Fruitbat
Aquarium Advice Addict
I've been eyeing this blasted goby ever since it came in to my lfs about a month ago (mis-labeled as a juvenile pike cichlid). I kept telling myself that, as much as I really...really...really....really wanted it, I really shouldn't risk putting it in the tank with my rasboras. Well....I went in to the lfs today (they get their new fish in on Friday) and wandered the store. They got in some gorgeous little 5-banded barbs (Puntius pentazona) that were simply too small to stay in the tank with my Tiger Barbs. There was another tank filled with Threadfin Rainbowfish, Iriatherina werneri which were absolutely exquisite but much too small. Then there was a tank full of small Peacock Gudgeons, Tateurndina ocellicauda....beautiful...but nahhhhh! Wow!! There's a 6-inch Purple-spotted Gudgeon, Mogurnda mogurnda...beautiful but I could just visualize my rasboras disappearing one-by-one down its capacious gullet.
Finally I get around to THAT tank and, sure enough, there is the lonely Crazy Fish perched on a rock. They finally took down the sign that said 'juvenile pike cichlid - $14.99' and replaced it with 'goby - $12.99'. It was close to closing time and they've had the fish for a month without anybody expressing any interest in it. To make a long story short....$6.99 and I took it home with me! Yeeeeesh! So much for willpower!!
Finally I get around to THAT tank and, sure enough, there is the lonely Crazy Fish perched on a rock. They finally took down the sign that said 'juvenile pike cichlid - $14.99' and replaced it with 'goby - $12.99'. It was close to closing time and they've had the fish for a month without anybody expressing any interest in it. To make a long story short....$6.99 and I took it home with me! Yeeeeesh! So much for willpower!!