Bumblebee Gobies

[maidenfan]

I just been reading an article about the bumble bee gobie in this months pfk magazine and it has got me thinking if i could use a 60 litre biorb to house these fish along with some cherry shrimps as advised in the above article.

it is currently set up as a small community tank with java fern as the main plant it has cherry barbs and dalmation platys and a couple of male guppys and two amino shrimps all of which i plan to move to my 130 litre planted tank

any information or any ideas would be appreciated
cheers

 

[jennybugs]

I have Hypogymnogobius doriae (formerly Brachygobius genus) in a low end brackish tank SG 1.003-1.005 with F8 puffers. They're great little fish but can be difficult to feed according to some records. I've had no problems with them and they feed happily on live bloodworm, brine shrimp for the fun factor rather than nutrition and bits of mussel that the F8s don't eat

They like their caves to hide in and have fun swimming through the current of the filters.

INFO

I think there is a type that can live in freshwater but I am not sure of info about them.

 

[maidenfan]

thanks for the reply and the link

 

[dizzied]

Hypogymnogobius doriae (formerly Brachygobius genus)

When did the genus name change?

 

[Ace Of Spades]

I found with mine, If It didnt move it wasnt food ....

 

[jennybugs]

Hypogymnogobius doriae (formerly Brachygobius genus)

When did the genus name change?

No idea, I read it on PFK site - see the link in my thread

 

[dizzied]

That article was published four years ago, I've always heard of Hypogymnogobius as an outdated name, and Brachygobius as the accepted name. It'd be weird if we were all still using the wrong name so many years later.

 

[maidenfan]

jennybugs i've just been looking at the stunning pictures of your tanks they look amazing especially the biorbs i notice none have the original substrate as i have in mine i was lead to believe this forms part of the biological filtration? i especially like the one with sand and shells any info on how you converted this and on your other biorbs would be great. again lovely looking tanks and fish

 

[jennybugs]

YGPM thanks for the comments on my tanks btw!

The Reef One company spout alot of rubbish in their literature (no, goldies won't thrive and be healthy in any of the tanks they make ) , but yes, it does add to the biological filtration/more surface area for the bacteria to colonise on. However, pea gravel adds sufficient surface area too, but it's the filter media that'smost improtant...think of a tank of the same size, whether it be with sand substrate or gravel...if the filter's decent, then there's no real problem

I started all my biorbs with the ceramicmedia and when I made the switch of media I gathered up several bags of ceramic media in the cut off feet of tights, left them in for up to a month, removing a bag every few weeks

 

[andywg]

That article was published four years ago, I've always heard of Hypogymnogobius as an outdated name, and Brachygobius as the accepted name. It'd be weird if we were all still using the wrong name so many years later.

Very weird indeed.

In an article a couple of years ago (and in nmonks's book) Naomi Deventhal (a gobiollogist) refers to them as Brachygobius. As a result of this (and not just my opinion of the quality of material produced by PFK) I would lean towards the PFK article being incorrect. The fact that fishbase has it still listed as B. doriae leads me to conclude that PFK have got it wrong.

 

[jennybugs]

Have to agree then that I'd go with Neale's facts rather than that article