questions on livestock

[jamest0o0]

first off with the gobies....

can anyone recommend an interesting and colorful goby that I culd get for a 55 gal reef?

I know gobies basically kill the sand bed.... does this cause any large problems?

I thought the shrimp gobies were pretty interesting..... would a shrimp goby and a pistol shrimp act aggressively toward any other fish/inverts in the tank?

I saw a few hermits online that i was interested in, but im not sure about their behavior... are there any i should watch out for?

I was also interested in the porcelaine crabs and hawaiian strawberry crabs.... would it be safe to put one of each in my tank?

finally I have a pair of tank bred ocelleras clowns, 1 yellow damsel, 1 royal gramma, 1 turbo snail(large), about 10 small hermits, and a fire shrimp......can anyone recommend any other colorful, interesting fish/inverts(aside from corals I got that under control=])

 

[Ziggy953]

Well I have a pink spotted watchman goby that is pretty cool. I just picked up 3 PJ Cardinals they are interesting fish.

 

[bertoni]

I'd probably stop adding fish after the goby. I liked my Yellow Watchman pair, but there are a lot of nice goby fishes. The dead sand bed shouldn't cause a problem, although I'd keep the depth limited to an inch or so.

 

[jamest0o0]

ehh the problem is (this was an accident) half my substrate is crushed coral and the top half is live sand and I'd say it's about 4in or so?

 

[bertoni]

The crushed coral will work itself to the top over time. The fish should be okay, though.

 

[Packersfan21]

Diamond Watchman Gobies are pretty cool. Some good inverts are Super Tongan Nassarius Snails, sand sifting sea stars, and electric blue hermits.