Bumblebee Goby Owners

[DarkEntity]

Rite ive been looking all over the place for some tiny caves for my BBG's but really cant find anything suitable or that doesnt look like a childs plaything! Anyone keep BBG's who has caves for them that are small and unintrusive.....

 

[nmonks]

Shells are what they like best of all. Old apple snail shells work well, and so do edible snail shells (you can buy these at gourmet food stores, along with a can of snail meat). Seashells are good too, but they tend to look a bit weird in a fresh/brackish water tank if too bizarre. So go with the rounder shells like naticids rather than obviously marine things like conches.

Space each shell about 5-10 cm apart, and your BBGs will use these quite happily, as hiding places as well as spawning sites. In fact, I think the cover of my book has a pair of BBGs laying eggs in an apple snail shell.

Cheers, Neale

 

[seffieuk]

I use barnacles

 

[DarkEntity]

Cheers guys, went out and managed to get this!i think its dead coral.....

you think this will be ok?

Shells are what they like best of all. Old apple snail shells work well, and so do edible snail shells (you can buy these at gourmet food stores, along with a can of snail meat). Seashells are good too, but they tend to look a bit weird in a fresh/brackish water tank if too bizarre. So go with the rounder shells like naticids rather than obviously marine things like conches.Space each shell about 5-10 cm apart, and your BBGs will use these quite happily, as hiding places as well as spawning sites. In fact, I think the cover of my book has a pair of BBGs laying eggs in an apple snail shell.Cheers, Neale

Yer i looked at that and saw the shell, i did wonder if it was an Apple Snail, unfortunately, my friends larger snails currently like their home

 

[nmonks]

They'll love it. It's a giant barnacle "colony".

Cheers, Neale

 

[DarkEntity]

Magic, Well its in the tank and fingers crossed they will take to it

 

[Matty P]

I've got a 20G tank that is hopefully going to house 1 F8 and a couple of BBG. Obviously I can't fit something the size of those barncles in, I would prefer not having a pot or anything I want it to look as natural as possible. I am going to build the tank around a couple of descent sized bits of bogwood and the substrate will be fine sand. What would you reccommend???

Cheers

Matt

 

[DarkEntity]

A little update of the tank with the barnicles in place

 

[Matty P]

Tanks looking very nice

How many gallons??

 

[seffieuk]

you should be able to fit in a small cluster of barnacles, some are not that big.

Dark, what are your plants made of, i am assuming they are not real...............tank looks fab.

 

[DarkEntity]

you should be able to fit in a small cluster of barnacles, some are not that big.

Dark, what are your plants made of, i am assuming they are not real...............tank looks fab.

Na they are all fake, as is the wood. They are the nylon plants not the plastic ones, erm....cant remember the make, im sure Practical Fishkeeping reviewed them a month or so ago

 

[Matty P]

Did you just buy the barncles at your LFS?

 

[DarkEntity]

Yer £2 lol

 

[Matty P]

wow not bad for £2

 

[Lhutch]

im getting atleast 2 bbg's tonight