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About Steinitz Goby
Small, elongated goby with a cream to tan body marked by orange-red bands and spots. The head is distinctly flattened dorsally, and it typically displays a symbiotic relationship with pistol shrimp in the wild.
Key facts
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Min tank size
- 30 gallons
- Appearance
- Small, elongated goby with a cream to tan body marked by orange-red bands and spots. The head is distinctly flattened dorsally, and it typically displays a symbiotic relationship with pistol shrimp in the wild.
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum tank size 30 gallons • Stable water: 72–78°F, pH 8.1–8.3, sg 1.023–1.025 • Requires live sand substrate for burrowing behavior • Pairs well with pistol shrimp; provide hiding caves/PVC • Carnivorous; feed quality small frozen foods, mysis shrimp
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Difficulty Level
- Moderate - Requires some experience due to specific dietary water or tank requirements. Best suited for intermediate aquarists.
- Diet
- carnivore
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Diet Details
- Feed small meaty foods including frozen mysis shrimp, small copepods, and finely chopped krill 2–3 times daily. In established reef aquaria with good microfauna populations, supplemental feeding may sustain the fish.
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf and eastward to Indonesia and the Philippines.
- Family
- Gobiidae
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