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Hi everyone, today in store, i see fish with fins red on a group of Stiphodon.

The group is composed of 5 Stiphodon y'en had one who was more clear and very red in the fins.

I'll put a little video of my aquarium and the parameters

pH: 7,8
KH: 7
GH: 15
N03 : 0 - 10 nearest level 5

I wonder if fish are not lowered the nitrates???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFXDCtfupOM

one day clean stone

a super cleaner, a picture in action.

Havn't posted anything for a while, here one and the same spezies in different colour-modes

wonderful transformation, how many days between these transformations?
you are changed parameter or food?

Wassercheu is that the same fish in all three pics?

tyrano34 wrote:... how many days between these transformations?
you are changed parameter or food?

Hi Tyrano, that is a matter of a few seconds. I had a hard time catching that guy in „real black“. It was enough to reach for the camera and „go after him“, once he felt aimed at him, that was enough to change the colour to his typical colouration. The same experience I made recently with one Garra rufa, she was pretty „loaded“ and very pale, as soon as I wanted to document that bright colour of her, she changed back to darker/normal and I was left without pic of her pale colour.

plaalye wrote:Wassercheu is that the same fish in all three pics?

I am very tempted to simply answer „Yes“.

But trying to split the famous hair by trying to be „scientifically correct“, it’s either one of those 2 – or both those 2 of the below picture. These 2 are the only ones left in the big-loaches tank, all other Stiphodon were moved to the tank with the small loaches, where they do better and got their firm body back (they are slow eaters, the large loaches are too quick and effective „vacuumcleaners“). I‘m assuming the right one in below pic is the one on the 2nd and third pic. of above post. The left one on below pic may be the one on the first. Those 2 appear identical to me, except occasionally I see the „shine“ of the snout of the right one more „magenta“ and the left one more „greenish“. But most of the time they looked identical. The past months, the somewhat smaller one tends more to the dark tones.
They do have different territories, thats how I could keep them appart, when they are looking identical. Also, the shape of the eyes of one was a tiny little different when it was younger, the right one is younger.
The posing on the bottleneck makes me think it’s the left (older, „greenish“ one). About half a year ago, I had almost no way to differentiate them by their looks.

Many goobies show stronger colours at the dominant male.




Here an older pic where both look similar (as far as they are dedectable on this pic at all)



The most upper one is the one on the first pic of above (previous) post.



It’s also most likely one of the 3 left ones in thatr older pic



it may be this one on the lower left



Some day I will sort through more pics and hopefully show all my variations of the various Stiph’s and their looks as far as captured, but that was already more time spent than planed


Happy Easter

no flash with flash

what is impressive is the changing colors of which puts the flash

Thanks wassercheu. I and others have fish with similar characteristics and we're trting to decide whether they are two different species, or just color phases.

good night

Nice Tyrano! I have five similar fish I believe to be s. semoni.

we've been watching this thread with interest. as our tank numbers explode they are now on our purchase list, as soon as we find a good supplier AND have adequate q-tank space....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd4rWtJZqpE

http://www.aqualifestyle-34.com/recherc ... -t4981.htm

I opened a topic on my forum a part accessible for the guests on this subject participated a scientific natural history museum of Paris, we are working on the reproduction of gobies.

Our objective is to collect as much information on gobies, when which we have solved some mystery. we'll give you information.

can anyone identify this stiphodon sp.?

the male is this picture, and when excited his fins go vivid orange.


the female is mute, as standard.


the male again



they came labeled as red fin stiphodon goby[/img]

Hi bettabeats,
They are both males, and appear to be of a yet undescribed species that we've been calling "orange fin" , or ST01- http://www.seriouslyfish.com/profile.ph ... 5D&id=1387
They look awfully skinny! It looks like you have good green algae growth on your bogwood. IME the brown diatom algae has better value. I also see a snail in the pic that will be competing for food. I would treat them for internal parasites and try offering spirulina/algae type foods.

how can we tell they are both males?

the one i described as the male is the only one who has shown colours vibrantly. the 'female' is smaller and paler.

how do i know they are both males?



also they were probably not fed prior to their shipment from Asia to Canada. I will fatten them up!

Also, the snails are dead.. the are just decoration. I have bad luck with snails in this tank.