Planning on doing lots of small gobies in nano cube.

[Palani]

Aloha, I'm making a nano cube 24 into a SPS tank, drilled with an overflow down into a 20H sump/refuge. I'll be running a HOB aqua c reomora as a skimmer. Now that I've got the specs down, I was wondering if I could do a community tank, full of small gobies. Such as:

red cap
yasa hase w/pistol
hectori
golden neon
randfordi
signal
randal's

And one flasher wrasse as a center piece

(This is only a theoretical list)

I'm also doing some small inverts in there as well.

I know for a fact that the bioload will be taken cared of, what I'm worried about is the aggresion between these types of gobies, and the numbers. Will they have "little man syndrome" and act all big and want to fight each other all of the time? Will the flasher pose too much of a problem for all of these smaller gobies? Let me know of what you think, especially you Tanaka, since you are the flasher expert on this tread (and a few others as well).

 

[sandlot13]

I think that it could be difficult to keep all of these guys together in the same cube..... mostly due to the fact that they have similar body styles so they will be fairly aggressive towards each other. I dont believe the flasher will be a problem at all, but id watch out on the other small gobies together. Maybe cut out a few gobies and add a peaceful blenny or something of the sort (I have a rainfords goby and a bicolor blenny together and they get along spledidly)

 

[Wolverine]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7253516#post7253516 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sandlot13
I think that it could be difficult to keep all of these guys together in the same cube..... mostly due to the fact that they have similar body styles so they will be fairly aggressive towards each other. I dont believe the flasher will be a problem at all, but id watch out on the other small gobies together. Maybe cut out a few gobies and add a peaceful blenny or something of the sort (I have a rainfords goby and a bicolor blenny together and they get along spledidly)

I agree completely.
Also, you'll have a relatively tough time getting all of those animals enough food; they'll need more than you think. To keep very healthy, flashers and fairies often need to be fed several times a day.

Dave

 

[Palani]

See, that was what I was thinking sandlot. That is why I posted this thread, to see what others might think. But then again, what we think should happen in theory, might be totally opposite in practice, if you know what I mean. That's why I want to get feedback from those who have lots of gobies in their tanks as well.

 

[The steven liu]

If you have enough rockwork it might be possible to keep some of them together. As long as you don't keep more than one of the same kind. At our store we kept many different gobies in a small 10G display (for easy catching purpose) and currently we have 2 yellowwatchman, 1 gold neon, 2 blue neon, 2 redcap gobies in there along with many other inverts like shrimps, urchins, and crabs. So.... I wouldn't say it is totally impossible but you might want to use caution as gobies will fight conspecifics.

 

[sandlot13]

the problem with your 10 gallon display at your store is that the gobies are not housed in there for long..... i think its the long term exposure that will effect these multiple gobies more than anything. Fish can start fighting even after two weeks of seeminly nothing wrong. I would recommend trying to scale down the amount of gobies your going to invest in......... its an awesome idea though. If you do end up trying it, please do fill us in on how it goes!

 

[Palani]

Yes I will. I'm guessing not much people have tried this idea, so I'm just going to try some of the smaller ones like red caps and neons, then work my way bigger with hectori and ranifordi, then to a randals. I'll put them in qt for 4-5 weeks so we'll see what happens in there.

 

[Sk8r]

In my 52 I have 2 firefish, a yellow watchman goby (a hoot), a rainsford, one blue chromis (I needed somebody to be frantic), and a mandarin. Everybody gets along, except the firefish, one red, one purple, who frequently threaten to nip each other, with no damage done. A small goby tank NEEDs a yellow watchman, imho---they're good fun.

 

[mooman]

Don't forget to add a clown goby. Small, more prone to stay off the sandbed, and dosn't have the same body shape as the others.

 

[rumor]

Hi,

I have been keeping a peaceful 10 gallon goby community acrylic tank for almost 4 years. At one time, I packed in the following:

- pair of S. Yashia with pair of A. randalli
- pair of S. nematode
- pair of Eviota pellucida
- pair of Eviota bifasciata
- pair of Gobiosoma evelynae
- Amblygobius hectori
- Amblygobius rainfordi
- Amblygobius randalli

Currently,

- pair of S. Yashia with pair of A. randalli
- pair of Eviota Pellucida
- pair of Candy-cane Trimma
- A Gobiosoma evelynae

Had a bad episode recently, so I lost my pair of S. xanthorhinica, Flabelligobius sp. and 2 Discorpinnia gressingeris.

They live rather peacefully in that community tank, with sufficient rocks and burrows to stake out their territory. The slightly more aggressive ones are probably the Gobiosoma evelynaes, S. nematodes, and the Amblygobius randalli in descending order.

Otherwise, they are a tank of activity and a joy to watch

 

[rumor]

Here's four of them

and the Amblygobius

 

[Palani]

Oh that is SO cool. How did you manage to get pairs like that? How can you tell the sexes in those fish? I'm not too handy with all of the scientific names such as Eviota pellucida. I'm not sure if I know what that is, to tell you the truth. Thanks for the info.

 

[rumor]

Sorry for the delay in replying. Not sure how, but they just paired up. Good Luck anyway

 

[sunfishh]

Rumor what is the key to your success?