Is this the coolest hitchhiker ever??

ryebread

ryebread

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I bought a Derasa clam about a week ago and since then I have noticed a little guy peeking around corners and hopping from rock to rock. I have not been able to get a pic of the hitchhiker until today.............
Is it a Neon Goby? Engineer baby? What is this little guy? ~ More importantly........Can I keep him? If it is a Neon, I think I can keep him.........he shouldn't add to the bio-load much should he? This thing is tiny.........3/8"-1/2"max.
 
bdhough

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Nice hiker. I want something cool like that... It looks like a neon or maybe a wrasse which one i don't know. Does it swim? or slither on the rock...
 
nm reef

nm reef

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Very kewl...can't help on the ID but that is definitely an outstanding hitchhiker. Does look like a goby of some kind...maybe a fish expert will stop by to help ID your new friend.:cool:
 
iechy

iechy

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I thought I picked up a really nice hitchhiker once but then she started telling how much it would cost for a....uh.....oh nevermind you meant something else didn't you?;)
 
snakes'n'fish

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Originally posted by Iechy
I thought I picked up a really nice hitchhiker once but then she started telling how much it would cost for a....uh.....oh nevermind you meant something else didn't you?;)
LOL Iechy !!
 
ryebread

ryebread

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Lissen here Jack Kerouak.........I am happier with my new goby than any hookerrrrrr.....uh....nevermind as well.
J21- I thought that Engineer gobies got pretty large where Neons max out around an inch or so? Maybe...........?
 
drew_tt

drew_tt

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correct, rye...
neons & engineers are very different things. neons stay small, cute and dont add to much to the bioload. engineers dig, get big & long (almost a foot I believe) and... well theyre just different :p
its got the same body as a neon and very similar colours... so I would think it is or is very closely related. I doubt its bad in any way. congrats!
Drew :)
 
drew_tt

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just curious, but youre pretty sure the goby came with the clam? I should buy my clams from your lfs :d thats amazing
 
jonthefb

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congrats, rye, it sure looks like a neon goby. thats sweet that you got it as a hitcher! i got a coral eating star as a hitcher on my clam yippeee! <

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sarcasm!
good luck
jon
 
ryebread

ryebread

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Thanx guys. I thought it was a Neon. That is pretty neat if I do say so myself. I can only imagine that the new guy came in on the clam........haven't added live rock for a while. Either way, I didn't pay a dime for him.
jonthefb - Thanx for the link.:)
 
broomer5

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pretty cool RyeBread !
Only hitchhikers besides the normal pods and worms I ever get are velonia and aptasia :(
 
supercichlid

supercichlid

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I never get any hitchhikers..
The Fiji LR i have is shipped from fiji to England dry, then taken to the lfs dry, then taken home by me, dry. All the good stuff dies:(
I have 3 or 4 1cm feather dusters, and that's it!
Anyhow, thats a cool hichhiker!
 
striker

striker

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Nice hitcher. Whenever I visit the lfs I always get a hitchiking fish. Maybe it has to do with the 5 bucks I slip the employee;) . Truthfully, I've been lucky with hitchers. With my live rock I got a couple of urchins, 3-4 starfish, a small toadstool and a baby green brain. Unfortunately the brain died after a few weeks.
 
bdhough

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I went to the store today and noticed and engineer goby in a tank. I'd have to say yours looks more like an engineer baby than a neon..... I don't know. I guess youll find out in a few months when he grows
 
ryebread

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Or maybe when I see the little bugger again..........A 29 gallon is small but, it seems huge when looking for this little guy. The only reason I am still thinking Neon is because the tail doesn't look like a ribbon or snake like an engineer.........we will see.
 
debbers

debbers

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Hey Rye,
Does he have any yellow along the side of his body just below the blue stripe? If so, he could be a "sharknose" goby, aka "cleaner" goby (gobiosoma evelynae). Max length 1.6"
~D~
 
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