What's this dude?

[pgrVII]

At my lfs what is it?

[jack1978]

It's a fish, Homer.

[Nanomaniac]

Engineer Goby.

[pgrVII]

It's a fish, Homer.

Thank you nanomaniac.

[Elizabeth94]

Chainlink moray eel?

 

Edit: I am an idiot.

[jamescstein]

engineer goby not an eel.

[Elizabeth94]

Wow, how incorrect I was. What a dummy.

 

engineer goby not an eel.

[jamescstein]

Prolific diggers and they can get large. I had 3 of them years ago that were over a foot long.

[Matteo]

engineer gobies can get large and knock your rock over for daysss

[jamescstein]

They aren't even gobies, or blennys for that matter though they are frequently called both. Much like the scooter blenny isn't a blenny, its s dragonette.

[jamescstein]

Wow, how incorrect I was. What a dummy.

 

 

Nah not a dummy. They behave very much like eels but they aren't. There are actually only 2 known species in their Genus and they both look very similar. They will redesign your scape if you aren't careful. Any rockwork needs to be on a solid surface and not on top of the sand.

 

We had three of them in a 125 and they completely moved all the sand out from underneath the rocks in large heaping piles. Any corals or anything on the sand or near it will likely get covered up. And like a said earlier they can get over a foot long. \

 

 

 

[pgrVII]

Thanks yall,one came in to my lfs and the girl that runs that section offered it to me for free. I kinda thought that's what it was and that it got big so I passed I'm at 4 fish now anyways in a 25.

[SunWyrm]

They're like the eel alternative.

[kimberbee]

Really cool looking. My LFS gets them in a lot. If I ever get a 100gal+ tank, I'd totally get a couple.

[jamescstein]

And don't be fooled by the babies..