Interesting & colorful goby or blenny for 30 cube?

[Chihuahua6]

I have a 30 cube with no livestock as of yet. I know I want a Royal Gramma. I am looking for something else that has an interesting personality and lots of color. I would love a goby/shrimp pair but I have a barebottom tank and from what I have read these gobys require sand. I was thinking of a pair of clowns but I think I would rather have three different fish since three is my limit on a tank this size. Any suggestions?

 

[pasenah]

midas blenny is a great choice, or mabye a firefish.

 

[Rothie]

I would recommend a tail spot blenny.Non-aggressive,beautiful,and right-sized for your tank.

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[Bret61081]

how about a nice fairy wrasse...I have a lubbocks wrasse and the colors are amazing...most of the smaller ones will do fine in a 30G tank...

 

[goalieman92]

i say a klawshwitz blenny. i loved mine but he had an unfourtunate accident.

a pair of small gold stripe maroons would be nice in your tank. i would suggest getting the wrasse last if you did get one though. i have 3 different types of fish in my 30 with a pair of juvi gsm. It will work fine

 

[pasenah]

wrasse are great if the tank is covered.

 

[Sk8r]

Yellow watchman is a neat fish. They'll park at the glass and watch YOU if there's no other action going on.

 

[JENnKerry]

Yellow clown gobies have tons of personality plus they stay small. It's really cool watching them perch on rocks and corals. Very cool little fish.

 

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6886104#post6886104 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by goalieman92
i say a klawshwitz blenny. i loved mine but he had an unfourtunate accident.

a pair of small gold stripe maroons would be nice in your tank. i would suggest getting the wrasse last if you did get one though. i have 3 different types of fish in my 30 with a pair of juvi gsm. It will work fine

I would not recommend GSM for a 30g tank. They get quite aggressive as adults. My ocellaris are pretty scrappy in a 30g.

I second the midas blenny. Colorful, fun to watch.

 

[Chihuahua6]

Thanks for the ideas. I'm leaning toward the Yellow Clown Goby. We'll see. I have some time to let the tank mature before I add anything.

 

[Torno]

I just added a small algae blenny to my 30 gallon, TON of personality! He's a joy to watch

 

[Chihuahua6]

I had one once too. He was so cool to watch. Unfortunately after he ate all the algae he starved. He wouldn't eat anything else I offered him. I would hate for that to happen again.

 

[ACBlinky]

Clown gobies are a ton of fun in a tiny package, that would be my choice. As a bonus, they're not much of a bioload Make sure you find one that's eating in the store; these guys are notorious for refusing to eat and wasting away.
I've got a yellow clown goby and a rippled (green) clown goby, both of them crack me up. The rippled is in a 5.5g on his own, he'll rush up to the front whenever I come near, begging for a snack. The ycg is in my 30g and is one of the most agressive cg's I've ever seen. I used to have a maroon (I agree, 30g isn't enough to contain their *ahem* personality) and the ycg harassed her endlessly. There's a baby ocellaris in the tank now and the ycg hasn't taken too kindly to the new addition; he seems to resent competition when it comes to the corals, he wants to own them all. Anyone standing between him and one of his perches gets a good talking to