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About Blue-Banded Goby
The Blue-Banded Goby has a slender, elongated body with distinctive bright blue horizontal bands running across a pale or yellowish background. It features large pectoral fins used for sifting sand and a small mouth adapted for bottom feeding.
Key facts
- Appearance
- The Blue-Banded Goby has a slender, elongated body with distinctive bright blue horizontal bands running across a pale or yellowish background. It features large pectoral fins used for sifting sand and a small mouth adapted for bottom feeding.
- Min tank size
- 30 gallons
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.4 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Feeding Schedule
- 1-2 times daily
- Diet
- carnivore
- Difficulty Level
- Easy - Suitable for beginners with basic care requirements and hardy nature.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 30-gallon tank with soft substrate (sand preferred for burrowing) • Stable parameters: 72–78°F, pH 8.1–8.3, SG 1.020–1.025 • Peaceful community fish; avoid aggressive tankmates • Feed quality small foods: mysis, copepods, prepared foods • Provide hiding spaces and open sand areas for natural feeding behavior
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea to Hawaii, typically found in shallow reef environments and sandy areas.
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet Details
- Feed small live or frozen foods including mysis shrimp, copepods, and small amphipods. Offer food 1–2 times daily in small quantities. This species may be slow to accept prepared foods and benefits from regular feeding of natural prey items.
- Max Size
- 5.5
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