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fishguy122
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goby ID help

Post by fishguy122 » Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:16 pm

I've got 2 of these gobies and I'm not sure which type they are. I'm guessing they're both females because their colours aren't bright. I'm not sure if they're stiphodons because they've never grazed on algae to my knowledge. So I'm guessing they're lentipes or sicyopus or something like that.

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http://imgur.com/lWlj56w
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http://imgur.com/tl2qWdx
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mikev
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Re: goby ID help

Post by mikev » Thu Jan 01, 2015 2:36 pm

Surely do not look like stiphodons, so feed them with bloodworms and live food rather then algae.

As for what they are: well, photos are awful, so take decent ones and post in one of the goby groups.... but keep in mind that females are hard to id even with good photos.

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Re: goby ID help

Post by fishguy122 » Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:26 pm

I've been feeding them both bloodworms and algae wafers. Sorry about the photos but these are the best I got because they move around loads lol.

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Re: goby ID help

Post by mikev » Thu Jan 01, 2015 4:52 pm

You can use a net to catch a fish.... don't remove it from the tank, simply hold the net next to the glass and you can take photos with the other hand.

Most gobys are carnivores and would not be even interested in algae wafer... but most frozen meaty food (shrimp, daphnia, not just worms) is taken.

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Re: goby ID help

Post by plaalye » Fri Jan 02, 2015 10:38 am

Looks like sicyopus or lentipes.

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Re: goby ID help

Post by siebe » Mon Jan 12, 2015 2:52 pm

think these are lentipes , maybe the lentipes armatus or multiradiatus

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