Australian Desert Gobies
Australian Desert Gobies are fun pets!
Unfortunately, they only live about 12-18 months.
This is our male Australian Desert Goby in his cave.
Unfortunately he doesn't like the cave so much anymore, because we took it out of his tank after he laid eggs in it.
He's unhappy, but we have about 5-7 Australian Desert Goby fry right now, so I'm happy.
8-5-08 All of our adult Australian Desert Gobies have passed away, but we still have 8 fry that are showing their adult colors.
One of the males had claimed a cave, and I think that pretty soon we'll be hearing the pitter patter of little feet...or fry as the case may be.
It was really hard to lose all of the adults within such a short time span, but that's life (and death) for the Australian Desert Goby.
Contents at a Glance
- This is how it all starts - Australian Desert Goby Eggs on a piece of driftwood.
- Northern Lights Aquatics Blog
- Freshwater Fish
This is how it all starts - Australian Desert Goby Eggs on a piece of driftwood.
Northern Lights Aquatics Blog
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Rember those eggs up there? Here's one of the males, who's starting to show his adult colors.
This is one of our two female Australian Desert Gobies
Australian Desert Goby Fry Update
4/9/2008
We can actually see them from across the room now, and they're swimming up towards the top of the tank a lot more than they did before.
The biggest fry are about twice the size of the smallest fry, so I'm thinking that they are males.
Our male Australian Desert Goby is twice the size of the two females, so if I'm right it looks like the size differentiation starts pretty early.
They're still pretty small, so it's hard to get a good picture of them, but I'm working on it.
Australian Desert Gobies love to dig
Australian Desert Gobies love to dig, so if you have some make sure that they can't dig under anything in their tank, and make it fall on them.
All heavy decorations should be placed on the bottom of the tank, so that you don't have to worry about your pets commiting goby suicide.
Australian Desert Goby Update
9-12-08
I'm so excited.
The cave the eggs were in was not the cave of the largest male, so I'm really surprised.
I also have the feeling that this may not be the first batch of fry - but the others were probably eaten if there were any.
Australian Desert Gobies - hot or not?
This is our male Australian Desert Goby
Do you have Australian Desert Gobies?
Do you have Australian Desert Gobies?
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Sarah says:
I have 3 adult Australian Desert Gobies, and about 5 fry. The fry are really tiny.
I love watching the gobies hop around, and it's so funny when the male goby opens his (huge) mouth as wide as he can when I get to close to his aquarium.
The gobies are very peaceful, and didn't bother any of the other fish when they were in the community tank.
The male goby did chase every one way from his eggs though!
Posted March 14, 2008
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What do you think about Australian Desert Gobies?
If you'd like to tell us about your Australian Desert Gobies, or if you have any Australian Desert Goby questions, leave a comment and let us know what's on your mind.
Hamcat wrote
I have them - I love them! One of my favorite fish.
Posted April 19, 2008
Sarah wrote...
Have you ever seen Australian Desert Gobies? I got mine from a breeder on my fish forums, but I've heard about them before.
I've never seen them before though.
Posted April 09, 2008
