Flametail blenny.

Babydaull

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I have a flametail blenny in my 20 gallon tank. along with two clownfish which the blenny gets along with greatly. I have read around and I found out that specifically flametail blennys can be territorial towards a fish the same "shape" as them. I did not know this when I purchased the flametail because I absolutely love shrimp and goby pairs. soo... I want to add a shrimp and goby pair to my tank. Has anyone done this before or has anyone had an experience with this? please share your opinions.
 
In my 28G Nano, I kept a Blue-Dashed Blenny for about a year. He shared the tank with a Yellow Watchman Goby and Tiger Pistol, both about four or five years old.

I believe I killed the Yellow Watchman Goby earlier this year when I re-arranged the rocks. I replaced him with a Wheeler's Shrimp Goby which immediately took to the Tiger Pistol. The Blue-Dashed Blenny and the Gobies had no issues with each other ever.

I missed having a Yellow fish in the tank, so I added a Gold Midas Blenny a couple months ago, knowing that I may have to remove one of the Blennies in case they didn't get along. The two Blennies turned out to pretty much ignore each other most of the time. There's a little fussing between the two during feeding time, but no issues otherwise.

Shrimp Gobies stay pretty close to the substrate. I believe the Flametail Blenny is of the Ecsenius genus, which prefer to hang around a little higher up. I'm not sure how aggressive Flametails are in particular, but I would chance it if you really want a Shrimp-Goby pair.

I think a bigger concern would be the bio-load of your system. My 28G is stocked to capacity, but I have about 40 lbs. of rock, I dose carbon and have solid water circulation and a decent skimmer. Make sure your system can handle the increased bio-load.
 
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