Bar goby

[Josh1158]

I'm thinking about getting some bar gobies and I was wondering if anyone could educate me on them alittle?

 

[carey]

I just got one and all he does is move sand. LOL I have sand all over, even on my corals. he's a very active guy.

 

[Josh1158]

Does he spend most of his time underground ?

 

[carey]

I'd say about 50% underground and the pother 50% digging around. lol

 

[Josh1158]

Huh, the ones they had were all swimming around about mid water.

 

[ocean]

I think they are also called Zebra/Dart gobies, my LFS has some and they swim in the middle/top of the tank.

 

[carey]

This is what I have

Brown Barred Goby

 

[Mrc8858]

That's one of mine.. I have 3 and they are very active while lights are on they will swim throughout the tank but as soon as the lights are off they retreat to a single burrow. They are best kept in pairs or more and school pretty well

 

[Josh1158]

Cool, I have enuff fish that I dont get to see that often

 

[Mrc8858]

Don't be discouraged the first couple weeks then because they are very shy at first

 

[Josh1158]

Yeah I've had a some that I thought became hermit food and they show up again a few days later

 

[Tony Gill]

This thread is case in point why scientific names should be used for fish. We have people discussing at least two completely different gobies, a Ptereleotris and an Amblygobius!

 

[Greenturtle]

The fish you have is a Zebra Dart Goby. I have one and it only comes out when it is feeding time. I wouldn't get it. It is pretty, but I would get a fire goby instead.

 

[Mrc8858]

The fish you have is a Zebra Dart Goby. I have one and it only comes out when it is feeding time. I wouldn't get it. It is pretty, but I would get a fire goby instead.

If you only have the one that is why..they need a small school to be active...mine are extremely active

 

[Greenturtle]

If you only have the one that is why..they need a small school to be active...mine are extremely active

That's probably why. I would still think that with all the mid-level swimmers in my tank that he would come out more. He's getting more social though, I used to only see him once a week!

 

[Josh1158]

This thread is case in point why scientific names should be used for fish. We have people discussing at least two completely different gobies, a Ptereleotris and an Amblygobius!

Sorry my lfs dosent use scientific names. I'm not a fish encyclopedia I dont know the scientific names nore do I care to learn them.


My fish looks like this one. They told me it was a bar goby. If thats not good enuff for you please keep your two cents to your self.

 

[Tony Gill]

Sorry Josh, I was just trying to be helpful. Aquarium stores should be encouraged to provide scientific names rather than common names that are often made up, and certainly not consistently used in books or on websites. If you search on Ptereleotris zebra rather than "bar goby", you will tap into considerably more useful information on your fish.

Tony

 

[Josh1158]

Thank you, sorry for the snappy response.