Is It Really That Hard To Breed?

[missigfunk]

I would absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE to breed my little bumble bee gobys (they are my favourite), but all I've ever heard or read is that it is pretty hard to do so.

Has anyone bred them successfuly?

I can't even tell males from females!

 

[missigfunk]

Mmm it's good to see that people read my question, but not answer it!

 

[Esfa]

i don't think that it's that hard to breed them, it's raising the babies which is the hardest.

have a large group of them, make sure they have lots of caves and food.

they should spawn sooner or later lol. as for raising the babies... have a gooogle lol

 

[nmonks]

Gobies generally are often easy to spawn, and will do so in community tanks given half a chance. The male guards the eggs and looks after them very well until the fry become free swimming a few days after hatching.

As has been said already though, the problem is rearing the fry. They are very small, and while certainly not impossible to rear, you do need to use small live foods rather than the more convenient powder/liquid foods workable with livebearers, corydoras and cichlids.

For the first 5 days you need to use rotifers, and after that newly hatched brine shrimp.

If you want an easier goby to start with, the very hardy Australian goby Chlamydogobius eremius is a good candidate. The fry are very large and will take microworms and possibly even newly hatched brine shrimp immediately they become free swimming.

Cheers, Neale

 

[missigfunk]

Thanks guys


How can you tell if they are male or female?

I've heard the size and colouring gives it away. And also when it's that time, the male I think it is changes colour, like fades?

No LFS around here has any gobys, so I'm going to try 1 last one. It's meant to be the biggest pet shop in Sydney!


I'll take a look at the Australian goby Chlamydogobius eremius

 

[Stacey13]

Thanks guys


How can you tell if they are male or female?

I've heard the size and colouring gives it away. And also when it's that time, the male I think it is changes colour, like fades?

No LFS around here has any gobys, so I'm going to try 1 last one. It's meant to be the biggest pet shop in Sydney!


I'll take a look at the Australian goby Chlamydogobius eremius

I have 13 Bumblebee Gobies, and they do exibit definate breeding behavior. (Not that I actually have any babies, although in my case there is a possibility that the eggs could be getting eaten by snails.)
The males are more orange-ish in general, the females more yellow. When males are "in the mood" their black stripes fade, and they are more aggressive chasing others away from their shell. Females will stay yellow but get rounder in the middle.
Make sure to have plenty of small "caves" in their tank. (I use marine snail shells.) This will be where they lay any eggs.

 

[DarkEntity]

Thanks guys


How can you tell if they are male or female?

I've heard the size and colouring gives it away. And also when it's that time, the male I think it is changes colour, like fades?

No LFS around here has any gobys, so I'm going to try 1 last one. It's meant to be the biggest pet shop in Sydney!


I'll take a look at the Australian goby Chlamydogobius eremius

I dont think they are sexable at all, until they are ready to breed and either the male or female changes colour...