Show me your engineer gobies!
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agreeive?fish
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I had six of them that were aprox 12 inches long..(lost them in the great tank crash of 2007) RIP
sufunk
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I had one for about 2 years that was about 10" long before he jumped 
My new one is about 6" long and i've had him for about 6 months. They are awesome fish! When i get home, i'll try and get a pic of my new one.
My lfs had 2 that came from somebodies big tank, they were both about 15" or more, REALLY BIG!
My new one is about 6" long and i've had him for about 6 months. They are awesome fish! When i get home, i'll try and get a pic of my new one.
My lfs had 2 that came from somebodies big tank, they were both about 15" or more, REALLY BIG!
Clownfish29
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yeah sorry i have no pics either. i use to have about 8 of them, really great fish. MY LFS had them in their display tank, id say 16+ inches, i use to think they were reef safe eels!
xxtriggermanxx
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This is all your gonna see of them (other than feeding time). mine is about 5 years old. and about 16 inches. hard to tell.
Conesus_Kid
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How deep of a sandbed do you need with these guys? Any other special requirements?
(Sorry to hijack!)
(Sorry to hijack!)
Mel-E-Mel
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Awesome Pics! I 'd like to add a few more in mine. I only have one and he's about 6'' to 7'' or so. How many more would i be able to fit in a 85? Hopefully someone has a group shot! Keep em comin!
triggerman, is your fully matured? Mine so far looks alot like nauticac4, not alot of marking around the head area, and the stripes are just starting to turn vertical.
triggerman, is your fully matured? Mine so far looks alot like nauticac4, not alot of marking around the head area, and the stripes are just starting to turn vertical.
xxtriggermanxx
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triggerman, is your fully matured? Mine so far looks alot like nauticac4, not alot of marking around the head area, and the stripes are just starting to turn vertical.
I would think he is . He hasn't grown any for a few years now. he eats like a beast though. as far as the sand bed mine is only about an inch. i will say make sure your rockwork is stable because they love to move the gravel out and around!
He thought it all needed to be shoved up in this corner that day!
I would think he is . He hasn't grown any for a few years now. he eats like a beast though. as far as the sand bed mine is only about an inch. i will say make sure your rockwork is stable because they love to move the gravel out and around!
He thought it all needed to be shoved up in this corner that day!
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13054918#post13054918 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by xxtriggermanxx
This is all your gonna see of them (other than feeding time). mine is about 5 years old. and about 16 inches. hard to tell.
Ha, thats pretty much all your gonna see of mine as well.
Mine is 14 years old now and about 13" long. I got him all old a wrinkly from someones tank breakdown. they had him for 9 years when I got him.
he is very shy though, and doesnt come out much besides for food. But when He does he scares the crap out of people
No one seems to expect a foot long fish to be hiding in a 58g tank.My only beef with him is that if I dont glue down frags he likes to take them, but other then that he is one of my favorite fish.
Mel-E-Mel
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13058879#post13058879 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by EnderG60
Ha, thats pretty much all your gonna see of mine as well.
Mine is 14 years old now and about 13" long. I got him all old a wrinkly from someones tank breakdown. they had him for 9 years when I got him.
he is very shy though, and doesnt come out much besides for food. But when He does he scares the crap out of people
My only beef with him is that if I dont glue down frags he likes to take them, but other then that he is one of my favorite fish.
Wow, it amazes me how long our fishes can live when given the proper environment to live in. Looking forward to this guy getting large. Tooks some pics btw, will try to post it up tonight after work.
They are very very tough fish, mine survived an entire tank draining, found him curled up under a rock in a 1/2 inch of water. I redisigned my new system to allow for burrowers like him, eggcrate siliconed to the bottom glass, rocks on the eggcrate and 3 inches at least of sand. He is only 5in or so and just getting his stripes, he has at least 4 burrow openings now.
