Red throated Goby?

[Aylana]

Are red throated gobies brackish? There isn't much info around on them and it is conflicting. Please enlighten me oh wise ones!

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Yes red throated gobys are brackish and are more commanly known as "dragon goby"s, they can also grow to anything between 14 and 24inchs and so are quite massive growing fish and are very hard to feed;

"Their primary method of obtaining food is by scooping up mouthfuls of gravel and sorting the edible things from the substrate, they then spit out the substrate and swallow the food particles.
I have found that frozen plankton, bosmiden, daphnia and bloodworm are all readily accepted foods, and anything else that can fit in its mouth, EXCEPT fish. Brine shrimp is also suitable but I find this is about the largest food they can manage.
As an experiment I did try feeding them with tiny frozen Gammarus shrimp, tiny pieces of frozen fish, they were interested, but quickly spat them back out as they were too big."

for more info check out

http/www.thefishworld.co.uk/id184.htm

 

[SirMinion]

Yes red throated gobys are brackish and are more commanly known as "dragon goby"s, they can also grow to anything between 14 and 24inchs and so are quite massive growing fish and are very hard to feed;
"Their primary method of obtaining food is by scooping up mouthfuls of gravel and sorting the edible things from the substrate, they then spit out the substrate and swallow the food particles.I have found that frozen plankton, bosmiden, daphnia and bloodworm are all readily accepted foods, and anything else that can fit in its mouth, EXCEPT fish. Brine shrimp is also suitable but I find this is about the largest food they can manage.As an experiment I did try feeding them with tiny frozen Gammarus shrimp, tiny pieces of frozen fish, they were interested, but quickly spat them back out as they were too big."
for more info check out:
http/www.thefishworld.co.uk/id184.htm

Sorry Tokis, you've got that wrong -
Don't get Dragon gobies (large, filter feeding, brackish, snake-like fish) and 'Dwarf Dragon Gobies' (a fish store name for rhinogobius wui- the white cheeked goby which is very small, carnivorous and likes cool freshwater) -mixed up.

White cheeked gobies are also sometimes known and red-throated gobies. (because they have red throats)

There are a few other gobies also known as 'red throated' too, but rhinogobius wui is the one most commonly found within the hobby.

To re-cap, The Red throated / white cheeked / dwarf dragon goby rhinogobius wui needs cool freshwater

This is one of our Rhinogobius wui:

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Sorry, my bad ! Thanks for correcting me

 

[Aylana]

Thanks! You guys are a mine of useful info!

 

[Bling]

Aw, your Rhinogobius is so cute! How big does it get?

 

[SirMinion]

Aw, your Rhinogobius is so cute! How big does it get?

Thank you, yes they are very cute. We have six of them now and they're great little characters. They grow no bigger than 2.5 inches.

 

[moray]

They also prefer sand to any other substrate - they are quite prolific breeders with the right amount of space and some slate to lay their eggs on - but they do get quite territorial when breeding so make sure they have enough space to allow for this. Lovely little fish.

 

[RazzleDazzle]

Will rhinogobious wui mix with corydoras? or will they be territorial? I wanted to have a set up with white cloud minnows, celestial pearl danios, white cheek goby's and hopefully my corydoras. I was also looking about where you can get them. Are they quite common or do you have to go to specialists?

One last thing is what would be the best way to replicate their habitat?