Chalk Goby in a posing mood
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That's a pretty unique goby. Can't say I've seen one before. Neat! I like the first shot a lot. Fish was definitely posing for you. That's a nice fully body shot of it. Your glass is exceptionally clean! The lower 1 inch of all my tanks do not look that clean.
SushiGirl
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I always called mine a 6-spot sleeper goby. Same thing, various names. We had him a year & found him dead one day stuck to the powerhead, big fat belly & all. Is yours always on the move? Ours constantly paced once the light came on until he got fed. He died a year ago. Really hard to take pics of since he was white, but ours was always out front for pics. You did a great job not getting the "white blob" pic LOL.
.Pandy.
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Wow, never seen that Goby before. Sweet pics/QUOTE]
Thanks both. I see them all the time in my LFS over here, in fact there were two yesterday when I went to pick up my Neon gobies.
Perhaps its the species name I have given to him but in Latin he is a Valenciennea Sexguttata (I believe)
I think the photo was taken in the part where the glass isn't scratched :lol:
'Casper' is always sifting the sand and has done since day one. He accepts all and any food too be it flake, pellets, mysid, brine, etc but I would like to set up a live food station and introduce some pods into the tank - my Wrasse is pretty handy at knocking them back though!
I have plenty of those white blob photos of him, that seems to be the case when the lights have a blue hue to them - but as this was morning my Radion was in sunrise mode so had whites, red, and a touch of green in
SushiGirl
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You have the species name correct. Mine was a total pig & ate everything too. I can't post his name here, not family friendly LOL. He earned it after 30 minutes in the tank when I found him in the overflow & spent 30 minutes getting him out! I had never seen one before when I got him 2+ years ago but I see them all the time now. He was a great sifter, but the pacing drove us crazy. What size is your tank? We had ours in the 55 & thought maybe that just wasn't enough room for him.
We don't have much in the way of blue lights in the tank, white & yellow fish are just really hard to take pics of because they reflect so much light. I got some good ones, but yours are better for sure!
We don't have much in the way of blue lights in the tank, white & yellow fish are just really hard to take pics of because they reflect so much light. I got some good ones, but yours are better for sure!
