4-6 clown gobies in a 10?

[supernareg]

4 or 6 clown goby's in a 10gal?
i have a clown goby with a mated pair of false percs (which they are aggressive now and bite everytime my hands in the tank, the female atleast)

but they get along fine with a single clown goby.

this is a 10 gallon tank, plumbed into a 45 gallon system.

2 false percs
1 clown goby
2 cleaner shrimp


i got 2 cleaner shrimp because to feed the goby mysis, i gotta squirt quite a bit so i got 2 cleaners and a buncha hermits to clean up the mess.

i was thinkin, to help it, and since i LOVE the yellow color of the clown goby, can i keep about 4 of em? maybe even 6?

 

[Jordan55]

Biiiiig no no.

Clown gobies can become very agressive towards one another in smaller tanks and usually leads to the death of one.

People have said that they put 2 in a system as large as a 100 gallons and they still fight till the death.

Imagine what 6 would do in a 10 gallon lol.

You are probably pretty close to maxing out on fish. If all your params are okay, and your tank is healthy, the only fish I would add would be like a shrimp goby of some sort... maybe a yellow watchman, hi fin, or randalls....something that only grows to about 2-3 inches.

 

[Dr.FuManchu]

I have 2 clown gobies in my 10, they have been in there 2 weeks. From what I have read, one will become male and one female. They do not fight but they are not co-habitating yet, lol.
I would imagine that 6 would result in some deaths until a pecking order was established, prob not a good idea.

 

[natep206]

haha your thinking of clown fish dr. clown gobies dont have the same social base as clowns.

nate

 

[Dr.FuManchu]

Haha, that is where you are mistaken Natep206, see the link below. Clown gobies change sex and form mated pairs just like clownfish.

http://www.reefpedia.com/index.php?title=Green_Clown_Goby&printable=yes