Taiwanese Dragon Micro Goby (Schismatogobius ampluvinculus)

Taiwanese Dragon Micro Goby (Schismatogobius ampluvinculus)

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* For the safety of our animals, we now ship live fish exclusively via UPS Next Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS Next Day Air as a shipping option during checkout *

We are very excited to offer the Taiwanese Dragon Micro Goby (Schismatogobius ampluvinculus). It is somewhat surprising that this fish is not more well-known because it has the ability to camouflage and dramatically change color to match its surroundings. It can achieve nearly any shade of brown, black, gray, and near white coloration. This is a true freshwater goby that is compatible with snails and small nano fish, making it a perfect nano aquarium specimen. There have been some instances where they may go after dwarf shrimp but they are safe to keep with larger species of shrimp.

The Taiwanese Dragon Micro Goby is a temperate species that requires sub-tropical water conditions. It thrives in planted or heavily decorated aquariums with moderate to high water flow, and it requires soft sand or smooth gravel substrate in which it can bury itself on occasion. This fish should initially be fed the smallest of meaty frozen and live foods, but can often be weaned onto high quality dry foods as well. While it is not a schooling fish per se, it can easily be kept in groups whose interaction is very entertaining to watch.

It is important to note that this goby is a truly scaleless fish, so please be cautious when using medications in its aquarium. Some medications require a lower dosage when used with scaleless fish.

What We Like About This Fish:

New to the aquarium hobby
Extremely rare, but very interesting
Completely peaceful disposition
Highly variable coloration within individual specimens
Generally safe to keep with adult dwarf shrimp

RECOMMENDED TANK PARAMETERS:

Temperature: 64° - 75° F (18° - 24° C)
pH: 7.0 - 7.8
KH: 8 - 20 dKH
Minimum tank size: 5 gallons for one and 10-15 gallons for three or more

CARE GUIDELINES:

Diet: Carnivorous. Should initially be fed small, meaty frozen foods. May eventually accept dry foods.
Social behavior: Peaceful. Can be kept in groups.
Origin: Taiwan and Japan.
Average adult size: 1 inch (2.5 cm), sometimes up to 2 inches (5 cm).
Average purchase size: 1/2 - 1+ inch (1.3 - 2.5+ cm)

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For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.

UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.

Shipping Schedule for this service

UPS 1 Day: Monday through Thursday

Current Handling Time:

1-9 business days

Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.

Shipping Rate

Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.

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