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I have approximately 40 Stiphodons and Syciopus jongklasii (5 of them). Shortly I will be looking for new home for them. Among Stiphodons I have 2 pairs of true S.percnopterogionus; 3 pairs of S.semoni; 3 Pairs of S. 'Rainbow' and several S.'sunspot' and some different S.'Rainbow' type. Right now I'...

So I bought those Stiphodons. Definitely from the 'Rainbow' group, but they are entirely different from what was available around here - they have a slightly bluish hue when 'at peace'. The pic from AquaBid is showing either stressed fish ("out of the bag"), or of a different Stiphopdon. As expected...

[quote="starsplitter7"]Where do you find gobies in Florida? Do you have a really good LFS or are you ordering online? I never see gobies. I do have two wild caught sleeper gobies, and I do see Dragon, bumblebee and knight gobies on occasion and Peacock gudgeons. But the ones you are talking about ar...

[quote="FishyLady"]I would [i]love[/i] to put real plants in the tank I am planning for kuhli loaches, but whenever I have tried to have a planted tank no matter how much I wash the plants beforehand the tank [i]always[/i] ends up completely covered in snails!! I wonder how others manage it or wheth...

[quote="plaalye"]I suspect that there are at least 2 different sp. sold in this category, could be 3 or 4 ??? Here's a long thread on the subject. Also have a look through the knowledge base. http://www.seriouslyfish.com/forums/freshwater-and-brackish-fishes/stiphodon-spp/[/qute/ Thanks again, plaal...

[quote="plaalye"]There is no definitive answer. They are what are often sold as "rainbow"sp.[/quote] Thanks, plaalye. The 'rainbows' I have are notorious for walking out of the tank , so I extended the inner rim of the tank to possibly avoid further losses. They also look quite different, but this c...

On Aquabid there are Stiphodons for sale. They are advertised as "Elegant algae eating Gobies", suggesting that they are Stiphodon elegans?

Are they really - can anybody ascertain that, please.

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/ ... 1336408252

Thanks!

For several weeks now I'm managing somehow to maintain a large culture of Daphnia moina and I noticed that my Gobies are very fond of them. A few days ago I obtained two pairs of S. percnopterogionus and four pairs of S.semoni. S.percnopterogionus are very small, hardly exceeding an inch in length, ...

A lot of well seasoned floating plants in a good light will provide your fry with sufficient food for a few days .....

That is how they are listed on Segrest Farms wholesale availability list. I ordered a dozen of them and I will receive them on Thursday afternoon. I hope they will look like the 'Sumatra red neon gobies' as pictured on Frank's Aquarium page. I checked Internet, and it seems that THIS IS IT!!! While ...

http://wb4.itrademarket.com/pdimage/74/ ... ercnop.jpg

I found this pic on a page listing S.p. for sale in Indonesia.

[quote="plaalye"]What are the dimensions of your tank? That's a lot of bottom dwellers! are there any other fish, mid or top water for the sids to play with?[/quote] Plaayle, I have 180 g. tank, heavily planted and originally landscaped with an old cypress stump, which I divided into three parts and...

[quote="starsplitter7"]Wow! Where are you finding such cool fish in Florida? Sids are boisterous and sometimes annoying. Are they being aggressive (hurting your other fish or stressing) or are they being curious and annoying? I have Sids in a mixed tank, and they do sometimes bug the other fish, but...

Thanks plaalye! So I have a dozen 'Rainbow' males .... I also have in my tank a half a dozen of Botia sidthimunki ( chain loach) and they are displaying a definitely agressive behaviour towards 'Rainbows', as well as towards Sicyopus jongclassi. My tank is a rather heavily planted one, and there are...

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/fish/ ... ost1172202

I have a dozen of them ...