Re: [GSAS-Member] Stiphodon sp. 'Red Neon Goby' for trade?

["Betty Goetz" <haika@drizzle.com>]

Paul:
This is the Crypt that an old co-worker kept for years. It's like our
'heirloom crypt' here at work, and you did comment on it when you were
here photographing the tanks. It's one of the prettiest crypts I've seen
with a subtle color variation (leaf veins are lighter than the rest of the
leaf). I don't make it to meetings much (hate driving in the dark and it's
hard to stay up that late on a week night when you get up at 4am), but
we'll work something out! WARNING: There are Malaysian trumpet snails in
the tank and they get EVERYWHERE so can't guarantee snail-free. Botia
sidthimunki don't control them (sigh). P.S. Red cherry shrimp LOVE this
tank!!!! There are probably close to 100 but it's so dense with plants
it's impossible to count them.

All our tanks are low tech and virtually none get anything but artificial
light. It's taken awhile to find the plants that do well, but some of them
can take over a tank!!!

Betty Goetz

> Dear Betty,
>
> During my recent plant talk I gushed about the NOAA tanks I saw a few
> years
> ago with you.  In particular I noted the crypt as a foreground and noted
> that it was a great plant.  Fast forward a few years and I now have an
> emerged setup for crypts and they are flowering.  If I could get some more
> from you, I will try my best to flower and identify this plant.
>
> -Paul
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Betty Goetz
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 8:37 AM
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Stiphodon sp. 'Red Neon Goby' for trade?
>
> If no one has spoken for this fish, I might be interested. It's not a fish
> I've ever kept. All my planted tanks are low tech and I can easily add an
> outside power filter instead of my usual sponge filters for a stream fish.
> Do you have any idea how large these get. I have mostly 10 g tanks or
> smaller and some are currently fishless.
>
> I have lots of an unknown Crypt (submersed) that do well in low-tech
> tanks. This species is currently filling up my 29g tank at work. It's a
> tall crypt that comes close to the surface of the 29g tank. It would be
> good to do some thinning. The crypts are all at work (NOAA Western
> Regional Center on Sand Point Way near Magnusen Park).
>
> Betty Goetz
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I've had a Stiphodon sp or 'Red Neon Goby' for about two weeks now and
>> he
>> is absolutely miserable in my high tech planted tank. Unfortunately I
>> didn't do enough research before purchasing but now know that they come
>> from fast moving streams so the oxygen level in my tank is just not to
>> his
>> liking.  Ideally, I would like to trade for submersed Cryptocoryne
>> species
>> as I'm really getting hooked on them. Let me know if you think you might
>> have a trade and can provide a non-CO2 injected, non-shrimp (my only
>> low-tech tank if full of shrimp and they allegedly will eat them) tank.
>> I'm up in Shoreline and while I ordinarily would just take him to the
>> next
>> meeting, I think the sooner he is out of my tank, the happier he'll be.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Tara
>>
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