Captive Bred Sharknose Cleaner Goby
Captive Bred Sharknose Cleaner Goby
Size: 0.75"-2"
Sharknose Goby (Elacatinus evelynae)
Natural Ecology:
This species lives in groups and forms cleaning stations. Larger fishes come to these stations to allow cleaner gobies to remove dead skin, parasites, and other edible debris as food. Unlike many cleaner animals, cleaner gobies will also eat regular fish food and can therefore live a long time in a captive environment.
Indigenous To:
Brazil
Behavior:
As a cleaner species, this fish will pick parasites and dead skin from the gills, mouth and skin of larger fish.
Compatibility:
These gobies are compatible with most other species but can become prey to animals that are ambush feeders like mantis shrimp.
Food:
Proaquatix specimens have been weaned to take aquarium pellets and flakes. Freshly frozen invertebrates such as ocean plankton, Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and chopped squid.
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My sharknose goby is tiny but very active and entertaining to watch. It has been eating with lots of enthusiasm since the very first day. My only concern is that it is so small it could get in the powerhead or between the teeth of the overflow and disappear once it is out of QT and in my display.
Fantastic service from Ariel when there were issues with the courier.