% alcohol be better...
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