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About Broadstripe Goby
The Broadstripe Goby is a small, slender fish with a yellowish or tan body marked by distinctive broad vertical dark stripes running across the sides. It has a small, rounded head and the characteristic bottom-dwelling body shape of gobies.
Key facts
- Max Size
- 2
- Care Level
- Moderate
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Origin
- Western Atlantic, particularly the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico regions.
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet Details
- Feed small live or frozen foods including mysis shrimp, copepods, amphipods, and small crustaceans. They are benthic foragers and benefit from frequent small feedings or continuous microfauna availability in an established reef.
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Diet
- carnivore
- Difficulty Level
- Moderate - Requires some experience due to specific dietary water or tank requirements. Best suited for intermediate aquarists.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 20-gallon tank, preferably with caves and crevices for shelter • Stable water params: 72-78°F, pH 8.1-8.3, SG 1.020-1.025 • Omnivorous; feed small meaty foods and algae-based supplements daily • Peaceful with most reef inhabitants; may nip at some ornamental inverts if underfed
- Appearance
- The Broadstripe Goby is a small, slender fish with a yellowish or tan body marked by distinctive broad vertical dark stripes running across the sides. It has a small, rounded head and the characteristic bottom-dwelling body shape of gobies.
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