Fish Coral Inverts

Two Spot Goby

Signigobius biocellatus

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Suggested Tank

30+ gallons

Max Size

4 inches

Difficulty

Hard

Temperament

Peaceful

Description

A small, striking sand-sifting goby with a white body speckled in tan-orange blotches and two large false eyespots on its paired dorsal fins, which it flicks upward to mimic a crab. Peaceful and shy, it spends its day sifting mouthfuls of fine sand for micro-crustaceans and building burrows under rockwork, ideally kept singly or as a bonded male-female pair in a mature tank with a deep fine sand bed and abundant live sand fauna. Reef safe and harmless to corals, but notoriously prone to slow starvation in clean, newly established systems, so it needs an established refugium or copepod-rich sand bed plus frequent small feedings of meaty foods, and peaceful tankmates that will not outcompete it.

Reef Safe

Yes

Environment

The Two Spot Goby prefers a tank with plenty of hiding spaces and a sandy substrate. They need good water quality with a moderate current. They do well in tanks with live rock and coral.

Behavior

Two Spot Gobies are peaceful and social creatures. They are known to be bottom dwellers and spend most of their time sifting through the sand for food. They are not known to be aggressive but can be territorial with other gobies.

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