The Hector's goby is a different species, Amblygobius hectori versus Amblygobius rainfordi. I was looking for an A. hectori for a while but never found one, which is why I bought my V. puellaris.

No it is not Cyanobacter. It is a leftover from those glass beads. There stlill appear to be some left over. The algae always goes away at night. (but the who worries about algae when you can't see it) I am not terrribly concerned about the algae. I thought I would give the little guy a shot because he had already been at the LFS for a week, and his future was dim to say the least. At least he has a chance at my place. :rolleyes:

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Mitch :wink:

Good luck with him, Bob. It seem like reliable info is sketchy at best on some fish, eh?

He looked a little skinny yesterday, but appears to have improved somewhat. I would think he has a better chance here than where he was. I will give it a shot anyway. The other fish don't bother with him, so he may have a chance. :rolleyes:

Oh, I never realized you took them out or that you had a problem with them.. Bob you never cease to surprise me, got rid of the cheep sand bed, got a skimmer, bought MH lighting.... your getting modren :mrgreen:

Steve

Steve, you think he'll start doing water changes one day?

Doug :lol:

I said Iwould keep you updated on the little guy. So far after one week+ he is doing very well. He seems to be getting enough to eat. He was involved in some construction work for a while, but has lost interest in that project. He takes little bites of brown algae covered gravel, and it comes out of his gills all cleaned up. :biggrin: :mrgreen:

Very cool Bob, I'm really pleased with mine as well.

Doug

I tried to keep a Rainford's Goby on two seperate ocassions several years ago. They were the only fish I ever owned that I couldn't keep alive.

They have incredibly fast metabolisms, and as you're already well aware they like to jump. Historically the problem with them has been that while they do have fast metabolisms they also often arrive with internal parasites. Couple that with their high metabolic rates and they often starve. This problem is compounded if the fish was collected by poor suppliers and then sold to equally poor LFSs.

On both occasions mine fattened up quickly once they had been in my tank for a week or so. However I never witnessed them eat prepared foods. After about 3 months they appeared to be maintaining a very good body weight, but then slowly deteriorated and I was never able to keep them alive for more than 6 months or so.

My experience may have been tainted by the fact that I purchased both of mine from a pathetic LFS in an attempt to save them. They're one of my favorite fishes - they're very unique and have great personalities. I hope you have better luck than I did.

A couple of weeks have passed since I acquired the little guy. For the past few days I noticed that he grabbed things when I was feeding the tank, but spit them out right away. Today I saw that he was actually eating the stuff that he grabbed out of the water column. Perhaps there is hope that he will survive. :mrgreen: