October when my 24 tank will be ready, I’m trying to narrow down fish to buy and this is top on list. Trying to gather information and personal expierience. The tank has roughly 3-5 inches of sand and a glass top.
So anyone have expierience with these guys? If so, will they eat inverts such as Boxer Crab , Sexy Shrimps etc…
Read through this old thread.
http://delreefclub.org/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=28&topic=851.msg7954;topicseen#msg7954
There was a good bit of discussion on this fish almost a year ago. Some say it belongs in cooler waters and often won’t make it long in higher temps. I have never done a massive amount of research on the exact effects, but then again like many of the animals we keep there probably isn’t a ton of literature to be found.
You might get lucky and be able to keep one successfully, but with the amount of money your spending I would look into other animals. Perhaps a shrimp goby pair that are from tropical waters?
Jon
wow, i had no idea. Gotta say i’m dissapointed, but thanks you saved me some $$$. o man, I really wanted something small and high end. I always go for awesome corals, but you ever notice when people that come over say oh look at the fish, they dont even realize the corals are real , lol. If not, my family does, and i wanted a fish that ppl went wow!!!
I guess the search is still on
I also had teased around with the idea of getting a blue spot for my 34g and did quite a bit of research. It seems that getting the fish quickly settled is half the battle and most sucesses entail creating an artificial burrow with some pvc under the substrate. There are quite a few success stories out there with this fish. Although it doesnt seem to be a very hard fish to keep there seem to be a LOT more stories of unexplained deaths than your average fish. A lot of people keep the fish for a year or more sometimes only to have it die with no apparent cause. Whether or not this is related to temp is anyone’s guess.
I definitley appreciate you wanting to get something a little more high end, thats exactly what i did with my 34g. Check out the golden assessor or maybe the blue assessor. Ive got a golden in my tank and its extremely hardy. Its a little pricey and even harder to find but defintiely a show stopper. Ive also got a pair of yasha gobies. These things are amazing and almost equally as uncommon as the assessors but not quite as pricey. Again, extremely hardy fish.
the yasha looks very nice!!! it says shrimp goby, do they pair with pistols?
yep
i think we might have a weiner!!! YahoO
Came across a Trimma Cana and quickly picked him up after the lfs employee fed him flakes n he readily accepted!!! Acclimating now, will post pics when he’s in the tank and visible lol
For those who will have to google like me
srry, i was on my phone posting. i was bored in a lobby… yea he’s awesome!!! still hiding though!
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For those who will have to google like me
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Glad I wasn’t the only one…Cool little guy, how big is yours?
EDIT: That was meant to be a clean comment…
man, he is small about an inch… but my nano tanks ill see him alot!!!
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man, he is small about an inch… but my nano tanks ill see him alot!!![/quote]
Was this one clean too 
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man, he is small about an inch… but my nano tanks ill see him alot!!![/quote]
I hope so! Our little bugger hides a lot!
wait… IAN… u had to google a fish that u already have!!!
:-?
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For those who will have to google like me
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Glad I wasn’t the only one…Cool little guy, how big is yours?
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I hope so! Our little bugger hides a lot![/quote]
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man, he is small about an inch… but my nano tanks ill see him alot!!![/quote]
Was this one clean too :P[/quote]
um , just dont ask my girl :SPIT)
Lol lol sorry I thought I posted that we have a small guy LIKE that in Eden’s tank, but I guess I didn’t lol
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Lol lol sorry I thought I posted that we have a small guy LIKE that in Eden’s tank[/quote]
That’s what she said
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Lol lol sorry I thought I posted that we have a small guy LIKE that in Eden’s tank[/quote]
That’s what she said[/quote]