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Description: The Blue Mandarin also called the Green Mandarin , Green Mandarin Dragonet , or Psychedelic Mandarin fish can simply not be confused with any other fish. It has arguably the most attractive coloration and pattern of any commonly kept reef fish. The scale-less body of the fish is a blue or green color which has orange wavy lines across it. The tail is bright red with blue edging. Other colors can be found in the pattern as well. Mandarins help to prevent brown flatworm infestations, which can be trouble for some reef aquariums. The Mandarin requires an established reef aquarium with plenty of live copepods available to feed on. You can supplement its diet with live copepods from AlgaGen called Tisbe Copepods. Adding a refugium to your system will once established, provide an excellent source of live food

Minimum Tank Size: The Blue Mandarin also called the Green Mandarin , Green Mandarin Dragonet , or Psychedelic Mandarin fish can simply not be confused with any other fish. It has arguably the most attractive coloration and pattern of any commonly kept reef fish. The scale-less body of the fish is a blue or green color which has orange wavy lines across it. The tail is bright red with blue edging. Other colors can be found in the pattern as well. Mandarins help to prevent brown flatworm infestations, which can be trouble for some reef aquariums. The Mandarin requires an established reef aquarium with plenty of live copepods available to feed on. You can supplement its diet with live copepods from AlgaGen called Tisbe Copepods. Adding a refugium to your system will once established, provide an excellent source of live food

Note: Due to the specific food needs of mandarin fish we request they only be placed in well established aquariums with plenty of live copepods available to feed on

Reef Compatibility: Very good reef fish

Level of Care: Moderate

Description: This is a fascinating fish to keep in the aquarium, especially in smaller tanks. It does best if housed with live or faux corals of the branching type. Members of this genus are thought to have a noxious body slime that deters most predatory fishes from feeding on them. Not aggressive towards other fish species, although it may fight with members of its own kind. The number you place in your tank should be a function of how many hiding places in available. These are very small, typically around 1"

Minimum Tank Size: 1 gallon

Feeding and Diet: It feeds on a variety of small crustaceans, vitamin-enriched brine shrimp (live or frozen), mysid shrimp, prepared foods for herbivores, and algae growing in the tank

Reef Compatibility: Very good reef or community fish

Level of Care: Easy

Description: The Orange Stripe Prawn Goby from the wester pacific, is also known as Randall's Goby, Randall's Prawn-Goby, or Randall's Shrimp Goby. It is easy to care for and well suited for a life in aquariums; it is even common for this species to spawn in aquariums. Randall's shrimp goby is suitable for beginners due to its hardy nature and how well it adapts to aquarium environments. It is also easy to feed and friendly towards most other fish. It can be kept with other small friendly fish but should never be kept with aggressive fish such as triggers and basses. A distinctive Goby, elongated in body shape which is white in base colour with several vertical orange bands down the body. The first dorsal fin is broad like a sale with a bold dark spot in the centre surrounded by smaller white spots. It is not aggressive towards other shrimp gobies and may even share a burrow with another species.Randall's are not aggressive towards other shrimp gobies and may even share a burrow with another species

Minimum Tank Size: 30 gallon or larger

Feeding and Diet: The diet should consist of a variety of mysis shrimp, vitamin-enriched brine shrimp, and chopped table shrimp

Reef Compatibility: Excellent reef or community fish

Level of Care: Easy

Description: One of the most spectacular members of the genus Stonogobiops is the Yasha White Ray Shrimp Goby, also called the Candy Stripe Goby or the White Ray Shrimp Goby. This beautiful fish has a long, white first dorsal spine. It also has bright or rusty orange longitudinal lines on the flanks that are broken into elongate spots on the head and opercula. This beautiful goby attains a maximum length of around 5 cm (2.0 in.). The whiteray shrimpgoby can be found on sand or mixed sand rubble slopes, where it is most often found at depths in excess of 30 m (98 ft.). It will hover in the water column near its hole, but will also spend a considerable amount of time resting on the bottom near the entrance of its burrow. The fact that it occurs at great depths makes this a tough aquarium fish to find

Minimum Tank Size: 1 Gallon

Feeding and Diet: It feeds on a variety of small crustaceans, vitamin-enriched brine shrimp (live or frozen), mysid shrimp, prepared foods for herbivores, and algae growing in the tank

Reef Compatibility: Very good reef or community fish

Level of Care: very hardy , exceptional for reef aquariums

Description: The Yellow Watchman Goby also are called Yellow Watchman Prawn Goby, and sometimes the Yellow Shrimp Goby. Yellow Watchman Gobies are one of the more popular Shrimp Gobies offered in the pet trade. They seem to be very resistant to most saltwater fish disease in the marine aquarium. . Yellow Watchman Gobies form a mutual symbiotic relationship with some Pistol Shrimp. The name "Watchman" comes from their behavior in the wild, where they act as watchmen for the shrimp

Minimum tank size: It requires a 1 gallon or larger aquarium

Feeding and diet: Yellow Watchman Gobies may be kept on a diet of brine shrimp, large shrimp chopped into bits, and other meaty foods

Reef Compatibility: Very good reef or community fish.

Level of Care: Easy

Description: This species is interesting to observe and is easy to keep if your tank contains some microalgae growth. It spends most of its time perching on the substrate. Provide with plenty of hiding places

Minimum tank size: 5 gallon

Feeding and Diet: The diet of the Bicolor Blenny should include vegetable matter, including frozen and dried foods containing marine and blue-green algae. It will also feed on (and help control) algae growing in the aquarium

Reef Compatibility: Very good reef or community fish

Level of Care: Easy

Description: The Blue Eyed Golden Midas Blenny is the best looking of all the Midas Blennies. With there golden body and bright neon blue eyes these beauties from the African coast are an excellent reef tank species. The Golden Midas Blenny is an entertaining captive, with its unique movements and often changing coloration. They are considered to be quite alert and active, and are often the first fish in a community to come to feed when items are placed into the aquarium.

Minimum Tank Size: Minimum tank size of 20 gallons with live rock on which to perch

Feeding and diet: The proper diet for a Golden Midas Blenny consists of a wide variety of meat and plant items. Such as a frozen herbivore diet, mysid shrimp, brine shrimp, and other crustaceans are also offered

Reef Compatibility: Golden Midas Blennies are reef safe and can make excellent inhabitants for minature reef and community aquariums

Level of Care: Easy

Description: Scooter Blenny's is named because of their manner of scooting along the substrate of the aquarium. The Scooter Blenny is also referred to as the Starry Dragonet or Stellate Dragonet. The Scooter Blenny is actually classed as a Dragonet, which also includes the ever popular Green and Spotted Mandarin Goby. These fish are more suited to a reef type tank, as they scoot around the liverock, and live sand looking for small Amphipods and Copepods. Males are easily identified by their large dorsal fin which they will display mainly when courting and in territorial disputes. More than one of its species may be kept; if so, it is best to introduce them all to the tank at the same time. Tank Requirements: Best not attempted in "sterile" setting such as a fish only tank. Keep in a tank containing plenty of live rock which can supply natural food. A growth of algae (even hair algae) is an ideal setting to culture the tiny arthropods and copepods these fish need to survive. Do not keep with aggressive fish. This species is rarely aggressive towards other bottom-dwelling fish.

Minimum Tank Size: Minimum tank size of 5 gallons with live rock.

Feeding and Diet: Provide a reef tank or plenty of live rock. The Scooter Blenny diet should consist of brine shrimp, bloodworms and glassworms, and small invertebrates. They are slow-moving, deliberate feeders and should not have to compete for their food.

Reef Compatibility: Reef safe and can make excellent inhabitants for minature reef and community aquariums

Level of Care: Easy

Description: The Red Firefish Goby is a great choice for the begining to intermediate marine aquarist. They are known for hovering in beautiful groups in plain view in the center of the aquarium. The Orange Firefish Goby is also known as the Fire Dartfish, Firefish, the Orange Firefish, Magnificent Dartfish and the Red Firefish. The entire Gobiidae family includes Firefishes, Mandarins, Jawfish and Tilefish. The Fire Goby comes from coral reefs in the central and western Pacific, including the Red Sea. Though from the coral reefs, they are totally reef compatible. The Orange Fire Goby with its long, narrow, cylindrical body, has a yellow head, pinkish yellow front half and a firey red/orange back half. The rear fins are highlighted in black. Its dorsal fin is divided into two sections, which distinguish gobies from blennies. The Fire Gobiesâ€™ most distinctive feature is an elongated first ray on the forward dorsal fin. This ray is pink at the front edge and is almost half the length of the entire body. It is used to wedge the Fire Goby into a burrow for safety from predators. The Fire Goby has a swim bladder, which allows it to hover in one location for extended periods with its head pointed upwards

Minimum Tank Size: They will try to jump out of the tank, especially if stressed, so the Firefish Goby should be housed in a 10 gallon or larger tank with a lid

Feeding and Diet: The Orange Firefish Goby is a carnivore. It eats zooplankton, finely chopped small crustaceans, live & frozen brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, algae, spirulina flakes and other quality flake foods. Gobies will not touch corals and are too small to eat most crustaceans, so they are reef safe

Reef Compatibility: Very good reef or community fish

Level of Care: Easy

Description: The Purple Firefish from Maldives is a magnificent little fish that's perfect for reef tanks. These fish have a light lavender colored body with purple markings on their face and towards their tailfin, along with dark red and purple colored fins. The Purple Firefish also has an elongated first dorsal spine that "jumps" up and down. These little fish have lots of personality and should be kept in a tank with lots of rockwork. The Purple Firefish likes lots of crevices, caves, and overhangs where they can "hang" in place. These fish prefer to be kept in pairs and do well in the home aquarium. They are great for reef tanks and will accept most fish foods.

Minimum Tank Size: 10 gallon

Feeding and Diet: The Purple Firefish Goby is a carnivore. It eats zooplankton, finely chopped small crustaceans, live & frozen brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, algae, spirulina flakes and other quality flake foods. Gobies will not touch corals and are too small to eat most crustaceans, so they are reef safe

Reef Compatibility: Very good reef or community fish.

Level of Care: Easy

Description: The Blue Spot Shrimp Goby, Cryptocentrus pavoninoides, occurs in two color variations, which some believe to be sexual color variations. One variety is gold with black bars on its body and blue spots on its head. The second variation and the one we are shipping is a golden-yellow fish with Irradecent blue spots on the head trailing throughout the body. One of several Shrimp Gobies that if present, will gladly share its sand bed burrow with a Pistol Shrimp of the Alpheus genus. It will also build burrows in the absence of a Pistol Shrimp; helping to keep the sand bed well stirred

Minimum Tank Size: 30 gallon or larger aquarium.Needs swimming room and a live sand or loose coral rubble bottom for burrowing. Very Peaceful temperment. it rarely will become aggressive towards other fish, but it is territorial to its spot in the aquarium

Feeding and Diet: feeds on prey in the water column but also picks food off the substrate.Diet should include mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and table shrimp

Reef Compatibility: Totally reef safe, they can make excellent inhabitants for minature reef and miniature community aquariums

Level of Care: Easy

Description: The Catalina Goby is considered one of the most beautiful gobies. It has a bright red body with a vivid blue mask and vertical stripes on the front half of its body, and the tail has a yellow tint. This species is very peaceful and will not harm other fish, corals, or invertebrates. The Catalina Goby can be housed in Nano aquariums at least 10 gallons in size. The Catalina Goby may demonstrate aggression towards others of its own species if crowded, but groups may be housed together in large aquariums. The Catalina Goby is not typically shy and can often be seen perching on the live rock within its territory

Minimum Tank Size: 10 gallons

Feeding and Diet: Carnivore

Reef Compatibility: Yes

Temperament: Peaceful

Level of Care: Moderate

Description: The Twin Spot Goby is also referred to as the Two spot Goby, Signal Goby, or Crabeye Goby. The Twin Spot Signal Goby is an excellent sand-sifter for small aquariums with a fine substrate. They stay much smaller than other sand-sifting gobies and make for an amusing display as they â€œhoverâ€ across the bottom of the tank on their dark pectoral and pelvic fins

Minimum Tank Size: 10 gallon or larger aquarium

Feeding and Diet: A bottom feeder, it should be fed a variety of either live or vitamin-enriched frozen brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, live black worms, and prepared foods for carnivores

Reef Compatibility: Very good reef fish

Level of Care: Easy

Description: The Blue Dot Jawfish, also known as the Bluespotted Jawfish, was discovered in the Tropical Eastern Atlantic in 1991 by Allen and Robertson. Its head and body are orange with different shaped flourescent blue spots covering all but the fins. As a matter of fact, the neon blue dots actually glow under the aquarium actinic lights! Consider to be the most beautiful and desirable of the jawfish. The Blue Dot Jawfish spends the majority of its time in and around its burrow which serves as its home. A fish that loves to people watch, keep a tight fitting lid to prevent jumping out of the aquarium if startled from your movements

Minimum Tank Size: 20 gallon

Feeding and Diet: Zooplankton feeder, provide a varied diet that includes frozen preparations for carnivores such as mysis shrimp

Reef Compatibility: Excellent reef fish. This species will not harm shrimp or invertebrates

Level of Care: Moderately Easy

Goby and Benny

Blue Green Mandarin

Yellow Clown Goby

Orange Stripe Prawn Goby

Yasha White Ray Shrimp Goby

Yellow Watchman Goby

Bicolor Blenny

Midas Blenny

Scooter Blenny

Red Fire Fish

Purple Fire Fish

Blue Spot Shrimp Goby

Catalina Goby

Twinspot Signal Goby

Blue Dot Jawfish