goby questions

[nightfire]

hey guys i will be returning the wrasse i got....talked to scott bout it when he called...anyways wife wants a watchman goby now and would add a pistol shrimp in later on for him but i was also thinking of a 2 spot goby, cleaner goby and my wife really likes the catalina goby....shes already has a name picked out for it lol spider fish lol though i saw that one likes cooler water and mine can go up to 81 degrees so i was wondering bout that.....so would having those gobys in together be ok....i though it might be ok since they all look so different....of course the ones i have now as you know are 2 paired up ocellaris clowns......lownmowwer blennie and a very pretty royal gramma......any thoughts on those fish im thinking bout cause what i have read it seems fine except maybe the catalina one

 

[poolkeeper1]

hey guys i will be returning the wrasse i got....talked to scott bout it when he called...anyways wife wants a watchman goby now and would add a pistol shrimp in later on for him but i was also thinking of a 2 spot goby, cleaner goby and my wife really likes the catalina goby....shes already has a name picked out for it lol spider fish lol though i saw that one likes cooler water and mine can go up to 81 degrees so i was wondering bout that.....so would having those gobys in together be ok....i though it might be ok since they all look so different....of course the ones i have now as you know are 2 paired up ocellaris clowns......lownmowwer blennie and a very pretty royal gramma......any thoughts on those fish im thinking bout cause what i have read it seems fine except maybe the catalina one

Catalina Gobies are cold water fish and will not survive very long in a warm water reef, Most fish stores will tell you this before you buy them. FYI
Bill

 

[NeedBiggerTank]

Catalina Gobies require water temp well below 75 degrees to survive (68 degrees I believe is a normal water temp for this goby) - and will only do well in a "cool water" reef. We were told by a LFS that it would be fine in 76 degree water - this we found out to not be true. Although a lovely fish, it needs a biotype aquarium that suits its needs. They are in fish stores because of their beautiful colors and because they are easy to sell(I fear), not because they belong in a typical reef tank.

The two-spot or signal goby is actually more difficult to keep that the green mandarin (from what I have read and heard) - and typically starve (without a mature reef and lots of tiny crustations to eat).

There are lots of shrimp/prawn/watchman gobies that are attractive. We have a Wheelers Shrimp goby (but no pistol shrimp yet).

 

[nightfire]

i see....so so far its the watchman goby, a cleaner goby and maybe another goby

 

[poolkeeper1]

A lot of these fish are dependant on Pods to survive and should not be put in a tank that does not have lots of live rock teeming with pods and all other kinds of tiny critters and plenty of them. Having many fish that all feed on these same critters will deplete them rapidly and they all will then starve due to lack of live food that they need to survive. A mature reef that has several hundred pounds of live rock to feed that many fish long term is a must or they will perish. One Mandarin fish can wipe out a pod population in no time and lots of them will do it even faster, Especially in a small tank with no mature live rock that's full of life. JMHO
Bill

 

[nightfire]

ok then so it is down to the watchman and one cleaner