I need a fishy ID please

areucrazy · 05/16/2012, 01:19 PM

Hi all

I was at Petco last night and came across this beautiful tangerine orange striped fish. It was sold as a striped blenny but the online pics are nothing like this guy at all. He has a few yellow spots on his back fins and then a cool yellow and orange pattern on the tail fin. I just had to have him!! He is very timid and a jumper! Thanks for the help! I appologise for the poor pics I tried alot of times and these were the best

evolved · 05/16/2012, 01:42 PM

It's a goby of some sort; I'm not goby expert to say what species however.

A quick search makes me think Aurora Goby?

J's Quiet Reef · 05/16/2012, 01:44 PM

It looks like a watchman goby, maybe a Pinkbar Goby (Amblyeleotris aurora) http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...198&pcatid=198

jws0318 · 05/16/2012, 01:46 PM

my guess is a pink bar goby - how big is he?

briankmarsh1980 · 05/16/2012, 01:49 PM

Pinkbar shrimp goby

areucrazy · 05/16/2012, 01:55 PM

Yes thats him!! Pink bar goby AKA Aurora. I looked thru goby pics and didnt see this one. Thanks so much for the help! He is 5 inches long or so...
Looks like he needs a shrimp friend. I dont have any

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Originally Posted by J's Quiet Reef

It looks like a watchman goby, maybe a Pinkbar Goby (Amblyeleotris aurora) http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...198&pcatid=198

areucrazy · 05/16/2012, 02:36 PM

GEESH!! I just went in to check on him... found his butt on top of the egg crate! Put him back in the tank and he is doing better! WOW! I gotta watch him and rig something until I get tiny netting.

kirstenk · 05/16/2012, 04:00 PM

I have lost a couple of these due to jumping. A shrimp will help but they get thru eggcrate very easily. Good Luck. Beautiful fish.

JMCAquarium · 05/16/2012, 06:48 PM

ya like KK Said get it a shrimp asap that will help it calm down once it has it's watch dog to protect it.

areucrazy · 05/16/2012, 07:09 PM

I will definatly be looking for a friend for him ASAP. I read that a Randall pistol shrimp is most likely to pair up. He tried to make an area his but the clownfish recenty layed eggs near there and chased him out! I think that was the reason for the last jump. He is being stubborn and wont leave this side of the tank! Last night when I put him in he swam straight for the giant carpet anemone and got stung! So I shoooed him to a safer place but keeps going to this corner. Goofy fish!
This is the corner he wants

But he has alllllll this space to go............

Shrimpcity · 05/17/2012, 03:31 AM

+1 pink bar goby

Shrimpcity · 06/15/2012, 03:44 AM

I will be getting one soon

ZombieExistence · 06/15/2012, 04:10 AM

Damn arucrazy that's a lot of aptasia bro..

mndfreeze · 06/15/2012, 04:23 AM

text Traci today (friday) and see if she will be at my old house working on stuff. I caught everything except my candy cane (randalli) pistol. He might still be alive in there even with an inch of water. Survived weeks in an inch of water in the last tank breakdown.

If he is and you can swing back out to tempe you can have him. Depends on Traci being over there though as I have to work that night and will be fasssst assleeeep.

dream54ing · 06/15/2012, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ZombieExistence

Damn arucrazy that's a lot of aptasia bro..

it's "damn arucrazy that's a lot of aptasia, sis..."

areucrazy · 06/15/2012, 09:03 AM

[QUOTE=dream54ing;20365035]it's "damn arucrazy that's a lot of aptasia, sis..."[/

Ya I know.... it starts as 1 little bugger that gets ignored and becomes a field! HOWEVER most is gone now. I waited for the peppermints to do their job.... they were fired! Aptasia X was fired to! I killed them with injecting them with white vinegar! DIED MELTED almost instantly!

tcamos · 06/15/2012, 10:45 AM

Funny think about your aiptasia though...they are beautiful specimines! If you're going to have them, at least they look nice...

Someone who wasn't in the hobby would probably look at them and think they were neat.

areucrazy · 06/15/2012, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by tcamos

Funny think about your aiptasia though...they are beautiful specimines! If you're going to have them, at least they look nice...

Someone who wasn't in the hobby would probably look at them and think they were neat.

Whats funny is your right! They go.... OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH Whats that?? Its sooooooooooo cool! I hate it when they notice the weeds and not the cool stuff!
I felt bad killing the green manjos. They are like mini green bulb anemones. I kept a few didnt want to go on a killing spree

and spike my water.

BUT white vinegar does the trick and its CHEAP!!!

tcamos · 06/15/2012, 11:51 AM

I always wanted to keep a small majano tank with some anemone shrimp or crabs in it.

areucrazy · 06/15/2012, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by tcamos

I always wanted to keep a small majano tank with some anemone shrimp or crabs in it.

I got a few as hitchhikers and they have doubled in just a couple months!
I'll give you them if ya want! LOL... I have 2 anemone crabs and they chose the 2ft carpet to live on! They were ment for the mini maxi anemones I have but once they discovered the biggest anemone in the tank they have never left it.

tcamos · 06/15/2012, 12:06 PM

I had an anemone crab and the clowns would not let him stay on the 16" anemone so he died. I have 3 maxi-mini now but can't find the crabs at any store!

SohalTang1 · 06/15/2012, 12:31 PM

I believe it is probably a aurora goby

areucrazy · 06/15/2012, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tcamos

I had an anemone crab and the clowns would not let him stay on the 16" anemone so he died. I have 3 maxi-mini now but can't find the crabs at any store!

The clownies have allowed both anemone crabs to stay with them. I found 2 big ones at ...... Shhh dont tell......

Petco.... Thats when I picked up the aurora goby that started this thread.

tcamos · 06/15/2012, 03:30 PM

PetCo's my dirty little secret too.

If I could find large ones I would but even PetCo didn't have them.

05/16/2012, 01:19 PM	#1
areucrazy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Glendale Az Posts: 1,090	I need a fishy ID please Hi all I was at Petco last night and came across this beautiful tangerine orange striped fish. It was sold as a striped blenny but the online pics are nothing like this guy at all. He has a few yellow spots on his back fins and then a cool yellow and orange pattern on the tail fin. I just had to have him!! He is very timid and a jumper! Thanks for the help! I appologise for the poor pics I tried alot of times and these were the best

05/16/2012, 01:42 PM	#2
evolved Wrasse Freak Join Date: May 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,325	It's a goby of some sort; I'm not goby expert to say what species however. A quick search makes me think Aurora Goby? __________________ - Hunter Hammond

05/16/2012, 01:49 PM	#5
briankmarsh1980 I'm a member of **!!!!!! Join Date: May 2010 Location: Maricopa, Arizona Posts: 1,980	Pinkbar shrimp goby __________________ My skim don't stink _______________________________________________________________ 210 gallons with stuff!!!!!!!

05/16/2012, 04:00 PM	#8
kirstenk 23.5 Degrees Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 5,509	I have lost a couple of these due to jumping. A shrimp will help but they get thru eggcrate very easily. Good Luck. Beautiful fish. __________________ KIRSTEN REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE Reefer stabs Reefer in back over quarrel. Current Tank Info: 150g, 58g

05/16/2012, 06:48 PM	#9
JMCAquarium They are among us!! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 5,089	ya like KK Said get it a shrimp asap that will help it calm down once it has it's watch dog to protect it. __________________ “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.” Gandhi Jonathan/JC Current Tank Info: 65 APA, 40B Reef

05/16/2012, 01:44 PM	#3
J's Quiet Reef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Tempe AZ Posts: 89	It looks like a watchman goby, maybe a Pinkbar Goby (Amblyeleotris aurora) http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...198&pcatid=198

05/16/2012, 01:46 PM	#4
jws0318 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Phoenix-ish Posts: 192	my guess is a pink bar goby - how big is he?

05/16/2012, 02:36 PM	#7
areucrazy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Glendale Az Posts: 1,090	GEESH!! I just went in to check on him... found his butt on top of the egg crate! Put him back in the tank and he is doing better! WOW! I gotta watch him and rig something until I get tiny netting.

05/16/2012, 07:09 PM	#10
areucrazy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Glendale Az Posts: 1,090	I will definatly be looking for a friend for him ASAP. I read that a Randall pistol shrimp is most likely to pair up. He tried to make an area his but the clownfish recenty layed eggs near there and chased him out! I think that was the reason for the last jump. He is being stubborn and wont leave this side of the tank! Last night when I put him in he swam straight for the giant carpet anemone and got stung! So I shoooed him to a safer place but keeps going to this corner. Goofy fish! This is the corner he wants But he has alllllll this space to go............

05/17/2012, 03:31 AM	#11
Shrimpcity Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 144	+1 pink bar goby

06/15/2012, 03:44 AM	#12
Shrimpcity Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 144	I will be getting one soon

06/15/2012, 04:10 AM	#13
ZombieExistence Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 495	Damn arucrazy that's a lot of aptasia bro.. __________________ 65 gallon (36x18x24) The early bird gets the worm , but the second mouse gets the cheese.

06/15/2012, 04:23 AM	#14
mndfreeze Invert Sexy Time! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 2,005	text Traci today (friday) and see if she will be at my old house working on stuff. I caught everything except my candy cane (randalli) pistol. He might still be alive in there even with an inch of water. Survived weeks in an inch of water in the last tank breakdown. If he is and you can swing back out to tempe you can have him. Depends on Traci being over there though as I have to work that night and will be fasssst assleeeep. __________________ Finally working again UNIX/LINUX admin! Will *nix for coral! Current Tank Info: Custom starphire 40B Mantis "Googly" tank

06/15/2012, 09:03 AM	#16
areucrazy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Glendale Az Posts: 1,090	[QUOTE=dream54ing;20365035]it's "damn arucrazy that's a lot of aptasia, sis..."[/ Ya I know.... it starts as 1 little bugger that gets ignored and becomes a field! HOWEVER most is gone now. I waited for the peppermints to do their job.... they were fired! Aptasia X was fired to! I killed them with injecting them with white vinegar! DIED MELTED almost instantly!

06/15/2012, 10:45 AM	#17
tcamos Zoanthidea Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: East Mesa. Posts: 2,500	Funny think about your aiptasia though...they are beautiful specimines! If you're going to have them, at least they look nice... Someone who wasn't in the hobby would probably look at them and think they were neat. __________________ - Chad Current Tank Info: 210 gallon reef

06/15/2012, 11:51 AM	#19
tcamos Zoanthidea Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: East Mesa. Posts: 2,500	I always wanted to keep a small majano tank with some anemone shrimp or crabs in it. __________________ - Chad Current Tank Info: 210 gallon reef

06/15/2012, 12:06 PM	#21
tcamos Zoanthidea Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: East Mesa. Posts: 2,500	I had an anemone crab and the clowns would not let him stay on the 16" anemone so he died. I have 3 maxi-mini now but can't find the crabs at any store! __________________ - Chad Current Tank Info: 210 gallon reef

06/15/2012, 12:31 PM	#22
SohalTang1 Moved On Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 32	I believe it is probably a aurora goby

06/15/2012, 03:30 PM	#24
tcamos Zoanthidea Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: East Mesa. Posts: 2,500	PetCo's my dirty little secret too. If I could find large ones I would but even PetCo didn't have them. __________________ - Chad Current Tank Info: 210 gallon reef