Diamond goby breeding

[kizanne]

sefannie that is an awesome picture.

[Betta132]

It is! Always awesome when they burrow up next to the glass.
Chaeto is probably a good addition to any rearing tank you set up. It'll grow pods, provide hiding spots, and eat nitrates. Caulerpa prolifera might also be an option, but it's not as good for pods. Just good for nitrate sucking.

[Luis A M]

Originally Posted by billsreef

When the female gets buried in, it's generally because she's tending eggs. So it's a good bet they've spawned

Sorry to disagree here,but it is always the male,not the female,the tending member of the pair in most marine fish,at least in all the tropical marine ornamentals that I know.

I had worked with this species in the past and posted it elsewhere.

[gogo7]

i feel that it's the male that stays buried in the tunnels for days on end.
i used to think it was the female out of my breeding pair of stonogobiops nematodes that stayed in the tunnels... until i got some good photos of the pair together...the fatter of a breeding pair is almost always the female.

[billsreef]

Originally Posted by Luis A M

Sorry to disagree here,but it is always the male,not the female,the tending member of the pair in most marine fish,at least in all the tropical marine ornamentals that I know.

I had worked with this species in the past and posted it elsewhere.

I'd have double my check my notes on the pair I had breeding some years back. Unfortunately those notes are living in an attic back on LI. Pretty sure I recall it was the female of my pair that stayed behind in the burrow...based on body condition pre and post spawning. They had dug the burrow right down to the glass, and the tank stand was the sort that allowed me to look up from the bottom and spy on the nest and care.

[Luis A M]

Originally Posted by billsreef

I'd have double my check my notes on the pair I had breeding some years back. Unfortunately those notes are living in an attic back on LI. Pretty sure I recall it was the female of my pair that stayed behind in the burrow...based on body condition pre and post spawning. They had dug the burrow right down to the glass, and the tank stand was the sort that allowed me to look up from the bottom and spy on the nest and care.

When some brooding care is provided to the spawn;be it nest care,pouch brooding,mouth brooding or egg ball care,it is the male the one who takes the chore.
This is particularly true with gobies,where even if there are about 2,000 species with many different ways of life,it is always the father who cares for the nest.Quoting from "The Biology of Gobies"(CRC Press,2011):

"a basic reproductive pattern shared by all gobies consisting of the laying of demersal eggs cared for by the male until hatching"

[stefannie]

How long before they hatch and start to notice lil babies?

[zelna]

hi there
i have sandsifting gobys that had some eggs how long does it take to hatch its been in the hole for a month that they keep it hiddin inside the hole