Rumor's Yashia & Alpheus randalli

[xfusion]

very well taken shots

[KingFish]

Thanks guys, especially marinebetta again for the male Yashia.

I'll have to keep the fat and happy, then perhaps they'll go the same way as the Nassarius

Had to wake up 3am to take these pictures, think I can conclude these guys are either nocturnal, or really timid. I have resorted to pasting black cardboard to the tank to help acclimitise the male

Razo, I do not think you will regret it, as long as you can setup a species only tank, after that, welcome to many sleepless nights and many a camera clicking

[hamannbmw]

Hi Rumour,

How do u manage to get a pair, how to differentiate between M & F , i have one at home.... thought of getting another...

[KingFish]

The Male Yashia is supposed to have a distinguishing black rim along its ventral fin.

It has yet to be confirmed but has been touted in RC. I have a few shots, but its not as clear as I liked. Till my sleepless night then

Do post a picture of yours soon

[FuEl]

Eh..din notice any black rim on both my fishes...maybe I have a ###### pair.

[Razo]

Thanks guys, especially marinebetta again for the male Yashia.

I'll have to keep the fat and happy, then perhaps they'll go the same way as the Nassarius

Had to wake up 3am to take these pictures, think I can conclude these guys are either nocturnal, or really timid. I have resorted to pasting black cardboard to the tank to help acclimitise the male 

Razo, I do not think you will regret it, as long as you can setup a species only tank, after that, welcome to many sleepless nights and many a camera clicking 

i have 4 different gobies living in the same area... under 1 small rock... 1) rainfordi 2) bar 3)watchman 4)red banded...

see when i'm free to take a pic of the 4 musketeer and i'll post it..

[KingFish]

Fuel, even if so, I would be looking foward to more pictures of your Yashias

Razo, you will need a butler to keep the place in order, get a Pistol Shrimp. Watch out for the pictures of my Neon Goby, coming to a thread near you

[Razo]

Fuel, even if so, I would be looking foward to more pictures of your Yashias

Razo, you will need a butler to keep the place in order, get a Pistol Shrimp. Watch out for the pictures of my Neon Goby, coming to a thread near you

i've always put the newly introdued fish at the right corner.. but somehow they always swim to the left corner..

i'm still looking for pistol.. if u find them call or pm me pls

daniel 96969262

[hamannbmw]

hahh .. i have 4 different gobies living in the same area... under 1 small rock... 1) rainfordi 2) bar 3)watchman 4)red banded...

see when i'm totake a pic of the 4 musketeer and i'll post it..

argh.... talking about rainfordi, i didnt see mine for the past few days , must be CRABS , recently i've lost a firegoby, 2 X long antenna banded goby, 1 X clown goby and now rainfordi is missing...

[KingFish]

Razo, edited the post for you

The fishes will swim where they like, lower light, more food perhaps. I have another shrimp-goby pair which was facing the back of the tank. It has re-oriented themselves already to face the front.

(Edwin, you can stop laughing now )

hamannbmw, that is quite a number of casualties, is yours a species only Goby tank? If you do not have shrimps, you can try the bottle trick.

[hamannbmw]

Thanks Rumour,

I'm considering using the bottle tricks this weekend, i have the following in my tank now, other than corals,

1 X yashias

1 X yellow clown goby

5 X ###### shrimps

1 X porcelian crab

1 X pom pom crab

2 X harlequin (pair)

1 X fire shrimps

1 X cleaner shrimps

The rest of the gobies RIP

I'm worried about the ammonia level if i place a market shrimp using the bottle trick, cos mine is a 2 X 1 X 1 tank.

[hamannbmw]

confirm there is a hairy crab in my tank cos i've seen it 2 weeks ago, its about 1inch is size

[Razo]

Razo, edited the post for you

The fishes will swim where they like, lower light, more food perhaps. I have another shrimp-goby pair which was facing the back of the tank. It has re-oriented themselves already to face the front.

(Edwin, you can stop laughing now )

hamannbmw, that is quite a number of casualties, is yours a species only Goby tank? If you do not have shrimps, you can try the bottle trick.

thanks..

my red banded had me worried for a whole day.. didnt see the fellow untill yesterday nite when my boxer spawned... he had a good feast...heheheh.. at least i know hes eating... not so worried now

[danano]

Simply awesome pics, especially the one with the pair of Yashia's... prize winning!

[KingFish]

hamannbmw,

If that worries you, you can always throw in a trusty Polyfilter to help the system cope. Otherwise, you can always do a stakeout on the bottle after lights out. Just that your ornamental shrimps may get to them first.

Dan,

Thanks, a pair of these will fit nicely into your SPS bonsai tank

[Razo]

Razo, I do not think you will regret it, as long as you can setup a species only tank, after that, welcome to many sleepless nights and many a camera clicking

i will get 1... but not untill i remove the pesky hairy crabs.. saw 1 in the LR 2 days back too lazy to catch..hahah.. will try to get rid of it before this weekend

[Terryz_]

My hand itchy again...

[FuEl]

I have a couple of crabs in my tank..tried to trap them..but not successful..oh well..they did'nt harm anything..so left them inside..somehow they behave like emerald crabs.

[Razo]

i have 4 different gobies living in the same area... under 1 small rock... 1) rainfordi 2) bar 3)watchman 4)red banded...

see when i'm free to take a pic of the 4 musketeer and i'll post it..

added anothe hi fin banded... soon after it went to join the other in the burrows...hhahaha

so now i have 5 different gobies living in the same area(burrows)... under 1 small rock... 1) rainfordi 2) bar 3)watchman 4)hi fin red banded 5)hi fin black banded...

see when i'm free to take a pic of the 5 gobies then i'll post it..

[nicky30092002]

Reading u guy's GOBIES & SHRIMP thread really tempting me to start a sp. tank too ... with my son's 2.5x1.5x2' tank empty, no occupant with 3"sand bed & 10kg LR and cycle readied tank ... i am really tempted to sneak out now & buy the GOBIES .. tell me where I CAN GET THEM ... or if u have some/any for immediate sale .. let me know too .. Preef hv or not???

What's the best eye catching GOBIES MIX combination .. not so X ones hor ..

sorry to hijack .. rumor.

[FuEl]

Wecome to the goby club...you have been converted! Anyway..just a suggestion..maybe you might want to put some crab traps to trap any possible crabs before rushing to buy your gobies.. You won't want them to end up MIA..

[KingFish]

Edwin from Paradiz Reef is also another Goby nut, he has some High Fin Black Antenna Goby paired with Candy Striped Pistol Shrimps that you can consider. Eviotas will make excellent addition, but I must stress its very very small, feeding requirement is still being examined.

You can look at my goby threads to get some ideas, or you can try Goby Frontier. You'll be surprised to know there is a Goby Institute and a Goby Society

[nicky30092002]

[KingFish]

The threesome ...

[KingFish]

SURPRISE !!!!!

Paired Yashia which may or may not be accompanied with a pair of Alpheus Randalli ... how's that for a match made in Atlantis?

Here's a picture of them feeding at different station, but essentially shares the same burrow.