Hybrid Cleaner Goby
Description: The reflective stripe that runs through the length of this goby is variable in color. It is usually lighter blue than the neon goby, but some specimens are silvery or greenish. Its body color is otherwise black dorsally and white ventrally. These gobies grow slightly larger than either of their parent species.

Natural Ecology: The parent species of this hybrid cleaner goby lives in groups and forms cleaning stations. Larger fishes come to these stations to allow cleaner gobies to remove dead skin, parasites, and other edible debris as food. Unlike many cleaner animals, cleaner gobies will also eat regular fish food and can therefore live a long time in a captive environment.

Indigenous To: not known to naturally occur.

Behavior: Similar to the behavior of most cleaner animals, the parent species of these hybrid cleaner gobies are conspicuously present near their cleaning station to solicit feeding (cleaning) opportunities. The gobies are also brightly colored to be noticeable to other fishes. These gobies will also attempt to clean an aquarist's hands.

Compatability: Ideal scavenger in reef aquariums.

Food: Proaquatix specimens have been weaned to take aquarium pellets and flakes. Freshly frozen invertebrates such as ocean plankton, mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and chopped squid will be readily accepted.