Can someone ID this fish for me please?

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Just saw this picture of this fish, and it's stunning! Is it a marine fish maybe?

 

[Wills]

Yep it’s marine not sure if the name - closest thing I can think of fresh water would be Apistogramma agazizzi flame or some kind of stiphodon goby there is one in particular that is yellow with a tall dorsal fin but can’t remember the name

Wills

 

[Essjay]

Firefish Goby

Common Name: Firefish Goby, Dartfish Scientific Name: Nemateleotris magnifica Family: Gobiidae Origin: Indian Ocean or Coral Sea Maximum Size: 2-3" Care: Temperature needs to stay around 72-78°F preferibly 76°F. pH needs to stay at 8.1-8.4. dKH needs to be 8-12. Salinity 1.020-1.025. Keep...

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[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Yep it’s marine not sure if the name - closest thing I can think of fresh water would be Apistogramma agazizzi flame or some kind of stiphodon goby there is one in particular that is yellow with a tall dorsal fin but can’t remember the name

Wills

Ah thank you, I figured it must be marine, or I'd have come across it by now because it would be so popular, lol. Gorgeous fish, but still not enough for me to set up a saltwater tank

The freshwater ideas are fantastic though, thank you! This apistogramma really caught my eye

Firefish Goby

Common Name: Firefish Goby, Dartfish Scientific Name: Nemateleotris magnifica Family: Gobiidae Origin: Indian Ocean or Coral Sea Maximum Size: 2-3" Care: Temperature needs to stay around 72-78°F preferibly 76°F. pH needs to stay at 8.1-8.4. dKH needs to be 8-12. Salinity 1.020-1.025. Keep...

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I knew someone here would know, thank you!

 

[Essjay]

I cheated - I went through the saltwater fish index till I found it

 

[ThatFishGirl6231]

Thats a firefish. You should set up a saltwater tank! I´m sure people here would help, and then you can help some of us transition into SW.

 

[Retired Viking]

Cool looking fish, I tried salt water once but it did not work out in the long run.

 

[Ch4rlie]

Cool looking fish, I tried salt water once but it did not work out in the long run.

Why did it not work out in the long run?

Too expensive, too much work or complicated?

I have a new SW tank thats not yet set up and am still in research stages as well as redecorating the room first before adding the tanks so will be a few weeks yet before they will be set up so am heeding the forewarned is forearmed kind of approach!

Knowledge is power as they say

 

[Retired Viking]

Why did it not work out in the long run?

Too expensive, too much work or complicated?

I have a new SW tank thats not yet set up and am still in research stages as well as redecorating the room first before adding the tanks so will be a few weeks yet before they will be set up so am heeding the forewarned is forearmed kind of approach!

Knowledge is power as they say

It was back in the late 1980s, having a young family of 4 kids and having 6 tanks it became to much effort so I gave my salt water fish to a friend and reduced the number of fresh water tanks to 3. We had a rescue dog and cat, 2 birds, hamsters, white mice, it was a zoo.

 

[Ch4rlie]

It was back in the late 1980s, having a young family of 4 kids and having 6 tanks it became to much effort so I gave my salt water fish to a friend and reduced the number of fresh water tanks to 3. We had a rescue dog and cat, 2 birds, hamsters, white mice, it was a zoo.

Oh wow! no wonder!!

Hard enough for me with just one kid and one cat and two tanks not yet set up !!

 

[Retired Viking]

I forgot to mention about the tank which we had painted turtles in too.

 

[Colin_T]

The fire goby in the first post is a beautiful species of saltwater fish. There are 3 species in the Nemateleotris genus and all 3 are nice.
Nemateleotris magnifica
Nemateleotris decora
Nemateleotris helfrichi

These fish normally occur in small groups consisting of between 2-10 individuals. They have a rock or coral that they hide under when scared and at night, but spend most of the day hanging out in open water above their cave.

They eat any small food and do really well in aquariums. They produce a small batch of eggs, which they look after and the babies stay in the cave for several weeks after they hatch (at least mine did).

If you ever set up a salt water tank, a group of these fish makes an impressive sight.

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The fish in the 4th post is a male Apistogramma agassizii, and these are a lovely little freshwater fish that grow to about 2-3 inches and breed readily in an aquarium.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Thats a firefish. You should set up a saltwater tank! I´m sure people here would help, and then you can help some of us transition into SW.

Haha, thank you, but I don't have plans to do saltwater any time soon. The expense is a major factor as well as the other things you need to learn. @Ch4rlie will be setting up his first saltwater tank soon though, so I urge you to follow his progress to learn more!

 

[Colin_T]

The only extra expenses for salt water tanks are the salt if you use artificial marine salts instead of natural sea water from the ocean, a hydrometer to measure the salt level, and a protein skimmer if you want one.

The filters, lights, tanks, coverglass, buckets, hoses, gravel cleaners, test kits, etc, are all the same for fresh or salt water.

 

[AilyNC]

The only extra expenses for salt water tanks are the salt if you use artificial marine salts instead of natural sea water from the ocean, a hydrometer to measure the salt level, and a protein skimmer if you want one.

The filters, lights, tanks, coverglass, buckets, hoses, gravel cleaners, test kits, etc, are all the same for fresh or salt water.

The fish are much more expensive though.