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The Fairy Gobies (Tryssogobius group) are super amazing but rarely collected due to the fact they live in deeper water near seamounts and they're so small and skittish that divers have a hard time finding / catching them. Yet their size and color are absolutely stunning. The species that sometimes make it into imports are the T. Coloni, T. Sarah, and T. Longipes but they're still really hard to find. They're usually labeled as just "Blue eyed ring goby" but if there's a latin name then you'll known exactly which species.
If I did these I'd do more than 3, but tbf the most I've seen for sale on an import list at one time was 4 before Covid hit, and the other time I saw them, only 2 were available. I'm on the hunt for these guys, a dream fish for sure.
If I did these I'd do more than 3, but tbf the most I've seen for sale on an import list at one time was 4 before Covid hit, and the other time I saw them, only 2 were available. I'm on the hunt for these guys, a dream fish for sure.
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Amongst the giddying myriad of nano-sized gobies suited for the home aquarist, few genera exuberates brilliance and mystique quite like Tryssogobius. The genus comprises of delicate dainty gobies…
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Getting one today! Already paid actually!
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This is a goby I own currently and honestly, I don’t plan on having another in my 3’ tank. In fact I wrote an article about this species and their relative not so long ago. In my 3’ tank, these guys vanish for several weeks and although I don’t mind having a fish that vanishes I would rather see it Atleast once a week and know it is healthy.
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This is a genus I also love, if I could find Tryssogobius sarah for a decent price and get a pair or trio then I’d happily do that. And if I could pair up my griessingeri then I would also enjoy that (Mine is going over the 1 year life expectancy).The Fairy Gobies (Tryssogobius group) are super amazing but rarely collected due to the fact they live in deeper water near seamounts and they're so small and skittish that divers have a hard time finding / catching them. Yet their size and color are absolutely stunning. The species that sometimes make it into imports are the T. Coloni, T. Sarah, and T. Longipes but they're still really hard to find. They're usually labeled as just "Blue eyed ring goby" but if there's a latin name then you'll known exactly which species.
If I did these I'd do more than 3, but tbf the most I've seen for sale on an import list at one time was 4 before Covid hit, and the other time I saw them, only 2 were available. I'm on the hunt for these guys, a dream fish for sure.
Tryssogobius Tuesday: A guide to the genus of fairy gobies | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog
Amongst the giddying myriad of nano-sized gobies suited for the home aquarist, few genera exuberates brilliance and mystique quite like Tryssogobius. The genus comprises of delicate dainty gobies…reefbuilders.com
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I would 2nd the scorpion fish.
Also the tiny blue lined and yellow lined gobies. They act like hawkfish and your.clown gobies. Not exactly rare but a great little fish.
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Also the tiny blue lined and yellow lined gobies. They act like hawkfish and your.clown gobies. Not exactly rare but a great little fish.
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Nice. Great fish always wanted one. Didn’t know u had it already.Peekaboo
This is a goby I own currently and honestly, I don’t plan on having another in my 3’ tank. In fact I wrote an article about this species and their relative not so long ago. In my 3’ tank, these guys vanish for several weeks and although I don’t mind having a fish that vanishes I would rather see it Atleast once a week and know it is healthy.
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think you could get your hands on a discordipinna filamentosa specimen?Peekaboo
This is a goby I own currently and honestly, I don’t plan on having another in my 3’ tank. In fact I wrote an article about this species and their relative not so long ago. In my 3’ tank, these guys vanish for several weeks and although I don’t mind having a fish that vanishes I would rather see it Atleast once a week and know it is healthy.
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Hopefully I can! I would love to have my current one with his relative but finding one is going to be more than difficult.
This is another that I love to look at
Going to my LFS tomorrow and seeing what they can do with one of the fish I’m pretty set on (Centropyge multicolour) - I don’t think my deresa will agree though. Hopefully they can find one that won’t nip clams or coral.
I got my mandarin from biota and it eats a variety of food especially nyos gogi and algae pellets w gusto
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Isnt it fun!?
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See if you can get a curious wormfish. They're weird little things, and seem to be really uncommon in the hobby, but mine's pretty easy. A couple of small complications; it wants frozen food only, and I had to train it to take food from midwater. It only ate off the bottom for about a week. It's now eating out of midwater no problem, it just needed a little target-feeding. Very worth it, though, they're really cool and definitely unusual. Shouldn't bother anything, shouldn't be bothered.
Tank is packed w pods but good to see.
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TheBiggestFish
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Kind of late but emblemaria blennies are pretty cool. Only ever saw one but unfortunately didn't make it through QT
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If you consider yourself experienced, you could try a curious wormfish (Gunnelichthys curiosus).
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I have one of these. Curious why you'd say they require experience? Mine will only take frozen foods so far, and I had to teach it to eat food from midwater instead of the bottom of the tank, but that's not overly tricky. Just needed a little target-feeding until it learned.
(By any chance do you have experience with these? I'm trying to find out if they do better in groups, as all I can find online is that they can be kept in groups if introduced at the same time, not whether they need it.)
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