AMAZING Mini Predator- Bumble Bee Goby

[@RachelOLeary]

In my mind, these are WAY more appropriate for the average hobbyist then Dwarf Puffers- and just as cute! Instagram @msjinkzd Website and stocklist: msjinkzd.com/stocklist/ Facebook: facebook.com/msjinkzd/ Buy me a coffee: msjinkzd.com/about_msjinkzd/support-our-site/

[@TazawaTanks]

Rachel O'leary Great informational video. Ironically, yesterday my daughter went to the library and I had asked her to check out a few fish books for me. One of those books was The 101 Best Freshwater Nano Species. I had no idea this was your book until I started reading it. Cool!

[@RachelOLeary]

+Tazawa Tanks awesome

[@shenkiatchew5130]

Tazawa Tanks I have Rachel's book too. Been having the book for more than 3 years now and still reading it!

[@TazawaTanks]

It is a good book!

[@mistergrieves]

I loooove gobies. Didn't realize they came so small. The way they swim reminds me of popping and locking. Heh.

[@IMTrollady]

You, Rachel are a woman who enjoys her craft, and encourage others to enjoy it too. Thank you for sharing.

[@voluntaryismistheanswer]

I am about to put together a brackish tank (I'm partial to my nerites), and I think my journey led me here. I used to live along an estuary, and that environment fascinates me (and I already keep badis badis, so the live food is already a thing, lol). Thank you. Tiny little predators are so adorable.

[@aoaquatics4005]

I’m going to try live food starting today. As I bought the bumblebee gobys yesterday and so far they will eat the bloodworms but nothing else. Hoping to find some at my LFS.

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

I don't know if you noticed, but you may have two different species in there. Look at the fish toward the upper left @2:42, it has the "saddle spot" typical of aggregatus while the majority appear to be doriae.

[@SundanceMeow]

I love that your hair matches the gobies in this video! lol

[@WirTrivedi]

😂

[@alison6437]

I just got a trio of them yesterday. They're eating frozen bloodworms and I love these little guys.

[@thefishylife6823]

dude I'm losing my mind🙃 I'm in love and definitely want some of these little guys! I had never heard of them! very cool Rachel

[@RachelOLeary]

Lots of you are asking how they would do with shrimp. As with any micropredator, they will eat young shrimp. I don't think they would have a chance against adult shrimp, but any baby shrimp would certainly become food.

[@RachelOLeary]

Also- Must add (and said in the video), This species is OFTEN found in brackish- those fish should be kept in brackish. Mine were collected in Freshwater- so are being kept in freshwater.

[@crystalbirtch2335]

Yeahhhhh... Don't put shrimp in the tank.. They WILL kill them!!! I made that mistake a week ago...😭

[@Mimiheart9]

These guys are adorable!

[@caewalker9276]

Thank you soooo much Rachel, I'm in love. Really cheap in Australia too.

[@ladygrndr9424]

They're SOOO cute! I've wanted these for a while, and am hoping that I can move some into a 10 gallon setup I have eventually. I've never seen them swimming as much as yours--I thought they were completely bottom-dwelling! Anyway, thanks for the spotlight and they look amazing!

[@crowmm]

OMG Bumble Bee Gobies

[@laurenl7444]

I'm so adding these to my tank! I love them!

[@shenkiatchew5130]

Finally you did one on Bumblebee Goby! I have 3 in a 5 gallons tank, all of them females... waiting to get a male when available. I put 2 teaspoon of marine salt in the water and pH set to 7. I had them previously and they don't last too long in pure fresh water. As for feeding, I am feeding them frozen blood worm. The can't be fed with dried food and they don't seems to like brine shrimp very much. I had the mentioned 3for close to months now and they adorable to watch during feeding time! It's kids fighting over candies.

[@bebebutterfield1]

They are adorable Rachel!

[@Sarah-rf5rj]

Somewhat happy that this cute fish originates from my country :')

[@jton1]

I really love mine in my community 20g planted. They def can get out competed but I use a chop stick to bring a worm right to him. Lots of plants and wood for sure and So cool to look at too

[@lukeonorato9815]

Do you keep just one? Do they need to be in groups?

[@jton1]

@@lukeonorato9815 I just keep one

[@clairep8336]

So happy you did this spotlight.

[@tanyaferr]

Yay, these are so cute! Looking forward to the breeding video for these gobies and pleco videos.

[@dazachdown]

I have two 1 male 1 female in a 10 gallon tank with 2 zebra loch, 1 sword tail, 1 leopard dano, 1 neon tetra and 4 almano shrimp and they have been great, my favorite to watch by far and they make sure they get food for themselves I feed them frozen krill that I smash up into little pieces and they devour it GREAT PETS

[@squidtickler9968]

Another great Video. I kept these guys years ago and enjoyed them. They are cute with just the right amount of personality to keep things interesting. I think I caught the "nano" bug from you Rachel. :)

[@ashenwalls3558]

It's official, these guys are a goal fish for me! 🤩

[@tnellis8]

I just picked up 6 of these cuties at a swap! Thanks for the great info as always

[@marthanewsome6375]

Thank you Rachel. I've decided to have two separate species tank for my cardinal shrimp and bumblebees like I messaged you. I have 30 in a 50cm cube and they are doing great and love their blood worms and brine shrimp. There are so many people out there giving false information about them and looked and you never had a spot light done on them. This has really helped and I just love them so much. They really do have wonderful personalities and I can recommend a species only tank and it looks great with so many in a tank and they do all get a long and I enjoy the squabbles over food. I would love to send you a photo, just don't know how. I will be adding some medium size shells for them too and I keep them in brackish. But I just love them. We are not permitted to have dwarf puffers here in Australia, but these really do fill in the void for me anyways.

[@robinsinger86]

So glad to see a species spotlight on these guys, I have 8 of them and they're my favorites in my community tank!

[@McGyverFan]

LOVE these fish!!! I can not wait to set up a tank w/ these guys. Great video. 👍👍

[@HCAqua]

I just picked 3 of these up today. I wish I watched your video sooner, cause then I would have picked up six. Anyways, you’re always my go to person for species spotlights, so thanks again.

[@aoaquatics4005]

Exactly. I grabbed 3 of them today too smh. (Different day of course) but I’m hoping I can actually feed them. Their only eating bloodworms so far. But I will try the frozen daphnia food

[@AnimexFiendFullmetal]

This has helped me out a lot. I love bumble bee gobies. Had one for years in a big 30 gallon tank with a big variety of fish and almost never saw it. Was lucky if I spotted it once a month and this lack of sightings grew my fascination anf love for these guys when I was growing up. Just got a couple recently. And put them in a 10 gallon tank with a few pigmy catfish. I'm really excited to have gotten these guys and hope to do a good job caring for them :)

[@schalehnrettmann4871]

This is amazing. I'd live to see a spotlight on some kind of stiphodon goby. Gobies are the best

[@desireemassey2890]

They are absolutely adorable!! Great video 😊

[@currykevuk]

I have 2 BBG in a 10g with 3 dwarf puffers for a year now. No problems at all. BBGs introduced a month before the DPs.

[@karenjackson7837]

Forgot to mention. My bumblebees eat pellets, flakes, freeze dried & frozen food. Sooo easy. I love them. Had 6 pea puffers, down to one. They would only eat snails, not even blood worms. I always worried about them. No worries w the bumblebees.

[@tydang9330]

Karen jJackson your lucky...how did u get them to eat flakes n pellets??. Mines won't touch them

[@stacycurtis3073]

I recently got a bumble bee and he spits out the flakes...lol. Saw him get a bit of Blood worm though. @@tydang9330

[@1blanchett]

What a great video

[@JRP4H4L]

I agree with you about the Bumble Bee Goby. I really enjoy mine.

[@emilandersson5806]

I love these cuties! Great video as always.

[@thenerdyfishgirl]

Super cute!

[@stevehornshaw4478]

Thanks as always Rachel. Informative, entertaining and excellent to add to my encyclopedia of your vids

[@catfishcave379]

Adorable hoodie! I haven't seen these in years... I'm betting the shops will start ordering them now.

[@davidaix5771]

I saw these in my local aquarium store they're right next to the Pea puffers and I was like what are these guys and now i have to set up a nother tank to keep them i must have them

[@TheFishNerd]

Love these little guys! Looking forward to the pleco videos!! Love me some plecos. :)

[@matthewsmith22]

Beautiful little fish! I've seen these at my lfs and always been tempted! Have you ever done the whole killifish eggs from eBay project? It's so tempting.

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Always loved these guys

[@casasy6692]

I have three in a planted 3ft community tank with cardinal tetras, 3spot Gouramis and balloon mollies. I feed mine frozen blood worms or fine sinking pellets. I’m finding it hard to ensure they are feed. I rarely see them they hide amongst rocks and natural caves I made from wood. They are a bit of a where’s Wally of the tank.

[@Docv10]

Thanks for sharing !! I was wondering if they were easy to take care of. You confirmed my choice ! Will get some tonorrow:)

[@roachant]

You can tell it's getting colder out when Rachel grows her hair longer and starts to wear hoodies 😉

[@RachelOLeary]

truth on the hoodies. Hair- just haven't had time to get a cut!

[@roachant]

Rachel O'leary looks good either way! Oh, and thanks for the bumblebee goby spotlight! I have had trouble getting mine to eat in the past but I may try them again at some point.

[@RachelOLeary]

I really haven't had any issues feeding them! They love frozen daphnia and freeze dried goodies.

[@SimplyBetta]

Oh man, what a cute little fish! I can't wait for my hardscape yaaaaaaaaay

[@saltywetman]

i just saw these at a local store they are adorable! will def need to get a tank started for them!

[@chrissy24-7]

Super! I won a fluval 5 and was thinking of a dwarf puffer but now i think I'll go with these instead. :)

[@MakeupMobster]

Damn I was looking at these in the aquarium store today. So adorable. Every fish I like requires salt in some way! I'm not ready yet!

[@sharfinbean667]

Those are cute little fish, will be looking forward to your pleco videos

[@thetoxicfish8268]

Aww they are cute I want some now you always teach me something new:)

[@PtitBebelapinoublanc]

thank you for this video. they are too stinking cute. (cue eye twitches and me having to talk myself out of another species lol) I'm a puffer girl and always have been, but I appreciate you showing others something else to look for. I've come across so many who mistakenly underestimate dwarf puffs and their needs/aggression. I always say just bc they're tiny it doesn't take away the inner thug puff 😂 love your species spotlight vids. ty💗

[@RachelOLeary]

it scares me how much dwarf puffesr are being pumped right now, as you are so correct that they have pretty specialized needs and are underestimated.

[@ladylouroll2]

Love these, they are one of my favourites too. I had them in a nano fish 3ft tank about 10yrs ago, I used to use tweezers and offer tubifex or similar to them individually as not alot of food ever made it down to them and i worried theyd start to drop weight, they seemed to be doing rather well until i added a few scarlet badis into the tank and i think where they tend to be more bolshy it must of stressed them out as i lost all my BBG within a month or so after, would love to keep them again though but as you point out its so tricky to no exactly which ones you end up buying. Awesome seeing them in a big group like this though, great fish thanks :)

[@--Paws--]

From my experience, no matter the size they show their aggression towards anything in their territory. They don't really fight but chase anyone in their way. The more docile gobies stay at the bottom or find a spot to rest. However, if they are somewhere peaceful they will play hide-and-go-seek to anyone similar in size. Like many fish, they nip to show dominance or see if something is edible.

[@MalasPalabras]

thank you for all your videos! I have learned alot from you! Greetings from Central America!

[@JCarey]

Just got a few 2 days ago.. can't get them to eat 😥 I've tried Frozen brine shrimp and bug bites so far... awesome video 👍🏼

[@ablofaiz]

Very informative. Enjoyed every minute.

[@paulakreinberg1448]

My favorite!!!

[@NewMexico1912]

I keep both bumble bees and dwarf pea puffers. I think they compliment each other and make for good tank mates

[@mikelprice]

in a shared tank what ratio of BBG to DP do you have? what size tank ? ... they are 2of my favourite species but i only have a 15g tank and wondered if i could put 2 of each in with some rasboras as apparently the DPs manage well alongside the ras.

[@NewMexico1912]

Littlefoot i have them in a 20 gal hex. I have 3 bumble bees to one pea puffer. I plan on getting 3 more bbg

[@damionmarkham9835]

They are cute as buttons

[@rythmjunky5292]

Where did Rachel go?All of her videos are at least a year old.Would love to see some updates.Love the content.

[@RachelOLeary]

I am going through cancer.

[@rythmjunky5292]

@@RachelOLeary oh no,Rachel I didn’t know. Thank you for responding. Sending you and your family love,hope and healing.❤️❤️ And so much gratitude for your work.

[@MasterBlek]

My bumble bee goby was skinny like those on the video, but after some time it got a belly. It is a female, and I think it is eating some of the baby shrimps and some snails in the tank. There is no other explanation how it got fed so much, when I add food in the tank once every 3 days.

[@richgold9389]

Another great video! Very informative, thanks Rachel!

[@fishroombum3771]

Love this fish, great video. I like your hair Rachel, looks very nice.

[@Bloodhoundfostermom]

They are beautiful xo

[@worddunlap]

Just what I've been looking for.

[@WilSantiagoReefing]

Good and informative video. You're awesome Rachel.

[@ZugieXIII]

Super video and adorable fish. Would love to have these little cuties but I've run out of tanks lol

[@anuenuer]

great video! I can't wait till I see these in Hawaii. Another amazing video!

[@christianholban4450]

I found two of these in a local store in a xipho tank..i was so surprise and it was love on first look .i have these two guys in a 30 l tank with a couple of molly, xipho and gupps. I am searching for other couple of these.

[@jlathem56]

Cool spotlight :) Even more cool fish :)

[@harleymama4097]

So. Adorable!!! Please do the separate tank to breed.

[@Goldswan1]

I love the bumblebees but have had little success keeping them. Not sure why, though in my many years in the hobby have learned some species just don't fair well for me. Saw you with the King of DYI and decided to see your channel. Glad I did.

[@RachelOLeary]

welcome!

[@clementpigot6561]

you should make a small list of fish that could share the tank with each species spotlight. that would give us an idea on what we can put with what. thank you for your videos !!

[@RachelOLeary]

+Clément Pigot good idea

[@jamesblankenship4292]

This was really informative and helpful!

[@Shaden0040]

When you say add salt do you mean aquariom salt or ocean salt aquarium products? I used aquarium salt with mine, but I've heard sea salt mix is better because it contasins more various salt these fish need that come from brackish water environment. I had 6 in a well planted and scaped 55G with 6 pea puffers, fresh water flounders from the amazon.

[@janicestp5558]

So adorable, do you think they'd be good with micro rasboras?

[@RachelOLeary]

+Janice Stp possibly with good planting

[@GaijinTonic]

Rachel love your videos. Keep it up. :)

[@MusingsFromTheDen]

They're cute! ❤️

[@taylorjoe]

another great video, can`t wait for the focus on plecos though! Excited!

[@HCAqua]

Ill be on the lookout to pick some up.

[@setapartforHim]

I was considering a dwarf puffer fish and i watched lots of vids and read about them. I saw in the comments that these cute little fish go well with the dwarf puffer fish so i decided to look them up and came upon this vid. I think i will consider these little fish instead. The puffer fish are too high maintenance and i was tripping out when i saw a video of someone trimming their teeth. Crazy! I had no idea! I will take your word for it Rachel! My long 20 gallon is ready to add these cute little fish :)

[@mountainhobbit1971]

wow, I love them! What would be the smallest tank you would keep a group of 6 in?

[@gregmarrero3400]

Sean Meister I've kept them before and I'd say a 5 gallon could hold 6 and only 6 of them.

[@mountainhobbit1971]

perfect...thank you Gregory Marrero.

[@RachelOLeary]

+Sean Meister 5g

[@mountainhobbit1971]

thank you Rachel.

[@MinhHien_oKy]

The color would be better if they're kept in brackish water, from 1.003 to 1.005. My girls are slightly yellow and the boys are totally yellow to orange. You should try it.

[@fernandosanchezf663]

Hi, i just discovered your Channel, im now a subscriber, Greetings from Mexico!🇲🇽

[@Fightssss]

I have 6 of them in with my 2xf8 puffers as the tank has loads of scape In the tank I rarely see them

[@raysting4784]

They look cool

[@Moch.Habibie]

there are so many in my place, indonesia, people ignore like wild fish useless but some aquascape lovers glance at it😁

[@fishmansf4573]

I asked the guys at the lfs I go to how to care for them because they have some and one of the guys said that he took some home before and he said they were hard to keep.

[@honorscott18]

Yay!! Thanks so much!

[@DavidJHarrisonEssex]

Why do Tanks refer to things as a "bunch" all the time? Tip: No one has to worry about slow eaters getting to the food, do as I do, put the cubes of frozen food in a be, run it under a slow running tape then once melted spread the food across the aquarium, the faster eaters can't be everywhere at the same time.

[@jayscrazzyobsessions4304]

Just got some of these guys

[@MyKawasaki2011]

I had no clue there was that many different types I have about 10-15 in my brackish tank with mollies and dragon gobies and they like to nip each other.

[@danipuffi]

..those are the boys... cracked me up :))))

[@aoaquatics4005]

I have just added the couple I got to a freshwater tank. I wonder which species i actually got tho?. I will try to update a video with their progression soon.

[@mensb1936]

cute lil cuties

[@harleymama4097]

Had these guys!!!! Loved em!!! So fun to watch, intimidated the cat. Shed paw at glass to catch them.

[@karenjackson7837]

Confused. Bumblebee gobies are brackish & dwarf pea puffers are fresh. Brackish fish go back & forth between the brackish area & fresh water area. Mine do great in my low brackish tank. I plan to put a figure eight puffer w them as they are brackish. A green spotted puffer goes from brackish when young to full marine as they get older. The bumblebees will live for a while in fresh but not as long. Correct if I have wrong information on this.

[@rockysanimals2778]

Would a 2.5 gallon be big enough to have so. Obviously maintaining it would be a lot of work, but would it be possible. If so how many would you put in that size tank?

[@kenhata2836]

Thanks for the video :)