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Brown Clown Goby
Gobiodon fulvus
A small, golden-brown clown goby, hardy and affordable, perfect for nano reefs with branching corals.
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Origin
- Pacifico occidentale: dalle isole Ryukyu fino alla Micronesia e Samoa.
- Origin
- Tropical oceans and reefsEast Asia
- Tank use
- Used in 0 tanks
Share
24 °C - 28 °C
8.1 - 8.4
Marine
Bottom
4.5 cm
Species description
Geographical Origin and Habitat: Western Tropical Pacific: from Ryukyu Islands to Micronesia and Samoa. Inhabits live Acropora colonies in shallow reef lagoons.
Taxonomy and Morphology: Member of the family Gobiidae. Deep, scaleless body covered with slippery skin. Reaches a maximum length of 4.5 cm.
Social Behavior: Sedentary and coral-dwelling. Lives in pairs and is territorial towards other Gobiodon. Extremely peaceful with other genera.
Coloration and Sexual Dimorphism: Body is uniformly golden-brown or light brown without markings or spots. No distinct sexual dimorphism.
Care, breeding and tankmates
Aquarium Setup: Suitable for nano reef aquariums of at least 40 liters. Housed best with live branching Acropora corals.
Diet and Feeding: Carnivorous. Feeds on zooplankton. Provide fine foods like cyclops, copepods, and rotifers three times daily.
Water Quality: Maintain stable marine parameters: temperature 24-28 °C, pH 8.1-8.4, salinity SG 1.020-1.025. Standard reef filtration.
Compatibility and Cohabitation: Peaceful with other tankmates. Do not house with large predatory fish. May nip host coral tissue to lay eggs.
Aquarium Breeding: Bidirectional hermaphrodite. Monogamous pairs lay eggs on host coral branches. Captive breeding is difficult due to larval size.
Risks and Diseases: Starvation in newly set up tanks. High resistance to skin parasites due to its thick, toxic mucus coat.
Fish profile
- Temperament
- Pacifico
- Diet
- Carnivoro
- Tank level
- Bottom
- Minimum group
- 1
- Adult size
- 4.5 cm
- Minimum tank volume
- 40 L
- GH
- n/a
- KH
- 8 dKH - 12 dKH
- TDS
- n/a
- Conductivity
- n/a
- Sex ratio
- Coppia
- Feeding frequency
- 3 volte al giorno
- Bioload
- Low
- Flow
- Moderato
- Reproduction
- Ermafrodita bidirezionale. Nidifica deponendo uova sulle Acropore.
- Compatibility & tankmates
- Molto pacifico con altri pesci. Può aggredire coinquilini della stessa specie se la vasca è troppo piccola.
Ecological Estimates & Biological Models
- Trophic level
- 2.9 ± 0.4 se
- Resilience
- High (less than 15 months)
- Phylogenetic uniqueness (PD50)
- 0.5
- Bayesian Length-Weight
- a = 0.00741, b = 3.09
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