stocking help please

brob22

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i have a 50 gallon tank and no sand

my list already includes

yellow tail damsel
sixline
clown
pseodochromis

lokking to add a gobie or somethin anyone got ideas
thanks

oh im looking for an easy fish to feed
 
Magenta dottyback :)
 

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Magenta dottybacks aren't gobies. I would say to look into the yellow watchman or randall's watchman gobies. They are interesting to watch, especially as part of a pair with pistol shrimp.
 
Most gobies need some kind of substrate, usually sand. Maybe a clown goby. With the 4 fish you currently have, it's not going to be peaceful in there for very long.

Goby/shrimp pairs definitely need sand.
 
Most gobies need some kind of substrate, usually sand. Maybe a clown goby. With the 4 fish you currently have, it's not going to be peaceful in there for very long.

Goby/shrimp pairs definitely need sand.

thanks for the response
not trying to be argumentive but its been peacefull for 4 years now.
they have lots of caves and are well fed. maby i should count my blessins and not add anything else if u think it would disrupt the peace.
that was my only point to your comment
 
Kudos to you, I've never heard of those 4 fish being peaceful for that long (except in really large tanks)! I've actually never had any of those fish because of what I've seen in friends' tanks & the stories I hear from people I know that have them.

All of your fish are known to be aggressive (maybe they're equally so & that's why they all get along in your tank :lmao:). Normally I would recommend a goby because it would occupy different territory than the rest of them, but without sand I really can't recommend that.

I don't have any experience with clown gobies, so I don't know how well they'd stand up to being a new fish in a tank with those 4 in it. Maybe someone else would know.

We have a 55 and 4 fish is our peaceful limit with 75 lbs of very holey rock in it.
 
oh ok
then its settled then, i guess im done stocking

one last question for ya, the only other thing i might consider is pairing up my clown, but again if its a big risk im not really willing to take.
thanks for the help Sushi girl
 
Unfortunately, when clowns start breeding is when they get most aggressive. A blenny might be a good one to add, good thought dustin!
 
Well with clowns it depends on the species as far as how aggressive they get. If you have a percula or ocellaris the they aren't quite so bad. Suprised with a peaceful tank being that you have a dottyback and a damsel in the tank. They are usually pretty aggressive. Up to you on whether to add the clown, but if it isn't a percula or ocellaris then don't.
 
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