Is my clown goby killing my sps?

[Mordoff]

I just got a clown goby about a week ago and its been hanging around my sps so the sps dont have much polyp extension anymore because of the clown goby. Is this stressing the corals out? Can it kill them?

 

[twelvejewelz]

I just got a clown goby about a week ago and its been hanging around my sps so the sps dont have much polyp extension anymore because of the clown goby. Is this stressing the corals out? Can it kill them?

clown gobys eat sps polyps. id ditch the sucker if you value ur sps. better safe than sorry imo

 

[Mordoff]

clown gobys eat sps polyps. id ditch the sucker if you value ur sps. better safe than sorry imo

Im pretty sure thats not true. Ive never heard of a clown goby eating sps polyps.

 

[Znut Reefer]

They will nip at sps polyps. they are not good to keep with sps corals. Do a search here on RC and you'll find they cause problems. Here is one thread on them.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=834593

 

[Bigmike]

Im pretty sure thats not true. Ive never heard of a clown goby eating sps polyps.

It's definitely true. Had to get rid of mine for that same reason.

 

[jpruitt]

+1 get rid of him.

 

[Chipie]

Had to take mine out as it was obviously bitting my sps corals. He almost killed a few colonies before i could catch him. Yes they do bite sps. At least mine did and bad.

 

[Mordoff]

Wow that sucks. I researched a lot on them before I got it and never even heard of them nipping at sps.

 

[Denadai]

I had one, this guy really eat sps corals

 

[josee1013]

which clown goby did you get Mordoff? a yellow?

I got 4 green and them never touch my SPS... they eat flakes and frozen...

 

[lifeform]

I did not have all three gobies in the tank at the same time but I have tried two yellow clown gobies and one citron clown goby and each has nipped and irritated my sps.

 

[Chipie]

I know it sucks. I did the same(research) before buying and didn't find any info about these little gobies being sps eaters. Found out too late He was hard to catch too. I have a 180g full of sps. But i had to. Used a small pop bottle with mysys in it and caught him after an hour of waiting. He's now living happily in my refugium.

 

[JB NY]

Yellow gobies are confirmed polyp eaters. Other ones are up in the air, FWIW I have 11 green clown gobies in my SPS tank for well over a year, none are causing any problems

 

[iap]

Are yellow clown the same as yellow watchman? If so I better get this sucker out. Maybe he will go in the coast to coast overflow again and I won't be so nice and put him back in the tank.

 

[josee1013]

Are yellow clown the same as yellow watchman? If so I better get this sucker out. Maybe he will go in the coast to coast overflow again and I won't be so nice and put him back in the tank.

yellow watchman Cryptocentrus cinctus

yellow gobie Gobiodon okinawae

a good article on gobies:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-10/hcs3/index.php

 

[iap]

Phew! Ok yea I thought they were different just making sure. Thanks will check out the link.

 

[Mordoff]

which clown goby did you get Mordoff? a yellow?

I got 4 green and them never touch my SPS... they eat flakes and frozen...

Yeah its a yellow. Im gonna try and get him out right now.

 

[SeanT]

I've had a yellow one for over a year without problems.
However, recently, he has started perching in my blue tort colony.
Now I am nervous.:hmm3:

 

[Mordoff]

I've had a yellow one for over a year without problems.
However, recently, he has started perching in my blue tort colony.
Now I am nervous.:hmm3:

Yeah mines been perching on most of my sps corals and they're all closed up and have pretty much no polyp extension. I tried catching him right now but hes way too fast.

 

[Mordoff]

Alright I finally caught him by siphoning him out. When the tank lights came on I notice him picking at my blue tipped tenuis so I snuck up on him with the tube and sucked him out and put him in my fuge