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ninhsavestheday
05-06-2005, 10:13 AM
there were these two fishes at AW in their display tank. it hung out in the cave UPSIDE down. do you know what kind of fish does that?

they said they were gobies, but i dunno. :rolleyes:
treylane
05-06-2005, 10:41 AM
some gobies do that, and so do assessors.
ninhsavestheday
05-06-2005, 05:05 PM
what kind?
bgoode
05-06-2005, 05:14 PM
I don't know of any gobies that do that off hand, but assessors do.
BrookR1
05-06-2005, 08:11 PM
What color were the gobies? I have a goby that does that. It's common name is a white tiger goby. Is this it?

http://tinypic.com/4vpi6o
obarrera
05-21-2005, 08:08 PM
BrookR1, where did you get that fish at(and how much)?
Im looking for a small one
BTW it's the same as the Tiger Watchman Goby right?
BrookR1
05-21-2005, 08:18 PM
I picked it up at a store called Far West in Murrieta. However, I was at AW today and they had one for like $25 and it was in good health. It was labeled as a "Tiger Goby" and not a "White Tiger Goby"....and it's not a watchman either. They don't burrow or stake out a place in the sand, they like to hang upside down in the rockwork. These guys are not very common.
obarrera
05-21-2005, 08:37 PM
So the one you saw at AW was like the one you have, how big was it?

Thanks
BrookR1
05-21-2005, 08:38 PM
It was about 2 inches....compared to mine, it was a monster.
obarrera
05-21-2005, 08:56 PM
Originally posted by BrookR1
It was about 2 inches....compared to mine, it was a monster.

Damn im looking for a small one, like 1 1/2" long(no bigger then that and no smaller then 1").
How big is your goby, you wanna sell it?:D
BrookR1
05-21-2005, 09:01 PM
ummmm...no! :)

They did have some other cool ones, though. I picked up a green banded goby and a Trimma goby for my nano. Man...talk about tiny. They couldn't have been more thank 3/4" long and are pretty skinny, but they are very cool looking. I picked them up because I was afraid that they were going to sell out of them before my nano finished cycling, so I set up a special QT tank to hold them for another week.
obarrera
05-21-2005, 09:07 PM
I just saw this one, have you ever seen one at a LFS?

http://www.cosmos.ne.jp/~breach/hot-goby/goby65-2.jpeg
BrookR1
05-21-2005, 09:18 PM
I've never seen one of those...very cool looking.
bgoode
05-22-2005, 08:08 AM
Its a clown goby, but I have never seen one with colors like that. Very cool.
wsonner
05-25-2005, 11:37 AM
Gotta be the "Upside Down Dubble Rubble" fish.


Originally posted by ninhsavestheday
there were these two fishes at AW in their display tank. it hung out in the cave UPSIDE down. do you know what kind of fish does that?

they said they were gobies, but i dunno. :rolleyes: