I think these guys look pretty neat, but fear that they might munch my acros. Anyone have any experiance with them?
Panda Gobie
Panda Gobie
Are these gobies SPS safe?
- Thread starter AlgaeMan
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SptfireXIV
Premium Member
whoa, those look awesome. if they act anything like yellow clown gobies i'd be very careful of adding them to an SPS tank, i had really bad luck with them and acros.
Old Yeller Tang
Premium Member
I think you can add one and get away with it. Clown gobies are monsters when they're in pairs. I had 4 in my tank and I saw the damage 1st hand. Got rid of 3 and the lone goby hasn't done any damage at all.
kozmo02
Premium Member
is the panda goby a variety of clown goby? they do look really cool.
i think old yeller tang is right, generally when they pair up they start tearing up tissue to make breeding sites, but if you had just one i bet it would be ok.
where can you get those? what do they sell for?
i think old yeller tang is right, generally when they pair up they start tearing up tissue to make breeding sites, but if you had just one i bet it would be ok.
where can you get those? what do they sell for?
MiddletonMark
Premium Member
Wow, those do look incredible even though I'd avoid them too 
Thanks for the pic, if just that.
Thanks for the pic, if just that.
there's these too
there's these too
http://www.atlantisaquarium.net/images/goby4.jpg.JPG
which look like whip gobies to me. Bryaninops, halfway down the page
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/gobies.htm
but does anyone know anything about these?
http://www.atlantisaquarium.net/images/goby2.jpg.JPG
Thx-Jim
there's these too
http://www.atlantisaquarium.net/images/goby4.jpg.JPG
which look like whip gobies to me. Bryaninops, halfway down the page
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/gobies.htm
but does anyone know anything about these?
http://www.atlantisaquarium.net/images/goby2.jpg.JPG
Thx-Jim
joetbs
Zanza Zanza Zanzibar
I've kept 2 byraninops. They did good, but stuck to the glass in darker crevices. I had one for several months, then it got sucked into a powerhead. Never found the other.
The bottom on is an eviota goby. Very easy to keep. Will come out occasionally, but not too much. Needs to be with peaceful, small tankmates. Probably the best choice on that page.
joe
The bottom on is an eviota goby. Very easy to keep. Will come out occasionally, but not too much. Needs to be with peaceful, small tankmates. Probably the best choice on that page.
joe
I saw two of these panda gobies today. They are TINY!!!!
Then again, we're all panda gobies compared to you. 
This goby would have to be put in a really small nano for it to be seen. They were a very 'cute' fish, just too dang small.
Joe, they won't live in any acroporids? Just P.D.? Any idea if they are hard to feed or not? Given the size of their mouth, dry cyclopeeze or powdered up flake foods might work. However, since they are exclusive to P.D., I wonder if they have an exclusive diet as well...
sorry to burst any of your bubbles but atlantis only had 2 panda gobies and they're both on reserve for an employee of the store. I saw them first hand and they were both less than a cm. Perhaps 7-8mm max. K thanks
But if you like, they have a nice selection of griessingeri gobies and a few eviota/trimma sp.
P.S.
I have a spikefin and saw all the gobies the first day they came into the store. They wouldn't take live brine (which were almost as big as they were), but that was on the first day. I think atlantis has since added macroalgae or supplementing them with live pods somehow. From my own experience, the spikefins will take cyclopeeze and will cruise into the open during low light situations like when my moonlights are on. I'm going to pick up the last eviota they have tomorrow, I'll let you guys know if they're taking cyclopeeze then. k thanks again
But if you like, they have a nice selection of griessingeri gobies and a few eviota/trimma sp.
P.S.
I have a spikefin and saw all the gobies the first day they came into the store. They wouldn't take live brine (which were almost as big as they were), but that was on the first day. I think atlantis has since added macroalgae or supplementing them with live pods somehow. From my own experience, the spikefins will take cyclopeeze and will cruise into the open during low light situations like when my moonlights are on. I'm going to pick up the last eviota they have tomorrow, I'll let you guys know if they're taking cyclopeeze then. k thanks again
JB NY
Active member
I've never seen those gobies before.
The only confirmed Gobiodon that we know does eat polyps is the yellow clown gobie (Gobiodon okinawae). FWIW I have two of the green clown gobies (Gobiodon histrio) and have had zero problem for almost two years with them.
Here is an excerpt from my correspondence with Dr. Philip Munday on Gobiodon feeding on acroporid polyps.
"It has often been suggested that Gobiodon feed on coral polyps, but the degree to which they do so is not really known. I have observed Gobiodon okinawae feeding on coral polyps in the field and also found evidence of coral feeding in gut samples of this species, so this one definitely does feed on live coral tissue. I have found no concrete evidence of coral feeding in other species of Gobiodon, although this is not to say that they don't eat polyps under the right circumstances. I suspect that most species are probably fairly generalist in diet and will eat anything of value from the water column (e.g zooplankton) or from the benthos. Some species probably do feed on the host coral, but it is unlikely to be their sole source of nutrition."
HTH
The only confirmed Gobiodon that we know does eat polyps is the yellow clown gobie (Gobiodon okinawae). FWIW I have two of the green clown gobies (Gobiodon histrio) and have had zero problem for almost two years with them.
Here is an excerpt from my correspondence with Dr. Philip Munday on Gobiodon feeding on acroporid polyps.
"It has often been suggested that Gobiodon feed on coral polyps, but the degree to which they do so is not really known. I have observed Gobiodon okinawae feeding on coral polyps in the field and also found evidence of coral feeding in gut samples of this species, so this one definitely does feed on live coral tissue. I have found no concrete evidence of coral feeding in other species of Gobiodon, although this is not to say that they don't eat polyps under the right circumstances. I suspect that most species are probably fairly generalist in diet and will eat anything of value from the water column (e.g zooplankton) or from the benthos. Some species probably do feed on the host coral, but it is unlikely to be their sole source of nutrition."
HTH
