Xrtra Small Recommendations

[sphistak]

Purchased my first addition to my 29g tank- yellow clown goby. (i would take a pic but it's hiding most of the time)

Question: what other xtra small fish are commonly available and compatible with my goby? I only plan on adding maybe three more small fish and dont want them to be over 2 inches big, as adults. Any suggestions? (also would like them to be reef safe)

 

[pktech]

I love my hi-fin banded goby dubbed "stripey-yellow" by my kids. Only problem is that he hides until feeding time ...

 

[Monkeyfish]

Randall's goby
Tailspot blennie
Geometric pygmy hawk (which is really an anthia)
red spot cardinals (not the hardiest of fish though)

Some of the shrimp gobies stay small and they are pretty passive.

 

[sphistak]

Randall's goby
Tailspot blennie
Geometric pygmy hawk (which is really an anthia)
red spot cardinals (not the hardiest of fish though)

Some of the shrimp gobies stay small and they are pretty passive.

I've read that its best not to add unpaired gobies in a tank, especially a small one?

 

[SkullV]

Basslets

 

[Monkeyfish]

I've read that its best not to add unpaired gobies in a tank, especially a small one?

Depends on the fish. Some do better in groups or with a mate.

 

[AuroraDrvr]

Orange Striped Cardinals.

 

[jayelblock]

Neon gobies stay small, as do the trimmas and masked gobies. None is more than an inch or so fully mature.

 

[Mbachota]

I have a 6 line wrasse, coral beauty and onyx clowns with mine

 

[AuroraDrvr]

If you have a Clown Goby already, I would avoid the urge to add more Gobies.

 

[goodtimes2]

panda gobies are very small

 

[sphistak]

If you have a Clown Goby already, I would avoid the urge to add more Gobies.

That seems to be the suggested recommendations online. Thanks

 

[spieszak]

Can someone speak specifically to gobies with CLOWN gobies? Most times when you see fish that don't get along with their own species, it refers to con specifics (at least IME) Since clown gobies differ so much in body shape from most other gobies, does it still apply? I've always thought of compatibility as "you look like me, so you must eat what I eat, and want to live where I want to live, so I must kill you", or "you look like my food"... It's a simplified version of the "rules" but has worked pretty well for me in the sense of directing my own research...

 

[sphistak]

I have a 6 line wrasse, coral beauty and onyx clowns with mine

I think I may choose the 6 line wrasse indeed. Thanks for that suggestion

 

[sphistak]

Can someone speak specifically to gobies with CLOWN gobies? Most times when you see fish that don't get along with their own species, it refers to con specifics (at least IME) Since clown gobies differ so much in body shape from most other gobies, does it still apply? I've always thought of compatibility as "you look like me, so you must eat what I eat, and want to live where I want to live, so I must kill you", or "you look like my food"... It's a simplified version of the "rules" but has worked pretty well for me in the sense of directing my own research...

Interesting observation....

 

[spieszak]

Interesting observation....

Please don't take my observation as advice though.. I sure don't want to be the cause of your clown gobies demise.. Just hoping someone with more experience on the subject would chime in.

 

[sphistak]

Please don't take my observation as advice though.. I sure don't want to be the cause of your clown gobies demise.. Just hoping someone with more experience on the subject would chime in.

Lol, I'm not. But it would be keen to hear other experiences. I'm not going to chance it with another goby anyway. I've already got a crush on my clown goby and want to keep him/her happy ...

 

[jayelblock]

I love gobies, and they are the only fish I keep. I have many different kinds of gobies together with no aggression. Currently I have a mated pair of tiger gobies, masked gobies, flaming prawn gobies, a two spot goby, a hasselt's goby, a rainford's goby and a citron clown goby together in the same tank with absolutely no aggression whatsoever.

What I would suggest is that you pay attention to both the body shape of your gobies and the space they occupy in the water column and aquascape. I've taken care to make sure my fish are stratified throughout the tank. The masked gobies swim in the open water toward the middle third, while the citron clown goby perches toward the top. The rainford's goby moves from the sand all the way to the top of the tank to pick pods off the glass. The two spot goby is a bottom-dwelling sand sifter, while the tiger gobies perch on the lower third of the rock scape. The hasselt's goby also stays on the bottom, but doesn't sift the sand and thus doesn't compete with the two spot goby. The flaming prawn gobies are so tiny and cryptic that they are basically nonexistent.

Truly, I have never, ever seen aggression between species. The masked gobies chase each other around from time to time, but that's about it.

 

[sphistak]

Jayel,

I've read your posts before but forget, what size tank are you housing your gobies in?

 

[jayelblock]

It's a 29g. However, it has gotten a bit crowded, so I am going to move the masked gobies and the tiger gobies to my 120g, which just finished cycling last month. Despite being temporarily overstocked, I never have any trouble between species. They are all so passive, that this morning I found the rainford's goby sort of laying on the hasselt's goby. The hasselt's would eat the bigger chunks of food, and the rainford's would eat the smaller bits that got stirred up.