does anyone breed marbled or water cow gobies? i am curious as to what type of substrate they would breed in. i think i have a couple lovebirds but they are in...
a water cow? what on earth are these? marbled goby I have met and eaten in Singapore (they're "aquacultured" so breeding info should be easy to track down, ...
Dear Helen,
It's not easy to find the information about Oxyeleotris marmoratus
breeding, I have some broodstok around 200 grams and upto now 6 month no...
is a gudgeon also refered as a sleeper goby? or not a true goby because the pelvic fins arent attatched like say a knight goby? to the best of my knowledge a...
Hi Jamie, Yes, a gudgeon is also know as a sleeper goby. "True gobies" (family Gobiidae) typically have fused pelvic fins, but many (especially small...
thank's for the clarification naomi. it's nice to actually know what you are talking about. I have had tanks for about three years and it wasn't till about six...
hi helen. i just got some pics of my guys on the gobygroup website. the water cow is the big boy. i love the grudgeons. i don't think that i would be able to...
Dear jamie,
If you refer to Sleeper Goby maybe yes, Asian market call this fish as
Sand Goby, Betutu or Soon Hock (singapore) But I saw in Australia they
call...
thank you for that link. thank's for sharing your knowledge on these guys. they have fast become one of my favorite fish. a lot of personality and apparently...
... Funnily enough I just tried some "sleeper goby" from the Chinese marketplace last weekend. They were definately an eleotrid and was probably the same...
and we call ourselves a civilized people. those aussies are a lively bunch. i have to say though i would probably try it. Rob where is Canberra? ... Sacrilege!...
please don't think i'm ignorant but have you ever been chased by a funnelweb? those bastards have some serious fangs. I'm from Cape Cod and we have no life...
you need to check their urogenital papilla; I don't know of any other external signals. Males have a slender slightly flattened and pointed papilla, females a ...
I have a picture of Marbled Goby genital both male and female, if needed
I can send it. And also based on my record sampling, yes it seems Female growth
faster...
i'm assuming that the papilla is the small flap of skin i can make out behind the anus? i can see it a lot clearer on my large water cow. thank you. i have a...
Dear jamie,
Sorry due to limitation of my english, I cannot explain it detail
in English he...he...he....
But it seems as you description before, the genital...
Hello, I was wondering, which details make the sexual dimorphism in this species, and how old/big the fish should be to display these? I've seen a photo of a...
Hi, I recently got some Desert gobies, and wanted to put something in there with them. Some sort of fish or invertebrates to help with cleaning. or just any...
hey jeremiah, well i can tell you from experience that usually anything that can fit in their mouths usually will end up there. my water cow gudgeon ate a...
jamie, Thanks, I decided to try to put in some 'kuhli loaches' with them, hoping they could hide, move faster, and eat the left overs. Well, the loaches were...
Kuhli loaches and apple snails are not meant for a brackish tank and will die. If the salt is not too high in the Desert Goby tank, rams horn and small pond...
I don't think it was your desert gobies that killed your kuhli loaches - they are not particularly piscivorous (unlike some of the large "sleeper gobies" such...
Hi Tomek, Yes, that's true - the males are more colorful and have larger second dorsal and anal fins. It won't be obvious until you have mature fish of both...
... I have desert gobies also, they are some of my favorite gobies. I have a 75g brackish w/ a 20g sump, tank has lots of live plants (and unfortunately lots ...
Dear Sonja,
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SM> I've had pretty good luck breeding the desert gobies,
SM> I have another adult pair in a 10g tank that have
SM> spawned once, and their...
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