Mine were marbled gobies, they get a little bigger, are less active and more predatory, One tried to eat my thumb once. The only one I kept for any length of time got to over 18" and ate 12" bass and channel cats, also cat food. also anything that moved, and the heater, and the filter intake, a couple rocks, well you get the idea. I got it for free after my favorite lfs at the time had sold it and had it returned 3 times. The september photo of the month was a marbled goby.
Has anyone owned a Dormitator maculatus (Fat Sleeper Goby)
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thanks for the info, though I've decided I don't like this fish and I'm gonna get rid of it 
I thought it looked interesting in the shop, and I got a good deal on it, however now I think it's fat and stupid and boring.
Also they told me in the shop, yeah it's a tough fish, it'll be able to take care of itself in your tanks.
I put it with my snakehead which is about 1/4 of it's size, the snakehead went straight up to it and bit it on the side of the head.
So I moved it in with my oscars and wolf. The oscars hated it, absolutely hated it. They both chased it around and bit it non stop until it was just vertically hiding behind the filter, pretending to be a heater.
I felt sorry for it so I quickly setup a divider using an undergravel filter plate.
on Saturday I'm gonna part exchange it for the jardini I'm getting.
Tough fish my ass.
I thought it looked interesting in the shop, and I got a good deal on it, however now I think it's fat and stupid and boring.
Also they told me in the shop, yeah it's a tough fish, it'll be able to take care of itself in your tanks.
I put it with my snakehead which is about 1/4 of it's size, the snakehead went straight up to it and bit it on the side of the head.
So I moved it in with my oscars and wolf. The oscars hated it, absolutely hated it. They both chased it around and bit it non stop until it was just vertically hiding behind the filter, pretending to be a heater.
I felt sorry for it so I quickly setup a divider using an undergravel filter plate.
on Saturday I'm gonna part exchange it for the jardini I'm getting.
Tough fish my ass.
p45 - that won't be a problem, I'll keep him alone if necessary. I'm thinking of selling my wolf. The wolf is just not the fish I expected. I knew it wouldn't be active, but I was expecting it to be 10x more aggressive, and much more of a voracious eater.
My 4.5 inch channa is hands down badder than my 8 inch wolf.
And to be honest I'm more concerned with the safety of the 6 inch jardini I'm getting than my snakehead. My SH is crazy.
My 4.5 inch channa is hands down badder than my 8 inch wolf.
And to be honest I'm more concerned with the safety of the 6 inch jardini I'm getting than my snakehead. My SH is crazy.
You have a beautiful couple right there and I really hope you breed to sell... I miss seeing gobies in love 
I used to have a lovely couple of them but my evil military ex sold them and all our cichlids without my permission when I dumped him, left him out of state. He even put our precious K9 to sleep
(Pix not mine but my Sleeper Goby lovebirds look exactly like this one as you can see the shiny, sharp, metallic turquoise spots on both sides of their gills like the one in the pix)
*** If anyone is selling "Dormitator Latifron", please let me know. I've been looking for these Sleeper Gobies for a decade now and how I miss the pair I once had. I sincerely will appreciate even just by let know where I can get them. Mine had shiny, sharp, metallic turquoise spots on both side of their gills. Thank you and ＧＯＤbless ***
Blue grass aquatics has some medium sized sleeper gobies. Get while available if your in the states
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