Hey everyone I'm cycling my 37 gallon (5 danios in and established media for a week already) and have been looking into getting rhiongobuis wui, or the white cheeked goby. Theres way too much conflicting info out there, so I wanted to get some of the facts straight.
1. What is their comfortable temperature range? Would 74 be too hot?
No, 74 is just fine. In summer they have to deal with 85F watertemps., in winter/spring low 50's.
2. How many should I get? I know that only the dominant one has the nice coloration, but there be problems with getting 3 or 4?
In my tank the females did most of the fighting. Males are territorial, but actual fighting is rare. Use sand/fine gravel as substrate and place a few flagstones. Males will burrow holes beneath them (getting the chosen one might lead to some quarrel), if you have females and everything works out the males put on a display to lure the females. The female will chose the 'lucky' male and then you won't see him for a week or three depending on watertemp.
So back to your question, 37G sounds like a big tank 3m/3-5f shouldn't be a problem.
3. What food do you feed them?
Live foods are preferred, bloodworms, grindal, dapnia. Frozen bloodworms are usually readily taken. Dried foods flakes/pellets are not taken.
I have a large colony of RCS shrimp, large enough to keep them also with the gobies, shrimplets are eaten and they will try to eat the adults too. If provided with enaough hiding spaces some shrimp survive and you have your own food chain.
4. Plants or no plants? ( I was thinking about a few large anubias)
Plants are not needed, but Val. asiatica, crypts, do occur in their habitat. It's up to you, they don't mind plants. Go for Ferns & mosses if you want to keep things simple.
5. Are they brackish? I thought they were freshwater but aqadvisor says they are brackish.
Then aqadvisor is dead wrong!, these gobies are freshwater and freshwater only
6. What tankmates do you keep them with?
I keep them with WCCM (White Clouds) T. albonubes, Sewellia lineolata and RCS and Amano shrimp.
White Clouds,
Beaufortia kweichowensis ( http://www.loaches.com/species-index/beaufortia-kweichowensis )
, Broken band hillstream loach, Lizard fish are species from their natural habitat. Bumble bee & bee shrimp are too, but they don't breed fast enough to keep them with the gobies. RCS is a possibility , Amano shrimp (caridina multidentta) do fine, but don't breed.
7. Would you reccomend getting them from invertzfactory?
You have to ask someone else.
Thanks for all your help guys!
You're welcome
I first had them in a
planted tank scroll down a little (dutch forum)
more pics
Male displaying to lure
' pregnant' female in his burrow.
breeding reports starts here.
Now I keep them in this tank 70*25*20cm (35L)
day view
evening view
