Got 3 bumblebee gobies!! - now with pictures!

[lmw80]

Just brought them home! The store had them in freshwater and my brackish water is 1.008 sg, so I am acclimating them by the drip method right now....will get pictures soon!!

 

[WaterPond]

SWEEET! congrats, i'm glad you finally got some. can't wait for the pics. cute little buggers, eh!

 

[rich311k]

Cool!! They are cool little fish. Good luck with them.

 

[coldmachineUK]

BBGs are great little fish.
I actually keep a pair in freshwater, not brackish. I've been reading up on goby conditions, and its a misnomer that they live their adult lives in brackish. It's actually the reverse. They spawn in freshwater, the fry are carried downstream into brackish climes, where they grow up as juveniles. Then, as the enter the adult phase, they return to freshwater where they fully grow and live out their lives as adults (spawning there also). It's known as amphidromy, and the gobiidae family (among others) practice this.

Mine are doing just fine btw

 

[lmw80]

Acclimating:

In the tank:

 

[rich311k]

Great photos. They are handsome fish.

 

[Jchillin]

Those are some cute looking bumbles...nice acquistion Lori!

 

[WaterPond]

wow, good to see they are happy. The will be lovin it in threre. Awsome fish, congrats lori!