Saltwater Fish
Orange-spotted Sleeper Goby.
The orange-spotted sleeper goby continuously sifts mouthfuls of sand for tiny crustaceans, helping keep a sand bed clean and aerated.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Scientific name
- Valenciennea puellaris
Good tank mates
A peaceful, reef-safe sand-sifting goby that suits calm reef and community tanks alongside other gentle fish like clownfish, smaller wrasses, and firefish. Avoid aggressive or very boisterous tankmates that will outcompete this slow, methodical feeder for food, and don't keep two sleeper gobies together unless they are a bonded pair, since they can squabble. It is harmless to corals but will constantly rearrange and sift the sand bed.
Good to know
The orange-spotted sleeper goby continuously sifts mouthfuls of sand for tiny crustaceans, helping keep a sand bed clean and aerated.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
Mon–Fri 12–6 · Sat 11–4 · Sun closed. Call ahead on livestock — what's on the floor rotates.