Goby ID

[Kelly_Aquatics]

Hello i was watching a predatory fins video and came across this guy and instantly started reaserching one of the most beautiful fish ive ever seen and if possible would love to keep one if it fits and works in my tanks any ways please id and basic care Thx!!

 

[kno4te]

I’d say marble goby.

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

ah man that sucks if i remember correctly arint they the biggest fresh water goby? and get 24"+ anyone have any picks of 20 plus inchers or any big ones?

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

what about the water cow goby could a 75g work?

 

[Kolton13]

what about the water cow goby could a 75g work?

I don’t think I think it’s a 125

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

ok i would put one in my 125 but wouldent trust my oscars not to mess with it

 

[duanes]

When I first got my wild caught Eleotris (water cow) in July when it topped off just over 6"

By October it was 9" and thickened up quite nicely,

and again by the coming April 2020, it was over a foot

Granted, these guys aren't very active, mine tended to stay buried in the sand most of the day, until feeding time, dashing out for a couple slabs of fish flesh, but back under the substrate soon after. I kept it in a 180 gal, although I believe any 6 ft tank might have been adequate, at least until it hit 15" or 20".

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

wow beauty what do you feed it?

 

[duanes]

Because of where I live (a small fishing village on an island in the Pacific), fish is a major part of my diet, and the trimmings I avoid of ocean fish usually ended up as the gobies diet, it would also eat live shrimp from a nearby stream, insects like locusts, and fry produced by other fish in the tank.
It would never eat pellets, or normal fish food, it might grab at it, but quickly spit it out.
Goby Grab

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

thanks for sharing looks like the goby could eat the other fish lol