Cool clown at *****

[worrballer]

I just came back from browsing the ***** close to me. I saw a wicked looking clown goby that I've never seen before. Unfortunately I don't have a picture but here is the description:
Orangish-red head with green stripes
Black body (from "neck" to tail fin)
and it looked like warts or bumps on its body too.
It was really cool looking but like I said I've never seen one before. Thanks for the help.

 

[spkdtch]

not sure what its called but avoid buying fish from there at all costs, every fish i purchased from there died within a week, all covered ich or other problems, its like a walmart fish store, horrid conditions
freshwater fish have died in the bag within 15 minutes
they dont hypo or anything else to keep from contaminating other fish, just fresh water dip and they think thats good enough
once again, dont buy from there, just check out fish, find the name, buy elsewhere please

 

[worrballer]

This place is fine. I understand that most Petcos are bad but I've talked to some of the people that run the salt section and they are fairly knowledgeable.
I'm only interested in the ID.

 

[spkdtch]

Its not the employees as much as what the store tells them to do, its more or less a fish mill, they don't worry about the long run, just getting them out the door and cash in the pocket, the people are nice, but it would cost more and take more time to keep the fish healthy and do it properly
***** does have a website with all the saltwater fish they can order and keep in their stores, check it out and see if you can find what its called, im interested myself

 

[auroradrvr]

The warts are not natural.

 

[spkdtch]

whats the fish called?

 

[dazed2040]

I believe a rusty clown goby

 

[auroradrvr]

Gobiodon quinquestrigatus - Five Lined Goby

 

[worrballer]

That might be it but I didn't see five lines. Only two or three.
You're probably right though thank you. I'm going to start looking into these bad boys.

 

[auroradrvr]

There's some leeway in the striping on this species. For instance, here's one with two lines, both blue.

 

[jelly-shrimp]

I agree, don't buy from *****, they're like an hour away from us, and every fish we bought from them died within a week...

 

[symphony]

same here for *****/smart! went to get something for my dog wound up looking at the swf and was horrified at the condition of the fish. The sad part is they had really nice fish, foxface, clowns, puffer,coral beauty...but everyone had some kind of disease at least one in every tank. you could have made a fish disease picture book in that store! it was awful!

 

[chevyrulzs2010]

Actually petsmart does not carry saltwater fish at any store, Im an employee =), and yes ***** is a horrible store and very very bad pet care department, and im not saying that because im an employee

 

[reefaholic33]

Originally Posted by chevyrulzs2010
http:///forum/post/3276675
Actually petsmart does not carry saltwater fish at any store, Im an employee =), and yes ***** is a horrible store and very very bad pet care department, and im not saying that because im an employee
My petSMART has saltwater fish and live rock.