Catalina Goby

So I'm looking at the catalina goby. Seems like a cool fish but it needs to be at temperatures of 60-70 degrees. Would I need a chiller? What also bothers me is if I would be able to keep any kinds of corals... Anyone have experience with these fish?

 

We have one in a pico tank that is left at room temperature. It stays in the low 70's and the catalina seems to enjoy life. We keep mushrooms in the tank with it and they are doing very well also. Most soft corals won't suffer much from getting into the low 70's.

 

I'd think off keeping the temperature at 68 degrees. I think I'll do more research though; thanks for the info.

 

So I found one at allmypetsupplies.com for $32. Shipping only costs $10... I find it funny because at liveaquaria shipping would be about $35, and another place would be $30, so I guess I could get this one. Again, would I need a chiller?

 

It depends, like literally anything else in this hobby, on factors not elaborated upon in your posts. How warm do you let your house get during the summer?

 

Twice I attempted to keep Catalina gobies, mostly because they are endemic to the area I lived So. California. I wanted a bio-type tank with them, some urchins and some local marine algaes. Both times I failed. Neither time did I run a chiller and the tank temp was around 74 F. They are a beautiful fish, both in the wild where they are abundant and in cold water tanks.

Still on my to do list for fish. Kudos to those that keep them long term!

 

Well i put up an AC; all I can say is that it gets pretty cool.

 

I think the temp should be 60-70 degrees

 

Most corals probably won't do well at that temp. Some may depends were collected from. These days most are collected from the Indo-pacific and average temps are in the low 80s, these will likely have trouble adapting. If your able to get corals from cooler locations, they would likely adapt better. A lot of Aussie corals are collected from waters in the upper 70s, these may do better, but are expensive. Maybe some Florida corals too, but collection is also very limited nowadays.

 

60 -70 is the temp of Catalina water on a WARM day. Sometimes the surface water goes into the 70s, but that's when the fish head deeper.