Cobalt blue goby

Kakashi

Kakashi

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Has anyone had experience with thus fish? I have an opportunity to get a male and female. I have a 20gal tall, fully planted with driftwood and rock. It has an aquatop ef200 filter, 3 dwarf gourami, and a bn albino pleco (will be moved to 40 when bigger). Are these gobies compatible and better yet suitable for a full fw, I've read most true gobies are brackish? I was looking more at the fw peacock gobies, but those cobalt are beautiful.

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Do you mean the stiphodon? If the stiphodon, they need algae in their tanks (a very well established tank) and high water flow for oxygen.
 
Yes the stiphodon semoni, are these fully freshwater? my ph is around 7.4. Well established tank with plenty of algae build up, the bn still fails to do a satisfactory job heh. I actually have the water flow turned down because its on my 20gallon high. I had it full blast but my dwarf gouramis seemed like they were getting a little bit of a workout.


My filtration ef-200 :The EF-200 Canister Filter is a powerful multi-stage filtration system and for a limited time includes Activated Carbon, Coarse Filter Sponge and Ceramic Rings! Suitable for fresh and saltwater tanks, the EF-200 includes adjustable input/output values for a controllable flow rate and an optional “Lily Style” return. The EF-200 will quietly and reliably filter tanks up to 50 gallons.
The EF-200 includes different density filter sponges, Ceramic Rings and/or Bio Balls so you can tailor filtration to suit your tank needs.

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Yes they are freshwater but their young need saltwater to hatch and live. When I kept them, I had my Eheim 2215 and two powerheads. When I only had one powerhead, they were not as active as when I had two on. They love to swim in the current. They prefer the green algae. Especially the hair or clado algae. Never saw them eat the brown one. Love algae on rocks as they're always scavenging. That ph is fine as mine is around 7 too.
 
Cool thank you for the information, are they generally peaceful tankmates? I know my dwarf gouramis are mainly mid to top anyways and the stiphodons are mid to bottom dwellers. I have one cory in there now as well still debating on the idea of moving the cory if I get the two stiphodons. I actually need something to help with my small problem with hair algae, so that's a plus. The hair algae hasn't gotten to bad but the bn doesn't seem to go for it at all.
 
My males were aggressive. Chased the females and other males non-stop. Best to have them in a bigger tank so that the ones getting picked on can escape the alpha male. The ones I kept stayed at all levels of the tank, especially near the top where the hair algae was going. They also like to dig so sand is the best substrate for them. At night, the dig and sleep in the sand. I found they only ate the young hair algae (dark bushy part and not the older stringy part). You might want to re-think on the pair as they prefer colder temperatures. I kept mine at high 60s and never hotter than 74F as they get inactive at higher temps, in my experience.
 
ahh ok, any ideas on a fw goby suited for tropical temps? I may have to go back to the 2 peacock gudgeon idea.
 
What about desert gobies? They can be brackish or full freshwater. There are members on here who have bred desert gobies in freshwater. The sad thing about the desert gobies is that they do not live long. The peacock gudgeons work also if you want to get them instead. They look to have more color. Hmm, most freshwater gobies I know of need fast current in their tanks as they are found in rivers/hillstreams in nature.
 
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Ya I have read that the desert goby only lives an 14 to 18 months though, big drawback for me.

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