Info on Stylophora Goby

[djf91]

Hi Everyone,

So I picked up a little Stylophora Goby from the LFS about a month ago. I honestly didn’t know when I purchased it that they are coral dwellers much like the Clown gobies we commonly see in the hobby (was sold to me as a red head goby, which I knew wasn’t the right ID). I’m wondering if, like clown gobies, they can be destructive to their host coral? To my surprise today I found him in the branches of my Seriatopora. First time I’ve seen it since I brought it home.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Good question! I would be curious to know if these kinds of gobies will nip at coral!

 

[Jasonak]

Cant be of any help but its a cool little goby. Its one of the cooler things about the hobby to me, the relationships between animals, some symbiotic and others not really beneficial to both but still neat to see.

 

[djf91]

Cant be of any help but its a cool little goby. Its one of the cooler things about the hobby to me, the relationships between animals, some symbiotic and others not really beneficial to both but still neat to see.

Completely agree. I love the small cryptic critters in the hobby. I have some trapezia crabs in another birdsnest colony in the back of the tank that I only see when I’m working in the tank. Holy grail would be some Coralliocaris graminea pistol shrimp for the Acropora colonies.