Madagascar Spotted Croucher Goby

Madagascar Coral Croucher Goby is an exquisite bottom-dwelling fish that has beautiful red and pink coloration as well as speckled markings. It is an intriguing fish that can be located in and around soft and hard corals. With many descriptive and catchy popular names like Gumdrop Coral Croucher, Velvetfish as well as Velvet Goby, it is not difficult to determine what the overall appearance is and behavior of the fish. This Madagascar Coral Croucher Goby possesses an incredibly slim, gumdrop-like body that is compressed vertically, which allows it to maneuver through small areas between coral and reef rubble branches. Its entire body is adorned in fine "hairs" which create the appearance of velvet or fuzzy. It is the Madagascar Coral Croucher Goby may be tiny in size, but it is huge on the inside. At first, it is cryptic and then retreats into nature, the Madagascar Coral Croucher Goby will eventually be more active and be interested in the activities of its tank mates as well as being the human caretaker! While it appears that the Madagascar Coral Croucher Goby may appear like a goby, it is actually part of the family known as scorpionfish. This means that this Madagascar Coral Croucher Goby is poisonous and has spines that cover its fins. If you're "stung" and react, it can be similar to that of an insect sting, only slightly stronger. Like other scorpionfish in the family, it is the Madagascar Coral Croucher Goby has special pectoral fins that are used to aid in its locomotion. It is believed that the Madagascar Coral Croucher Goby does best when it is housed in an aquarium that is at a minimum of 10 gallons and aquascaped with a large quantity of living rock and rubble, especially branches of corals or other similar decorations. The goby isn't known to display aggression towards other fish, however, it is known to fight with its own species when it is in small aquariums. It is therefore recommended that you manage this Madagascar Coral Croucher Goby singly or as a bonded couple or in a group with other gentle species. It is not unusual to see it reproduce in your home aquarium. It is important to be cautious when your aquarium is home to Acropora as well as similar SPS corals, as The Madagascar Coral Croucher can produce eggs along the undersides of coral branches. This causes tissue loss in the area of coral. But, in ideal conditions, the coral will regenerate the area of tissue that was lost. Its diet should comprise a range of brine shrimp frozen mysis shrimp chopped table shrimp, as well as frozen carnivore food preparations. If it is housed within a coral reef that has living corals that branch and corals that branch, it is recommended that the Madagascar Coral Croucher Goby needs to be fed regularly, at least every day using the aid of target feeding, or a feeding tool. If the aquarium has no substrate, it'll require multiple feedings per day.

• Approximate size of purchase: 3/4" to 2"