Love My Neon Goby

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Just picked up a Neon goby from J&L & it's tiny. But this little guy/girl has already set up a cleaning station right in the corner of the tank closest to my sofa :biggrin: All the big fish are taking turns swimming over & getting a cleaning over. I love that little fishy. :biggrin:

Anthony

I know, wrong forum but here's an action pic (sorry its not that clear):

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/SeaHorse_Fanatic/DSCN9161.jpg

Anybody else with one of these reef doctors?

[Skimmerking]

i thought about getting one for my tank,b ut will have to wait till i get a bigger tank :mrgreen:

[OCDP]

Hey these fish are pretty neat.. I haven't ever seen any locally though.

Do they actually clean fish? What exactly do they do?

I never knew they served any kind of purpose like that.. I just thought they were tiny small community fish.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

They're the best biological control for external parasites. They actually live, whereas most cleaner wrasses die within weeks or months of going into an aquarium. Mine set up a cleaning station literally within an hour and the tangs started lining up for its services right away. Apparently they also breed quite readily in captivity.

Anthony

[OCDP]

That's very neat.. thanks for the info !

I have 4 fish in my 20g... too bad. This one would have been a great/small addition to the tank.

Then again.. it's such a small fish.. I wonder if it would be okay ?? I do weekly water changes, no more than two weeks anyways.

What are your thoughts? Sounds like it could be a good fish to have either way .

[christyf5]

I have 2 in my 90 gallon. They're awesome little fish, fun to watch even if they didn't clean the fish as an added benefit. Damned small though :razz:

[marie]

Are they disease resistant? I was going to order a couple for my majestic angel but I would hate to see them die because I put them into a tank with marine velvet.

[christyf5]

No they're not disease resistant. Before Dinomania 2004, I had a couple of sharknose gobies (same genus different species) in the tank, they got ick but none of my other fish did which I thought was weird. Then I would see some of my other fish would have ick sometimes and then it was gone. It wasn't until I found one of the gobies happily munching away on the big fish that I realized why. I fed the gobies a crapload of garlicky food and they all pulled through :biggrin:

Still worth a try IMO.

Christy :)