The rhinogobius you’ve shown can be bred in freshwater, they normally go to the ocean but in Hong Kong when they get trapped in reservoirs they can still bred. I used to catch them there
I love my neon blue gobies I got from Dan. Their little salamander faces are so cute. My only complaint is I only see them at feeding time in my heavily planted tank. ❤️
So observation on the Stiphodon gobies in particular for flow preference, I have kept a lot of the atropurpureus species (My Favorite) as well as semoni and ornatus and the tank setup that they seemed to be the most happy / active / visible in was a hybrid tank that had a fiberglass insert with a combination of shallow fast moving sections waterfalls and deep slow moving sections with high turnover, The gobis in this setup would always be out and exploring climbing all over the place and super active plus color up faster and vibrantly than standard tanks with a single water option (Fast or slow only) The insert was from a company called river tank systems that went out of business back in the late 90's early 2k's but would not be too difficult to reproduce with some DIY expanding foam and a little ingenuity or maby a shelf tank that has a shallow top section and a deep drop off etc.... But again having super fast shallows with rock bottoms and deep slow areas with sand those gobis behavior changed so dramatically and became super interactive and my all time favorite fish to keep.
I have 6 different gobies in my 300 gallon acro reef tank and they are some of my favorite fish. I had never seen freshwater gobies until I saw these and they are just as beautiful.
I love my blue neon goby it’s so fun to watch and is always active, sadly I got a female so it doesn’t have the bright blue so I think I’m gonna need to get a male.
my lipstick gobies will eat anything I put in the tank. from frozen to flake and everything in between lol. very Hardy. but I was wondering why my neon gobies weren't showing their neon as much. Great advice from Dan. I recommend dragon gobies aswell 👌. I'm also waiting on annies gobies getting delivered to my lfs but I've ordered them 😆. gobies are by far my favourite fish
This is my experience with gobies: Short lifespan, unable to breed in captivity, very expensive, almost never with those colours as we see online, even after a year in aquariums ... Not so active (but very interesting when active🙂).
@@Summer4infinity Not sure how, their lifespan is around 2 years. I had a cat for 25yrs, but i wouldn say that's all cats average lifespan... Or you are talking about marine neon goby? 😂
@@baltik1715 he could be an anomaly. The others only lived 3 to 4 years, plus most of my pets do tend to live longer than the average lifespan. My cat lived to be 19, and my female Banggai Cardinal lived nearly 9 years (yes, the goby I have is freshwater ~ s. atropurpureus).
@@Summer4infinity That is great. Well there is a lot of factors there... I am from Serbia and these fish cannot be bred in captivity. When they arrive here they are already in bad shape...
@@baltik1715 I could see how that would affect their lifespan. Is it difficult to be in the aquarium hobby in Serbia? I live in a tiny town in the US, but can get a pretty decent selection of healthy fish, I just have to drive a couple of hours away.
It's possible to breed mudskippers and freshwater gobies it's just not very feasible it requires specialized systems to either create a tide or a stream
Do bl8ue neon gobies like live food ie bbs bloodworms chopped and white worms chopped also tubifex ? I have good quality flake and small pellets plus algae guss I just want too mix it up for them. Tia.
Chlamydogobius eremius. Extremely hardy. Extremely easy to breed. Full of character. Disadvantage - short lifespan. So you have to breed them to maintain them. And one batch has something like 50 or more of fry. Fry are big enough to start in microworms and brine shrimp
Some gobies lay their eggs in rivers. That then get washed out to the sea and when they hatch they feed on micro organisms in the salt water. And as they grow they migrate back to freshwater.
I thought they are close to extinct. Those freshwater flounder are native to my country we eat them as food. About 10-15 years ago they disappear never see them in market these day. They disappear very suddenly no one know why.
That makes sense. We don't appreciate what we have I our own backyards sometimes. Also ,there are laws regulating keeping natives which can make it harder.
I don't agree. Hatchetfish make great tankmates and the only ones proven to breed are the marbles, some of the more timid and shortest-lived in the hobby. Silvers can live 5-7 years and I really love mine, as they're model citizens.
Disagree. Unlike reef fish, which are often valued for their rarity, freshwater fish are less monetarily valuable, so it's about numbers. Fisherman have an incentive to manage their habitat in a way that generates large numbers of these fish. And but unlike fishing for food, pet trade fishing techniques need to be delicate because the fish need to survive. This also prevent destructive irresponsible overfishing. Pet trade fishing is almost entirely done by locals, proving income for peoples who can directly protect the habitat, instead of large fishing companies. Yes there are still ethical problems with taking fish form the wild (I absolutely disagree with collecting rare fish). But if you eat fish, that is much, much worse. Not to mention that the pet trade protects habitat that would otherwise be drained for farming.
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i'm sooooo ordering some of these from Dans fish!
Goby faces are precious. Everyone must want the blue 💙 neon ones
They are the best! I had a few in the past and loved their goofy antics. I wanted to breed them but after the research... haha... seems impossible.
The rhinogobius you’ve shown can be bred in freshwater, they normally go to the ocean but in Hong Kong when they get trapped in reservoirs they can still bred. I used to catch them there
I love my neon blue gobies I got from Dan. Their little salamander faces are so cute. My only complaint is I only see them at feeding time in my heavily planted tank. ❤️
They hide so well lol... all my favorite fish do. Maybe that's why we love them so much? Absence makes the heart grow fonder?
Yeah the hillstream loaches do the same thing and so do those tie crabs that I love
So observation on the Stiphodon gobies in particular for flow preference, I have kept a lot of the atropurpureus species (My Favorite) as well as semoni and ornatus and the tank setup that they seemed to be the most happy / active / visible in was a hybrid tank that had a fiberglass insert with a combination of shallow fast moving sections waterfalls and deep slow moving sections with high turnover, The gobis in this setup would always be out and exploring climbing all over the place and super active plus color up faster and vibrantly than standard tanks with a single water option (Fast or slow only) The insert was from a company called river tank systems that went out of business back in the late 90's early 2k's but would not be too difficult to reproduce with some DIY expanding foam and a little ingenuity or maby a shelf tank that has a shallow top section and a deep drop off etc.... But again having super fast shallows with rock bottoms and deep slow areas with sand those gobis behavior changed so dramatically and became super interactive and my all time favorite fish to keep.
I have a couple of Stiphodon goby's in my nano tank with my shrimp and guppy's... love them
Thanks for this. Getting Dan’s input on suggested tank sizes would have been a bonus.
Symbiotic relationships are so cool. And gobies are so cool the way they clean sand
I have 6 different gobies in my 300 gallon acro reef tank and they are some of my favorite fish. I had never seen freshwater gobies until I saw these and they are just as beautiful.
Fantastic tour. Ya gotta love Dan! Thank you both! - Little Bobby
I love gobies, even though I've never kept them
Yea Ferraris drive real good. I’ve never driven one yet
Gobies are just sooo cool. Thanks Dan and Bob.
Oh my gosh! How can anything be so darn cute?!? 😍
Very cool looking fish! Deffinately something to think about keeping, thanks bob🙂👍🏻
Gobies are awesome. I want them all! I hope your surgery goes well.
Video!!! Wootwoot I need more gobies in my life
I love my blue neon goby it’s so fun to watch and is always active, sadly I got a female so it doesn’t have the bright blue so I think I’m gonna need to get a male.
Love these fish, definitely on my short list
Wow what amazing fish another fish that need a tight lid the first lot where magnificent
Great video. I'm yet to keep goby's but I'm keen now
I will have many of these someday...great video, Bob, + great fish, Dan!!!
I love blue fish so the blue neons were my favorite. Can you put different species of gobies in the same aquarium?
I'm definitely loving the zeon blues!! 😍
my lipstick gobies will eat anything I put in the tank. from frozen to flake and everything in between lol. very Hardy. but I was wondering why my neon gobies weren't showing their neon as much. Great advice from Dan. I recommend dragon gobies aswell 👌. I'm also waiting on annies gobies getting delivered to my lfs but I've ordered them 😆. gobies are by far my favourite fish
This is my experience with gobies:
Short lifespan, unable to breed in captivity, very expensive, almost never with those colours as we see online, even after a year in aquariums ... Not so active (but very interesting when active🙂).
Short lived? I’ve got a neon-blue that’s at least 6 years old, if not older.
@@Summer4infinity Not sure how, their lifespan is around 2 years.
I had a cat for 25yrs, but i wouldn say that's all cats average lifespan...
Or you are talking about marine neon goby? 😂
@@baltik1715 he could be an anomaly. The others only lived 3 to 4 years, plus most of my pets do tend to live longer than the average lifespan. My cat lived to be 19, and my female Banggai Cardinal lived nearly 9 years (yes, the goby I have is freshwater ~
s. atropurpureus).
@@Summer4infinity That is great. Well there is a lot of factors there... I am from Serbia and these fish cannot be bred in captivity. When they arrive here they are already in bad shape...
@@baltik1715 I could see how that would affect their lifespan. Is it difficult to be in the aquarium hobby in Serbia? I live in a tiny town in the US, but can get a pretty decent selection of healthy fish, I just have to drive a couple of hours away.
Thanks for this vid!
Excuse me sir, can I get 6 of everything? 😂 Great video! Thanks for sharing.
It's possible to breed mudskippers and freshwater gobies it's just not very feasible it requires specialized systems to either create a tide or a stream
I often sell Gobi fish like that
Excited to see the barcheek gobies you got Bob! Would be awesome if you get them breeding down the road I’d love to see a batch grow up
Interesting video, lovely fish.
I was thinking of keeping Gobies - Gudgeon's & Blenny's together. What do you think? 🇬🇧
I even catch quite a few of them in our country 🇹🇹
Can I keep a single Stiphodon Goby in a community tank or do they require being in groups?
I already knew how great gobies are. I have 10 different types of gobies!
Nice work fellas!!
LOOKING GOO:D
I HAVE LEARNED A BIT MORE ABOUT GOBY :)
THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)
That was awesome.
Do bl8ue neon gobies like live food ie bbs bloodworms chopped and white worms chopped also tubifex ? I have good quality flake and small pellets plus algae guss I just want too mix it up for them. Tia.
I have blue gobies in my fish tank but I always worry about they going to eat my golden shrimps 😢are they going to eat them?
Are there any gobies that can be bred in an aquarium? Without an crazy specific setup?
13:28 already answered my question lol
Chlamydogobius eremius. Extremely hardy. Extremely easy to breed. Full of character.
Disadvantage - short lifespan. So you have to breed them to maintain them. And one batch has something like 50 or more of fry.
Fry are big enough to start in microworms and brine shrimp
Do the red and stripy ones live peacefully with dwarf shrimp and the shrimplettes?
Will the grazers eat planaria and leaches?
Cool goby. Thumbs up
The orange fin one looks like a tiny butterfly fish without the big wings
Shame I can't put a video. I put pebbles in my outdoor pond let the algae and bio film form and then put them in the aquarium. My gobies love them
Are blue stupid on gobies easy to breed in the fish tank?
Can the goby fish live together in planted tanks? TIA
As long as there is enough room for them to have their own territories.
What a great video
6:32 there actually orange rifle goby’s
These goby need salt water to breed?
Some gobies lay their eggs in rivers. That then get washed out to the sea and when they hatch they feed on micro organisms in the salt water. And as they grow they migrate back to freshwater.
We need a fresh water mandarin
Need a freshwater pistol shrimp please
Lovely
Can i keep rhinogoby with oscars
No Jack, you can not.
What ever happened to the freshwater Flounders that were in the hobby for a while?
I thought they are close to extinct. Those freshwater flounder are native to my country we eat them as food. About 10-15 years ago they disappear never see them in market these day. They disappear very suddenly no one know why.
Whaaaa? Freshwater flounders? I want one haha 😄
I see them on wholesale lists every once in awhile.
Nope... I want rainbow darters... these were all nice fish, but I want some natives
That makes sense. We don't appreciate what we have I our own backyards sometimes. Also ,there are laws regulating keeping natives which can make it harder.
If it cant be captive bred, it shouldn't be in the hobby.
I don't agree. Hatchetfish make great tankmates and the only ones proven to breed are the marbles, some of the more timid and shortest-lived in the hobby. Silvers can live 5-7 years and I really love mine, as they're model citizens.
He says with the NPC profile pic lol
Agree.
Disagree.
Unlike reef fish, which are often valued for their rarity, freshwater fish are less monetarily valuable, so it's about numbers. Fisherman have an incentive to manage their habitat in a way that generates large numbers of these fish.
And but unlike fishing for food, pet trade fishing techniques need to be delicate because the fish need to survive. This also prevent destructive irresponsible overfishing.
Pet trade fishing is almost entirely done by locals, proving income for peoples who can directly protect the habitat, instead of large fishing companies.
Yes there are still ethical problems with taking fish form the wild (I absolutely disagree with collecting rare fish). But if you eat fish, that is much, much worse. Not to mention that the pet trade protects habitat that would otherwise be drained for farming.
So no more ottos?
No govil lal nylon fishinka namhe