Greenband Goby Help

[Bitingthesun]

Hey everyone,

I recently bought a Greenband Goby (Gobiosoma multifasciatum) at the LFS. Does anyone have and info on these guy? Experience?

thanks
k.

 

[saltwaterB]

What are you looking for.
I have kept them, and brought them into stores for years.

-B-

 

[Bitingthesun]

Just kinda general info. How big do they get, etc. After impulse buying them I now want to make them happy.

k.

 

[denvig]

Check here
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?siteid=20&pcatid=1144&into_cart=SW%20%2D%20Greenbanded%20Goby&productvariantid=1929&TopCatId=1850

 

[Scarfish]

I used to have 3 of them.

I thought they were awesome. very cool. they stay small. 1-1/2" I think

 

[wsonner]

I used to have 3 of them.

I thought they were awesome. very cool. they stay small. 1-1/2" I think

Make sure you feed with mysids or enriched brine. These guys will eat themselves into starvation in pretty short order.

 

[denvig]

For some reason my link is messing up. When there do a serch on Gobiosoma multifaciatum and that will get you there.

 

[Scarfish]

eat themselves into starvation?

 

[wsonner]

eat themselves into starvation?

I'm sorry, forget I said that. I was thinking they were sand sifters. My bad.