DanielHerrera Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Hello everyone, I have been recently interested in REAAAAAAALLLLLLYYYYY small fish for my aquarium. Small as in 1 inch maximum size. Among those are Eviota, Trimma, Bryaninops and Aioliops gobies. Has anyone kept them before? Where can I get them? Here are some of my favorites, because why not? Eviota bifasciata and Eviota atriventris Trimma cana T rimma tevegae Bryaninops natans 1 Quote Link to comment
Daniel91 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Does it have to be schooling fish? Liveaquaria may be your best bet unless you can ask a LFS to special order? Quote Link to comment
Gourami Swami Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Those "B Natans" are really beautiful! Have not seen these before Quote Link to comment
A Little Blue Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 They’re nice. Few things to concider: *they need frequent/multiple feedings per day. * they can and will jump. * some are aggressive towards its own kind and even more so towards other dwarf gobies. * they don’t live long. 1 year an avarage. Quote Link to comment
DanielHerrera Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Daniel91 said: Does it have to be schooling fish? Liveaquaria may be your best bet unless you can ask a LFS to special order? It would be a nice thing if they school, but not necessary. I will ask my LFS to see if the can get them for me. 3 minutes ago, A Little Blue said: They’re nice. Few things to concider: *they need frequent/multiple feedings per day. * they can and will jump. * some are aggressive towards its own kind and even more so towards other dwarf gobies. * they don’t live long. 1 year an avarage. Thanks! Will definitely take that into account if I get them. Quote Link to comment
Boggers Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 My LFS have Trimma cana in often. Great for a small tank as long as you keep up your water care. twice a day feeding is good or supplement with live foods. Quote Link to comment
DanielHerrera Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 20 hours ago, Boggers said: My LFS have Trimma cana in often. Great for a small tank as long as you keep up your water care. twice a day feeding is good or supplement with live foods. Awesome! Thanks! Quote Link to comment
jambon Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Another option is a panda goby... I had a pair for a while.. tiny fish which like to hide in the branches of birds nest type coral. They may fall prey to hermit crabs ... as mine did. 1 Quote Link to comment
Thunder Goose Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 KP Aquatics sometimes carries small fish. I have some masked gobies and a rusty goby from them. These small fish do tend to hide a lot but they're all out at feeding time. Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Clown gobies are pretty cute and although mild mannered they are not as shy as some small fish. Barnacle blennies are really cute too as they dart from 1 hidey hole to another. Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Whitecap gobies and flaming prawn gobies would be ideal if you're chasing after super-small fish. Not sure about the availability in stores though. 🤔 Quote Link to comment
jambon Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 On 2/3/2019 at 8:10 AM, vlangel said: Clown gobies are pretty cute and although mild mannered they are not as shy as some small fish. Barnacle blennies are really cute too as they dart from 1 hidey hole to another. I have to agree on the barnacle blennie... I had one for quite some time and it was one of the most desirable fish. By accident it got shipped out in apiece of live rock I had to return... 1 Quote Link to comment
Thunder Goose Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 I can't recommend a flaming prawn goby. I've got one and I see it about once a month. It's gorgeous but it hides all the time. Quote Link to comment
DanielHerrera Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 Tank you guys for your suggestions. I like the idea of the gobies schooling around corals more than fish on the ground area Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Barnacle Blennies are one of my favorite fish. Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Green banded goby! 1 Quote Link to comment
BlennyBoi Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 On 2/1/2019 at 5:50 AM, Gourami Swami said: Those "B Natans" are really beautiful! Have not seen these before yeah! if my lfs stocked them id set up a tank just for them! like a 20g for 4-5 Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Small fish are a pain to stock in most stores....they're small enough to get in between tanks in the small subdivided systems...and into the plumbing of the larger systems. Lost fish cannot be sold. Quote Link to comment
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