Rumor's Yashia & Alpheus randalli

[FuEl]

Oh yes Rumor..the website showed the difference between yashias from different localities. Those from Indian Ocean tend to be more blotted in appearance. Check out the yashia at the top of the page...from Japan waters...almost full complete stripes!

[Razo]

These are as good a picture I can get, I spend about an hour crouching over the camera like a wildlife photographer to catch this elusive pair in action. Well, its worth it

That's all for the moment folks, be back with better quality pictures soon.

Ciao

well done... very nice... the pic sure worth the 1 hr wait...hehhe

[KingFish]

In the second last picture, one can see that one of the Yashia's fin is almost at the shrimp, possibly warning of the approaching tankmates.

Just noticed that the Yashia is more acclimitised with people walking by the tank, it retreats instead of darting in.

Above the rock you see, the pair maintains a second opening, perhaps a route of escape, just the rabbits.

Fascinating creatures they are, and observing the pair's behaviour can keep me glued to the tank

[KingFish]

As described before that the Yashia randalli pair maintains a secondary lookout. Here's it is peeking out of its burrow; not a very good shot, but it does look like something out of Japanese anime

[KingFish]

Here's a better shot of it, having its sights on a passing brine shrimp

[KingFish]

Here's the Yashia, splayed out in all its glory

[KingFish]

Here's a dazzel of red & white as it dashes into its burrow

[KingFish]

And then its gone.

Till next time dudes

[KingFish]

Finally caught these two at their secondary lookout

[FuEl]

escargots................

[DeepBlue]

stunning....a very beautiful combi

[flubberina13]

Finally caught these two at their secondary lookout 

submit this shot as editorial photo for a magazine?

[marinebetta]

Like I said....National Geographic!

[onghm]

Impressive shots Rumor.

I'm sure there is a lot of hard work behind these quality pics

2 thumbs up!

[onghm]

sorry a bit off topic.

Was your camera on auto-focus or you are doing pre-focus manually ?

thanks

[Anthony]

rumor are u using tripot to capture those pic?. nice pics

[Cookiemunster]

hahaha everyone is going to look for these gobies now. You've started another fad.

[Marineman]

Wah... very beautiful fish and shrimp, first time seeing it, are they hardy?

[KingFish]

Thanks guys

First thing I did was to leave the camera on tripod pointing straight at their burrow entrance. It took them a while, but figured that it is harmless.

After that, its just waiting for the right moment, then creep slowly up to snap them Camera is on autofocus.

Gobies are relatively hardy, but I can't stress enough that they are generally peaceful and require an aggression-free tank environment to see them in most natural behaviour

No fad cookie, just being original, everyone else is nuts over tangs and sps

[KingFish]

Finally ...

[Achilles Tang]

First class pix, bro!

Two thumbs up!

[marinebetta]

Another sleepless night?

I'm waiting for pics of the little teeny ones.....

[flubberina13]

Wah...before your wedding bells would be up and you are on your way to be Father Goby liao...

Nice shots...you must remember to keep those pics in a journal or something. One fine day, someone out there will knock on your door and ask you for some writeup...

[Razo]

Finally ...

WOW

[Razo]

No fad cookie, just being original, everyone else is nuts over tangs and sps

at least u got me into gobies...

went to CF today.. still cant decided if i should get the Yashia... left 4pcs