Can a BTA eat a Clown Goby?

[myst]

I bought 2 juvenile clown gobies 3 days ago, and within the first 2 hours I could only see one of them. It still hasn't reappeared, could the BTA have eaten it?

 

[davocean]

A nem can eat any fish that swims into it or dies near it.
It could have even been a victim of the other clown goby, I got a buddy for one mine once and they fought pretty bad.
My YCG started nipping sps anyway and got rid of it.

 

[kkyyllee]

its more likely that it was killed by the other, unless they are a pair they will kill eachother

 

[myst]

They were very small and they had been in the same tank for quite a while at the LFS. Weird.

 

[davocean]

That threw me as well, you always see a bunch in one little tank, so I thought they were social nature.
I thought it would look cool to see 2 clown goby buddies hanging out, but as soon as the new guy hit the water the old one started tearing it up.

 

[PhilliePhil]

Clown Gobies are social in nature, they can be found in groups of 50+ I've read...in the ocean

I think the key is having enough sps, food, water volume and adding them at the right time.

I do know you can have a mated pair in a tank, supposedly they will spawn in an aquarium.

 

[myst]

Omg, I just turned off the pump to do a feeding, and I see something yellow through the intake grate in my BC 29. I shine a flashlight into the back chamber and there he is! Somehow he squeezed through that little opening. Now I just have to find a way to get him out of there.

 

[PhilliePhil]

you can net ycg's, they dont have barbs.

But watch out for a jump. They can jump well.

 

[75Gallons]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10668131#post10668131 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PhilliePhil
Clown Gobies are social in nature, they can be found in groups of 50+ I've read...in the ocean

Strange I never heard that before. I know their never found in the wild unless they are with a sea anemone. I guess it depends on the species however.

 

[sarahkucera]

75gallons -

I don't know what fish you're thinking of, but clown gobies do not associate with anemones in the wild.