Currently claimed to have a vast distribution area from coastal South Africa & Madagascar across to Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, China, and on to Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, and Japan.
These beautiful coastal dwellers are great inhabitants for the brackish aquarium. Large adults are capable of taking small fish species, so be sure to house them with appropriately sized tankmates such as Monos, Scats, and Archers. Multiple specimens may be kept together providing that the aquarium is furnished with plenty of rocky caves and crevices (visual barriers), in order for these fish to form their territories. If there aren't enough territories per fish, they may become a little antagonistic with one another; as a guide, at least two or three hiding places per fish should be provided. It is best to use a soft sand substrate as these fish will spend the majority of their time on the bottom of the tank, often sifting the substrate for food items or spending time digging. They are fascinating to observe. Lighting should not be too bright as these fish can be a little timid in well-lit situations. Sharptail Gobies are unforgiving of less than ideal conditions, so powerful filtration and a regular maintenance schedule is a must. Keep the tank well-covered as these fish will jump. Many experts consider this fish to have too great a distribution area to be just one species; further investigations are needed to determine whether this represents just one in a large complex of similar looking gobies.
Feeding
Small frozen foods such as mosquito larvae, Spirulina-enriched brineshrimp, Mysis shrimp, chopped krill & prawns etc. Capable of taking small fish & fry.
Breeding
Sharptail Gobies have not been bred in the home aquarium. They are cave spawners and the larvae are likely to require a pelagic marine stage.
Where can I buy these aquarium fish or invertebrates?
If you like this species and would like to find out more, we have an enormous range of aquarium fish and invertebrates available to buy in all of our stores across the UK (including freshwater tropical and marine fish).
However, please note that this species may not be available in your chosen store, even if the store specialises in this particular species. This is due to seasonality and stock availability from store-to-store. Please check with your local store about availability of specific species to purchase before making a journey.
For delivery before Christmas, orders must be placed on or before 3pm on Wednesday 20th December. We cannot guarantee delivery of these orders pre-Christmas as we are reliant on our couriers, but will use our best endeavours to get orders placed on this date out to you before Christmas. For full details of our festive delivery and opening times click here
Please note: online orders placed after 3pm on Friday 22nd December will not be dispatched until the New Year. For full details of our festive delivery and opening times click here
