chalk goby info needed?

[nice1bruva]

sorry if this is the wrong section of the site.(i'm a newbie here).
looking for any info on chalk gobies.
i have two in my reef and they are amazing fish.
i'm specifically looking for a web page that lists care and identification if possible.
:roll:
any site on sps corals would be good too as i've only just added my first accropora.
thanks
wayne

 

[nice1bruva]

can no-one help with this topic??
:roll:

 

[dizzy]

wayne,
Are you sure it's chalk goby? I know of a chalk basslet from the Caribbean, but chalk goby doesn't ring any bells. How about a picture or a latin name. It probably has a different common name over here. You might try wetwebmedia.com

 

[nice1bruva]

yep!
definitely called a chalk goby in the uk.
the funny thing is though even though they are listed on uk aquatic shop lists (and available in stores frequently) i cannot find a pic of one anywhere???
:?
it must just be the uk where they have this common name?

i have added a pic but they were taken with an old digital cam only an hour after a water change.
the pic does not really show the electric blue speckles on his cheeks(although they are not 'blue cheeked gobies)
the 'male' (i think he is anyway) also has a black dot on one of his caudal spines.
they spend most of their time together and are constantly shovelling sand into their mouths and out the back around their gills.

 

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I would try looking under jawfish. I can't tell to much from your picture especially if their stressed (color loss). It might be a pearly scaled jawfish, or some other jawfish similar to that. There's no telling what it could be labeled over here.

 

[dizzy]

wayne,
We call the Valenciennea gobies sleeper gobies. Yours looks like Valenciennea sexguttata. My experience is that sleeper gobies almost constantly sift the sand for the small crustations and other fauna that live there in. When the food supply in the sand is exhausted they often die of starvation, as they are usually difficult to get eating frozen food. Perhaps if the sandbed is a large enough area they can do fine. Their constant digging in the tank could have a negative effect on the sandbed.
We quite selling sleeper gobies because too many just waste away. I hope you have better luck.

 

[EEEZY]

hi i just signed up and saw this about chalk goby's......then i saw was 8 years old......i also have 2 of the fish and thay have spawned once and i would love to know how you got on with your fish ?