Random question of livestock choice
 

If you had to choose

i) Multicolor Angel
ii) Helfrich's Firefish
iii) red-headed goby

Which would u choose?

Got latin names?

i) Centropyge multicolor
ii) Nemateleotris helfrichi

and the goby I have no idea what it's latin name is

JT

Ah, Quinn your such a fish nerd! :lol: :lol: Just buggin. :lol:



Here’s a link of a pic of the Multicolor Angel
http://www.aquatechonline.de/Datenba...multicolor.htm

Here’s a link of a pic of the Helfrich’s Firefish
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/dartfish.htm

Here’s a link of a pic of the red-headed goby (scroll down)
http://www.gregrothschild.com/cathtml/mytank3.htm


Hey you (JTrigger),

Hard choice for sure….If it were my choice I would pick the Firefish or the Red headed goby. The firefish is beautifully colors! I can’t say I have seen one of those in person ever.

IMO, I would pass on the Multicolor Angel. Even though the Mutlicolor is quite pretty but I read this and thought UH O.H! Reef Compatibility: Keep with caution in a reef aquarium; may eat/nip large-polyped stony corals, soft coral polyps & clam mantles. O.H NO not the clams! :eek:

Any body else have suggestions?
:mrgreen:

It's all about accuracy Lee. http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/wink.gif

The Centropyge spp. angels are a toss-up. Mine was fine with everything I kept but M. digitata... in retrospect I should have been happy he nibbled them on occasion. There are previous threads on this, I think the general conclusion was, suitable, with caution.

Who has the red-headed goby in stock? I wasn't aware of that species but apparently the neon gobies are being bred in captivity now. Apparently they have short-ish life spans (one year)?

Elacatinus puncticulatus

I have one and I loooooooove him. He is very small though. Dwarfed in my 90gal (with all the other gobies and blennies :wink:)

The fish you have in your list are all so very different. You've got a swimmer, a hoverer and a percher; large, medium and small; medium price, hefty price and small price. It depends on what you are looking for, if you're looking for a tiny splash of reasonably priced color then the redhead is for you. Of course if your looking to spend big bucks on a possible jumper then you'd want the firefish :razz: (I had a regular old firefish Nemateleotris magnifica. Loved him too till he jumped out of the tiniest hole in the back of my tank). I've never had any experience with angelfishes.

J&L often carries the readheded gobies, thats where I got mine from.

Christy :)

OMG, no way, I've never seen a red-headed goby at J&L! I was considering getting one shipped in.. LoL

JT

Apparently Gobiosoma puncticulatus is incorrect, and as Christy stated Elacatinus puncticulatus is the proper name (according to Fishbase). I wonder how similar they are then to the Gobiosoma species?

if you are looking for a Helfrich's Firefish i know of were you can get one but ive seen the cost on them $$$ try calling ryan at the denman pet gallery,there was one on the last list he had a few days ago.

Hehe, you should ask them if they're gettin any in soon. They seemed to be pretty popular there for while earlier this year. :biggrin:

Christy :)