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gobolts23
03/19/2013, 03:48 PM
I was wondering if anyone had any luck/experience pairing Lotilia graciliosa with another Lotilia graciliosa. I currently have a small .75" specimen with a pistol shrimp and was hoping to pair another one with it.

any thoughts? here is a blurry pic of my pair

gobolts23
03/20/2013, 04:36 PM
i went ahead and added the other whitecap goby. they have not met yet. both are eating and have been in captivity for over 6 months. here is a picture of the new addition.

dvmsn
03/20/2013, 07:42 PM
These have been one of my dream fish every since the old saltwater atlas

SDguy
03/20/2013, 07:44 PM
You might want to check out this article:

Google: Lotilia klausewitzi

gobolts23
03/20/2013, 07:45 PM
the pair still have not met from what i can see. the pistol shrimp does have an extensive cave system in the tank and traveled over to the new larger goby. the goby started acting like they were partners and then 30 minutes later i saw the shrimp had traveled back to the other goby.

gobolts23
03/20/2013, 07:49 PM
ya i saw that article regarding the new scientific name for the fish Lotilia klausewitzi. the ones that were available to me supposedly came from Sri Lanka.

gobolts23
03/20/2013, 08:02 PM
it looks like all the ones that have been available for sale from liveaquaria, etc have been Lotilia klausewitzi. the ones that were pictured in the red sea were all Lotilia graciliosa.

gobolts23
03/21/2013, 09:48 AM
the two finally found each other and now live in the same cave with the shrimp. so far no aggression at all.

gobolts23
03/21/2013, 01:17 PM
here is a picture of the two together. they have been hanging out in front of their cave since last night. have not seen any aggression yet. sorry for the blurry pics. its really hard to get a pic because they are pretty far under a rock. even with my dslr i cant get the lens to focus.

small alien
03/22/2013, 08:45 AM
congrats. That's an expensive experiment.

gobolts23
03/22/2013, 11:11 AM
so far so good, both look comfortable together with the pistol shrimp in their cave. they rarely leave each others side.

gobolts23
03/24/2013, 06:23 PM
here is a pic from today :)

SDguy
03/24/2013, 06:29 PM
Awesome!! Looking forward to long term updates

small alien
03/24/2013, 06:32 PM
Very cool.

dvmsn
03/24/2013, 09:46 PM
Do you have any dither fish

gobolts23
03/25/2013, 04:23 AM
i keep a mated pair of ora premium picassos. the gobies just hover right outside the cave waiting for food.

gobolts23
03/25/2013, 06:21 PM
update guys.
this afternoon the larger white cap started chasing the smaller one around so I removed the smaller one and put it in another nano.
i dont know if you can sex Lotilia sp.

gobolts23
03/25/2013, 06:36 PM
here is a pic of the larger one with the pistol shrimp

SDguy
03/25/2013, 07:37 PM
Sorry to hear that :-(

gobolts23
03/25/2013, 09:13 PM
ya after doing some extensive googling and contacting a couple of others that have tried...this seems to be the norm when trying to pair these fish. in the wild they probably just live close by and come together to breed.

gobolts23
12/22/2013, 05:49 PM
just an update. the white cap goby has grown a little bit. still under 1" and the pistol shrimp has almost doubled in size.

small alien
12/26/2013, 04:42 PM
Pics

gobolts23
02/05/2014, 05:41 PM
going on 10 months and he is still doing well with his pistol shrimp pal. goby has gotten bigger but not much bigger.

gobolts23
02/09/2014, 05:01 PM
finally snapped a decent pic of the pair. very hard to get good pictures since they suck back into the rock work when they see the camera.

http://images1.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp93232%3Euqcshlukaxroqdfv853%3B%3Dot%3E2468%3D644%3D745%3DXROQDF%3E278824%3B72%3C248ot1 lsi

gobolts23
03/17/2014, 05:02 PM
well its been a year with them and all is still well. anyone else have a white cap live this long?