Sunshine ... The Clown Goby


Winner of this year's "Happiest Fish" award


Sunshine is the most amazing fish. And she's the smallest one too. For some unexplainable reason, I've grown really attached to her.
She LOVES when I watch the tank. No matter what side I'm viewing from, she'll swim over to that side, park on a nearby rock, and watch me, watching her. And she always appears to be smiling.
About a week after we got her, she started showing signs of Ick. It's not been over a month (as of the time I wrote this), and she STILL has signs. Sometimes she gets better, sometimes she gets worse. But she's still around, and shows NO signs of fatigue or illness, other than her appearance. She's truly unphased.
I've been in the aquarium hobby for a long time (new to salt-water, but still), and I've NEVER known a fish to live this long with an infection of this nature. She truly is the strongest of fish, and truly a joy to watch! {UPDATE: She's since gotten over the Ick...mind you, it was still two months after she showed signs}.


Added to the tank on February 19th, 2005 from Congressional Aquarium. Age unknown


Only bad thing about Sunshine is...well..she's very bright. And while she LOVES to have her picture taken, they just never seem to turn out. But hopefully, you can get the idea from these (best of the worst) shots.
This one gives you an idea of her form. But in NO way is it reflective of her true bright yellow coloring. So just picture her being a more vivid and bright yellow.

Here she is, perched and posing for me. I soooo don't have the heart to tell her how blinding the pictures always turn out. So for now, we let her think she's a super-model (of the marine world)

Here's a great shot of her, unfortunately, the only reason she didn't turn out a blinding yellow blur, is because the bleached rock behind her is. Either way, I love this shot, cause it's proof that she waves to me when I have the camera. So make sure you wave back (she'll be upset if you don't)

Man...this one makes me sad. She REALLY was into this shot. And it turned out horrible. Anyways, here she is with her "I'm so pretty" look. ;-)


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Last updated 5/18/05