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About Glass Goby
Priolepis nocturna is a tiny, translucent to pale-bodied goby with a nearly glass-like appearance and minimal pigmentation. It has a slender body, small mouth, and distinctive behavioral habit of hovering near the substrate or in cave crevices, active primarily at night.
Key facts
- Difficulty Level
- Easy - Suitable for beginners with basic care requirements and hardy nature.
- Diet Details
- Feed small live or frozen planktonic foods such as copepods, rotifers, and finely-sized frozen mysis shrimp. This deep-reef species requires frequent small meals of appropriately-sized prey items.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Care Level
- Moderate
- Diet
- planktivore
- Care Requirements
- • 20+ gallon tank with stable water conditions • Prefers dim lighting; nocturnal species • Requires caves or dense rockwork for shelter • pH 8.1–8.3, salinity 1.023–1.025, temp 72–78°F • Small carnivore; feed frozen mysis shrimp, copepods
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Common Health Issues
- Marine ich, Fin Rot, Swim Bladder Disorder, Hole-in-the-Head, Columnaris Disease
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands and Micronesia, typically found in deep coral reef environments at 40-300+ feet depth.
- Feeding Schedule
- 3-4 times daily
- Max Size
- 2
- Appearance
- Priolepis nocturna is a tiny, translucent to pale-bodied goby with a nearly glass-like appearance and minimal pigmentation. It has a slender body, small mouth, and distinctive behavioral habit of hovering near the substrate or in cave crevices, active primarily at night.
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