Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks again.

[imagirlgeek]

Just wanted to share this pic of one of the gobies.  I was taking some of the rocks out of the tank to fix some stuff that had been knocked around, and looked over to see this.  It's like she was hiding with her back up against the rock.  She stayed like this almost the entire time I was working in the tank.  

[fshfrk]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

funny

[Kiovo]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

that's very....odd looking lol  

[myjohnson]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

Love the blue color under the fish's body. Can we get a full body shot?

[imagirlgeek]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

Sure!  Here's a full body pic of her....



And here is a picture of the male.  

[TaTeR ToT]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

8O  8O  8O WHAT ARE THOSE 8O  8O  8O  I WANT 1  CAN I GET THE NAME AND WHERE YOU GOT THEM  PLEASE ray:

[imagirlgeek]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

Aren't they AMAZING?!    I knew I liked you, Eartheater.  

So, here's the story.  During Ike, Nickintex lost power at his house for a long time.  So he brought his fish over here to stay until he got power back on.  I fell in love with these guys the moment he brought them through the door, so when he came to pick up all his fish, he let me keep these guys.  Gotta love Nick!

He told me they are Jade gobies, also known as the Fat Sleeper goby.  I'd ask Nick where he got them.  I know one came from Freeport, but not sure about the others.  :)

They've been mating the past few weeks but neither one of them are very good at keeping an eye on the eggs.   :?   I'm hoping they'll get better at it with practice.

[TaTeR ToT]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

i knew it!! Dr. foster and smith have these for sale! sweet!!!


these are my new fav fish      just the cutest little face      they are like pugfish

[TaTeR ToT]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

do u think i could put a single male in my 125g tanganyikan tank with my neolamps? ph stays a steady 7.6, temp stays a steady 81 degrees, ammo-0 nitrite-0 nitrate-0. how big do they get and how is their temperment, cause i see a gold tiger datnoid and a flower horn. so im guessing pretty aggro?

[TaTeR ToT]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

is it ok if i use the last pic for my comp background ?very nice pic! what camera are u  using? i use a sony dh10. i love it. i just need to find a better lense.

[imagirlgeek]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

Actually, they are not aggressive at all.  But they will stand their ground when necessary.  Our Dats are pretty much weinies too though.    The flowerhorns have been copping some attitude lately, but don't really mess with the gobies at all.  

I've read that they will eat anything they can fit in their mouths, but we feed this tank rosey reds and I've never seen them even look twice at one.  Which Neolamps are they?  The biggest goby is about 7" right now, but I've read they can get around 12" - 14".  Not sure how fast they grow though.

[imagirlgeek]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

is it ok if i use the last pic for my comp background ?very nice pic! what camera are u  using? i use a sony dh10. i love it. i just need to find a better lense.

Yeah, man...now I need to get more and better shots!  

I use a Nikon D40x.  Love it!  guygeek did the research on the cameras, so I have no experience with any other kind.  Lenses are expensive!  Sony must be a good camera because those shots of your Geo's are so good.

[fshfrk]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

hey ya'll wait till you meet Brain. I think that's your name. he used to work at ultimate. the most excited fish guy i ever meet!he's going to take over the box. you watch. hope he comes to the dec meeting. anyway cool fish. do they eat snails?

[TaTeR ToT]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

here is a list of the fish in my 125G.

1x 3" Male Neolamprologus Brichardi
1x 3" Male Neolamprologus Leleupi
1x 2.5" Male Altolamprologus Calvus 'Chaitika'
1x 1.5" Neolamprologus Tretocephalus
1x 1.5" Neolamprologus Sexfasciatus 'Gold'
1x 2" Neolamprologus Savory
1x 1.75" Male Neolamprologus Helianthus
1x WC 4" Synodontis Polli
1x Girraffe Catfish 'Bayali' AKA Dwarf Girraffe Catfish
1x WC 4" Male Brown Bristle Nose Pleco


yeah, i love the sonies, i used to have a 12megapixel canong9, like the best non slr canon u can get.  the sony dh10 is the best non slr sony u can get.  it only has 8 megs, but has 15x zoom, and 5x digital zoom, which basically means i can zoom in on someones face from about 30ft, and get a no flash shot on the first try without any special lense. really cool. i want a wide angle lense.   and maybe a fine focus lense.

[TaTeR ToT]

Re: Okay everybody, just be cool. She's moving the rocks ag

i used to have a sleeper cow goby, about 9", he would not eat any live foods, he only ate table shrimp, mussels, and pieces of fish meat. which is weird, cause they are supposed to be like awesome ambush preaters, but he only liked fine prepared seafoods