id help freshwater goby ???

[johnptc]

any id on this guy would be great.......:confused: :confused:

[Oddball]

Looks like the Dormitator maculatus gobies I have in my tanks. Fat sleeper or Jade goby. Real nice colors in that one. Supposedly, they'll grow to close to 30" in the wild (and in full marine). I've never seen a captive specimen over 17-18".

[johnptc]

Looks like the Dormitator maculatus gobies I have in my tanks. Fat sleeper or Jade goby. Real nice colors in that one. Supposedly, they'll grow to close to 30" in the wild (and in full marine). I've never seen a captive specimen over 17-18".


ok thanks......the closet i found was a 'sleeper goby ' john

also it is in freshwater......

pic is from internet Dormitator maculatus

[Oddball]

ok thanks......the closet i found was a 'sleeper goby ' john

also it is in freshwater......

These gobies can be found in full fresh to full marine conditions. The larger ones are found in full marine.

[ewurm]

Nice fish, I have never seen that one. Thanks!

[Gemeines]

I adapted one of these from fresh to complete marine once.

Nice Sleeper!

[hmt321]

I have 2 in a 125 gal tank, they eat anything (even tank mates)

where did you get it?

[AquataHolic420]

I had that fish for about 2 years... it was about 9 inches in length. I got it from a LFS as a "MArbled Goby". After a long time researching and seeing them at other stores marked correctly i now know they are the "Jade" or Sleeper" gobies. They are very unusual fish, mine would always, i mean ALWAYS swim vertically , and never horizontally as if the fish was walking. Mine at everything and anything, from feeders, to kril, to bloodworms, to worms, to pellets, to ANYTHING. Mine liked to sift the surface for food by sucking in as much water as it could and filtering out all the food with its gills. I loved this fish was named Goober cuz of how it swam, and i wish i still had it! Good find... I would get another but all the ones i see around now are in BW and i dont want to deal with that...

Josh

[johnptc]

I had that fish for about 2 years... it was about 9 inches in length. I got it from a LFS as a "MArbled Goby". After a long time researching and seeing them at other stores marked correctly i now know they are the "Jade" or Sleeper" gobies. They are very unusual fish, mine would always, i mean ALWAYS swim vertically , and never horizontally as if the fish was walking. Mine at everything and anything, from feeders, to kril, to bloodworms, to worms, to pellets, to ANYTHING. Mine liked to sift the surface for food by sucking in as much water as it could and filtering out all the food with its gills. I loved this fish was named Goober cuz of how it swam, and i wish i still had it! Good find... I would get another but all the ones i see around now are in BW and i dont want to deal with that...

Josh

thanks.... he is with a marble goby pure fresh !!!!

[AquataHolic420]

thanks.... he is with a marble goby pure fresh !!!!

Does yours swim like a goof too?? mine always did, it like hopped around on its tail...

[repair]

I've got 2, 1 at 12" and 1 at 10"

[johnptc]

I've got 2, 1 at 12" and 1 at 10"

are they in freshwater ??? are they still growing ?? :headbang2 :headbang2

[hmt321]

mine have been in fresh water for 6 months and they have doubled there size

[repair]

are they in freshwater ??? are they still growing ?? :headbang2 :headbang2

Pure fresh and still growing.

[johnptc]

Pure fresh and still growing.


very nice...thanks:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: