Goby question

[Discdogge]

Does anyone know if I could have a yellow clown goby and a yellow watchman?

Or would I just be asking for trouble?

Thanks!

 

[AIMFish]

They should be fine together. They are both yellow but they have different "personalities"

 

[easye123]

yea put those together whith ur blue tang thats like a 1/4 of ur tank

 

[Discdogge]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7988905#post7988905 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by easye123
yea put those together whith ur blue tang thats like a 1/4 of ur tank

I hope your not being rude since thats not real.

 

[madnav87]

well, the clown goby is actually an acropora goby and does much better living in the branches of the coral. If you are able to keep it for more than a year, its going to get very large and territorial.

 

[easye123]

whats not real?

 

[Discdogge]

my avatar. It's photoshopped.

 

[mmd]

it,s funny, you should photoshop a second tang in there....
nice aquascaping by the way

 

[Discdogge]

MMD,

I think the hippo needs a friend, a yellow friend....

 

[Discdogge]

Here's another one.

 

[bj32482]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7989420#post7989420 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by madnav87
well, the clown goby is actually an acropora goby and does much better living in the branches of the coral. If you are able to keep it for more than a year, its going to get very large and territorial.

I'd like to see a pic of a very large yellow clown goby...

 

[Discdogge]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7991543#post7991543 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bj32482
I'd like to see a pic of a very large yellow clown goby...

you and me both...

 

[Edge]

I guess size is relative.

My yellow watchman doesn't stray 3 inches outside its hole.

Don't take that out of context.


ED

 

[Discdogge]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7991812#post7991812 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Edge
I guess size is relative.

My yellow watchman doesn't stray 3 inches outside its hole.

Don't take that out of context.


ED

Hahah!

 

[kass03]

I never saw a large clown goby either.
Says here they get to be 2 inches. It does say they prefer to sit on branched corals though and can nip at them too.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=161

oops thats the citrus. The yellow is here and says 1 1/2 inches.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1441

kass

 

[Scottkelly911]

those two gobies will be fine together. If you're introducing them at the same time you absolutely wont have any problems, but even if you introduced them seperately they shouldn't pose any problems because they inhabit very different areas of the tank most of the time. Clown gobies are seriously one of the most fun gobies of all.

Discdogge, I think your Blue Hippo could use a couple Yellow tangs in there for friends, don't forget a kole tang to keep the rocks clean lol I've wanted to do a photoshop to look like I have a killer whale in my nano, but I'm too lazy lately.

 

[noschmo]

I have a small yellow clown in a tank with a watchman and orange diamond goby. All introduced at the same time and all coexisting nicely. If I had a tank of just gobies, It would just fine. These are great fish!

 

[ACBlinky]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7989420#post7989420 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by madnav87
well, the clown goby is actually an acropora goby and does much better living in the branches of the coral. If you are able to keep it for more than a year, its going to get very large and territorial.

I've had my ycg for over a year, he's only about 1" long. I agree with them being territorial, mine hosts a fox coral and he's fiercely protective. He used to hop around, visiting most of the LPS and regularly returning 'home', but now he rarely ventures more than a few inches from the fox.

This little guy lived in my 30g with an orange-spot shrimp goby for months with no issues. I doubt a watchman goby and a clown goby would have problems living together, even in a small tank.