Marble Goby Care

The marble goby will accept a number of different foods such as bloodworms brine shrimp and other meaty foods.

Marble goby care.

Pond tank and hapa net b. The tank needs to have a tight fitting lid as these fish are jumpers and they will try to escape. Marbled sand gobies will grow over 25 inches 63 5cm so a very large tank for them is needed 125 150 gallon 473 567 liter. Floating cage farming 4.

A large stretch of clear bottom of the tank is need when these fish are fully grown. The marbled sand goby is a nocturnal hunter that prowls slow moving streams lakes ponds and swamps. Bio filter design and aquaponics system 3. During the daytime this fish rests at the bottom taking cover among rocks woody debris or vegetation.

This oddball fish is one of the larger sized gobies and can be considered a monster fish as they can reach around 28 30 in the wild though they seldom surpass 12 in aquaria. Mating breeding and egg deposition 2. They prey on just about anything they can fit in their mouth. The marbled sand goby has also been reported from luzon philippines and subsequently been introduced into taiwan for aquaculture.

Green house hdpe mesocosm system b. Method of farming and hatchery operation a. They spend their downtime scanning the aquarium for potential prey and characteristically if it can fit in the goby s mouth it s prey. Keeping one in community tanks with smaller fish is not advised.

Marble gobies by nature are carnivorous so don t let their docile nature fool you. Reproduction biology of marble goby b. Marmoratus is unsuitable for the vast majority of aquaria but is an interesting oddball for the true enthusiast with the facilities to house it properly. One of the largest goby species in the world o.