Gobiosoma macrodon - Tiger Goby Max size - 2in Origin - Caribbean Difficulty - easy Diet - Omnivore Reef Safe - Yes Invert safe - Yes I recently purchased one of these fish after seeing it at an LFS in San Antonio. It is a clear fish with brown/black striping. I've never seen or heard of these gobies until the day I bought it (yes impulse buy), but it was ...
Updated 04-30-2010 at 05:11 PM by Douwant2play (added pics)
Well I was in San Antonio for my last day of classes! WOOHOOOO!!!! Graduate next Saturday after Finals next week!!! Anyway I went into Texas Tropical and they always seem to have a great selection of fish for small tanks, and I picked up 1 green banded goby and 1 Tiger goby (gobiosoma macrodon). the original plan was 2 Green bands, but the Tiger looked so plain it was cool. In case you don't know what the tiger looks like here it is: It was also ...
Well after a few months of battling with Aptasia I have decided that it is a losing battle and I am going to make a change. I am getting all new rock for my tank. The Rock is considered "Live Rock" I guess as it is from an estblished tank that is being broken down. However there is some aptasia on the new rock. So the plan is to get the new rock, soak it in Muriadic acid for 10min or so and then Rinse it off and let is dry out. This should kill off all living organisms on the rock. Once ...
I just acquired this piece at a frag swap I attended in Pennsylvania. The guy I got it from said that it loves light, but from what I have been reading, they tend to be more lower light/shaded creatures. I mounted them to a frag plug and put them in a cave for now. What do you guys think? Sorry for the crappy pics, they are in pretty deep, and there is food in the water column.
Updated 04-28-2010 at 01:32 PM by MeVsTheWorld
Last month I decided my tank was mature enough at 4 years old that I'd try my hand at an SPS. Plus a fellow reef keeper in the office was placing an order to Blue Zoo. So after a couple hours of research (OK, I've been researching it for 4 years now), I decided on a Brown Monti Digitata. well, it was a rough start. Right off the bat I discovered my precious flame angle, who hadn't bothered any of my soft or LPS corals had a taste for monti polyps. So the Monti was uprooted after only ...