Yep not a sleeper goby, but a fat jade goby. They are nice and a great entry point into gobies. Sleepers on the other hand our monster vacuums.
Can somebody help ID this goby?
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Yep not a sleeper goby, but a fat jade goby. They are nice and a great entry point into gobies. Sleepers on the other hand our monster vacuums.
Good to know but unfortunately it died
yesterday. It was either it didn't agree with the oscars or the bioload on the tank was to much, or both. But it looked rough from the start.
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Actually they are sleepers that is the name of the whole family of fish, and they are one of the largest sleepers and will eat anything.The common name for this fish is fat sleeper or jade goby. I have have also hade some that become very aggressive, and they can hold their own with all types of large fish.
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Too bad this one didn't make it. Mine is a cool fish. He's also an awesome algae eater (didn't know they ate it before I got him) and has nearly cleaned the glass my whole 220. He's very peaceful and likes to sleep with my gars.
Mine took awhile to settle in before he even took much food or would come up to me, and I could see bad water or aggressive fish causing one to stress and die.
The whole family of fish (Eleotridae) are called sleepers, and also encompasses the species that are commonly referred to as gudgeons. The tiny peacock gudgeon and other similar fish are in the same family. They're closely related to true gobies, and show similar behavior, but anatomically different.
Dormitator maculatus . mine are still not too big, but definately growing, and get veeeery interested when i put raw peeled shrimp in for food !!
