Chocolate Goby
Snapshot: Also known as the Sleeper Banded Goby. This fish sports vibrant blue and orange dots and dashes, and bold brown bands.
Other tidbits: Can grow up to 15cm or so. Distributed throughout the East Indian Ocean, Australia, Indonesia, East Pacific, Central/West Pacific Oceans. These funky fish are the ultimate clean-up crew, sifting through the sand and filtering it for tasty treats!
Bare bones must know: Live-rock fish-only system or reef aquarium. Thick, sandy substrate required.
Aquarium set-up: Give this fish a spacious aquarium and a snug lid to keep it from leaping out! This species loves to shake things up by rearranging rocks and sand! Make sure those rocks are securely anchored to the substrate to keep the fun safe! These fish should be kept in a well run aquarium where they can "graze" algae from rocks and stones. A sandy paradise with coral, shells, and bits of broken shells is perfect for their funky hole-digging. Maintain an aquatic utopia by nailing the basics: rock-solid water quality with top-notch filtration and routine partial water changes.
Feeding: Keep your royal goby highness happy with a diverse diet of mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, flake food, marine-based algae and shrimp pellets.
AQT note: All our fish feast on a diet of seaweed, marine pellets, flakes and frozen treats under our care. Keep the feast going in your tank!