- Name:
Barbershop Shrimpgoby
(View AKA's) - Family: Gobiidae
- Species: Gobies
- Scientific Name: Stonogobiops nematodes
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General info about Barbershop Shrimpgoby
The Hi Fin Red Banded Goby the body has a silver-white coloration with a yellow face and very distinct dark diagonal stripes across the body. They are a wonderful fish for a passive fish only or reef aquarium and may form a symbiotic relationship with a pistol shrimp. The ideal environment is an aquarium with plenty of live rock and a sand bed. It is not aggressive towards other shrimp gobies and may even share a burrow with another species. Being territorial, it may occasionally quarrel with conspecifics if kept together, or if the tank is too small. It is possible for the Hi Fin Red Banded Goby to spawn successfully in an aquarium.
Caution with Barbershop Shrimpgoby
Gobies are considered jumpers make sure your aquarium has a tight-fitting canopy or screen cover to prevent the Gobie from jumping out of your aquarium. Gobies have been known to jump through the smallest of holes in a canopy.
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Barbershop Shrimpgoby | Gobies | Gobiidae | Stonogobiops nematodes | The Hi Fin Red Banded Goby the body has a silver-white coloration with a yellow face and very distinct dark diagonal stripes across the body. They are a wonderful fish for a passive fish only or reef aquarium and may form a symbiotic relationship with a pistol shrimp. The ideal environment is an aquarium with plenty of live rock and a sand bed. It is not aggressive towards other shrimp gobies and may even share a burrow with another species. Being territorial, it may occasionally quarrel with conspecifics if kept together, or if the tank is too small. It is possible for the Hi Fin Red Banded Goby to spawn successfully in an aquarium. | PalaciosAn |
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