Show me your gobies!

[oii]

I saw 2 today at my LFS, one looked healthy and one did not. They were short and fat, about 3.5", both off white with a couple of red spots, I'm pretty sure they were tattoed but it looked kind of natural. The guy didn't know anything about them. All he told me was "I think they are some kind of goby and I'm pretty sure we want $7.99 a piece for them." I was so tempted to bring them home for my 30g but the one didn't look so hot and I didn't want just one. Normally the only fish I like are american cichlids and pike but these guys were awesome even if they might have been tattoed. I can't really find any good pictures of anything close to them. All I know is that they were freshwater (maybe brackish but NOT saltwater) and I want them.

so post your goby pictures and let me know if they're cool fish to keep or not.

 

[oii]

the closest thing I could find is this

which is a desert goby.

I am going to have to call them tomorrow to confirm what they are and ask them how much they want for them and if they can get more..

the second closest thing I could fine is a "round goby" which oddly enough are destroying our great lakes and if you catch them you are supposed to kill them lol

 

[ewurm]

Marbled Goby, I love mine

 

[oii]

would a 30g work for 2gobies for awhile? I know nothing about them but I've never seen any over 8".

 

[aquaticdesignsp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Qakne7BHk
This is one of my Marbled gobies ( Oxyleotris marmorrata )
if I'm not mistaken. His name is Soony. Because their native name is Soon Hock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LAj-qYOgMQ
Here is my other Soon Hock. His name is Hocker.

 

[nvrmor2paradise]

ewurm, he looks incredible!

I too had a goby for quite some time. He never got any wider then a pencil and only about 1.5" long. One day he just disappeared. I think that the tinfoils finially got him!

Gobies are awesome and seem to take a genuine interest in what's going on outside the tank. It is so cool to see them prop up on their fins and check you out! They can be lightning fast and love to hang out in the plants. They will also eat food whole that seems WAY too big. There seem to be alot of different types out there too, and exist in fresh, brackish, and salt water.

Sorry the picture is so bad, but this was actually a picture of the entire tank. I just cropped the rest of it out. By the date of the photo, this was over a year ago. I hadn't realized that he had been gone so long...

 

[KittyKatKeeper]

Butch my Dusky Sleeper - thinks he rules the tank until the Pleco comes out at night. I find him very pretty and unique. Only have him about 3 month now.

 

[oii]

nice gobies so far. the one I found was more fat and stubby and less long and skinny. I'll post some pics when I buy him.

 

[oii]

just got them, they guy still didn't know what they were. I asked him where they came from and he said one of the employees mom's brought them in. He said she had them for around or less than a month and thats all he knew. He was sold to me as a goby but I think might might be some kind of pike? It kind of looks tattooed but maybe not, I know they had some natural blue that faded in and out of them though.

paid $7.99 a piece for them.

 

[sicxspeed]

those look like rainbow goby, or sleeper goby