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sphistak
In Memoriam
Thats cool. I caught my clown goby hitching a ride on the back of a hermit crab but couldn't get to my video camera quick enough!
jayelblock
New member
I had a yasha/pistol pair in another tank that had a mixed community of gobies. Actually, I had a mated pair of pistols and their goby, but I traded them back to the LFS because the pistols developed a taste for flesh and would kill the other fish while they were sleeping and then eat them. I lost a neon goby and a tangaroa goby.
I no longer keep pistol shrimp, nor do I keep gobies which form symbiotic relationships with shrimp. I don't want to lose any more fish, and it doesn't seem fair to keep the gobies without the pistols, since that is their natural and healthy state.
I no longer keep pistol shrimp, nor do I keep gobies which form symbiotic relationships with shrimp. I don't want to lose any more fish, and it doesn't seem fair to keep the gobies without the pistols, since that is their natural and healthy state.
Monkeyfish
Active member
I wouldn't get a six-line wrasse if you plan on stocking mostly passive fish. They become terrors as they grow/mature.
reeferstace
I'm a little people
I would have some threadfin cardinals and some green banded gobies.
sphistak
In Memoriam
Yes, I came across that info after I posted.. geesh so many decisions
cadre
New member
I had a six line in my biocube and had no problems with agression. I also never had problems with it jumping. But it was the last fish I added and it was with a yasha goby and a clown.
I personally love wrasses and gobies. My McCosker's flasher wrasse may be a bit bigger than you are thinking but I love him (although, I wish he had a harem). I also think you could get away with a goby that has a different body type than your clown goby. Shrimp gobies are cool when they're paired up but some people say they never see theirs.
Everyone else has made good suggestions. I think you would really be fine with most smaller fish. If anything you may want to steer away from more food aggressive fish like clowns. My clown goby never went after food that quickly.
I personally love wrasses and gobies. My McCosker's flasher wrasse may be a bit bigger than you are thinking but I love him (although, I wish he had a harem). I also think you could get away with a goby that has a different body type than your clown goby. Shrimp gobies are cool when they're paired up but some people say they never see theirs.
Everyone else has made good suggestions. I think you would really be fine with most smaller fish. If anything you may want to steer away from more food aggressive fish like clowns. My clown goby never went after food that quickly.
sphistak
In Memoriam
thats the first thing I noticed when I fed him
klepto
New member
Some good candidates for smaller tanks:
Just about any of ORA's Blennies, Gobies or Cardinals (I like the harptail blennies and sharknose gobies especially). Many of their little gobies will clean parasites off of larger tankmates.
Purple firefish (Nemateleotris decora)
Tailspot blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura) One of my all time favorites, though they can be difficult to find at times.
Just about any of ORA's Blennies, Gobies or Cardinals (I like the harptail blennies and sharknose gobies especially). Many of their little gobies will clean parasites off of larger tankmates.
Purple firefish (Nemateleotris decora)
Tailspot blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura) One of my all time favorites, though they can be difficult to find at times.
klepto
New member
What fishes aren't jumpers! Joking.. but there are tons of species that are known for jumping.. Putting some netting over ones tank is neither complicated nor a bad idea.
Gramma loreto is a lovely species. They are colorful and have cool temperaments, the only downside being that they aren't the hardiest in my experience.
I think you could stock some gobies that are smaller than your Clown goby no problem. (sharknose, neon, tiger etc.)
sphistak
In Memoriam
they make those smaller?!! lol
bobbychullo
Super Abound
six lines can get nasty when mature. wrasse can jump.
royal grammas also have a tendency to be aggressive. ive talked to a few people that had that little fish terrorize fish 5 times it size.
sphistak
In Memoriam
crap, I'll just go with a pair of clowns. Had them before and they were easy. Maybe I'll find some pygmy clowns!!! wink
small alien
The fungus is among us.
I totally disagree. Gobies are a broad group. Plenty of different ones can be kept together in smallish tanks. You could definitely do a small shrimp goby with your yellow clown.
iamwhatiam52
New member
Trimma and Eviota gobies are teeeeeeeeny but adaptable. I have had them with clown gobies and many other larger fish with never a problem. None have become food. Most have been short lived ( year and a half ) but a few have been with me 4 years.
sphistak
In Memoriam
THANKS!!! Thats exactly what I was looking for!!!
