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Glass Goby
Gobiopterus chuno
A tiny, almost fully transparent freshwater and brackish goby, ideal for estuarine biotope tanks.
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Origin
- Asia: acque costiere, salmastre e dolci di India, Bangladesh, Thailandia e Singapore.
- Origin
- Tropical oceans and reefsExtra-Amazon South AmericaSouth and Southeast Asia
- Tank use
- Used in 0 tanks
Share
22 °C - 28 °C
7 - 8.2
Freshwater / Brackish
Midwater
3 cm
Species description
Geographical Origin and Habitat: Southern and Southeastern Asia: India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia. Inhabits brackish estuaries, river mouths, and slow coastal streams.
Taxonomy and Morphology: Member of the family Gobiidae. Glass-like translucent body with large silvery eyes. Reaches a maximum length of 3.0 cm.
Social Behavior: Peaceful and schooling. Unlike most benthic gobies, it swims actively in the midwater column in large groups.
Coloration and Sexual Dimorphism: Body is nearly transparent, exposing internal organs and the skeletal structure. Tiny black chromatophores. Minimal sexual dimorphism.
Care, breeding and tankmates
Aquarium Setup: Suitable for setups of at least 30 liters. Can be kept in medium-hard freshwater or brackish water (SG 1.002-1.005). Provide salt-tolerant plants.
Diet and Feeding: Carnivorous. Feeds on micro-zooplankton. Accepts live baby brine shrimp, copepods, and very fine prepared dry foods.
Water Quality: Maintain stable parameters: temperature 22-28 °C, pH 7.0-8.2, GH 8-20, KH 6-15. Sensitive to nitrogenous waste.
Compatibility and Cohabitation: Peaceful. Must be kept in groups of 6 or more. Suitable tankmates include bumblebee gobies or small rainbowfish.
Aquarium Breeding: Spawns on plants. Parents do not care for eggs. Raising the tiny fry requires rotifers and greenwater.
Risks and Diseases: Vulnerable to sudden changes in salinity. High starvation risk if housed with active, competitive feeders.
Fish profile
- Temperament
- Pacifico
- Diet
- Carnivoro
- Tank level
- Midwater
- Minimum group
- 6
- Adult size
- 3 cm
- Minimum tank volume
- 30 L
- GH
- 8 dGH - 20 dGH
- KH
- 6 dKH - 15 dKH
- TDS
- 200 ppm - 600 ppm
- Conductivity
- 400 uS/cm - 1,000 uS/cm
- Sex ratio
- Gruppo
- Feeding frequency
- 2 volte al giorno
- Bioload
- Low
- Flow
- Moderato
- Reproduction
- Depone uova adesive tra la vegetazione. I piccoli richiedono infusori e rotiferi per la crescita.
- Compatibility & tankmates
- Molto pacifico e gregario. Va tenuto in banchi di almeno 6 individui in vasche tranquille.
Ecological Estimates & Biological Models
- Trophic level
- 3.4 ± 0.45 se
- Resilience
- High (less than 15 months)
- Phylogenetic uniqueness (PD50)
- 0.501
- Bayesian Length-Weight
- a = 0.01023, b = 3
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