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Hi everyone,
I have a green clown goby and an algae blenny in QT together. I didn't know who started it until now, I'd just see the blenny chasing the poor goby around the tank, thankfully the goby seems to be faster. Well now I know that the blenny starts it. I just watched the blenny dart off from one end of the tank to start chasing the poor little goby around. Saw a few nips tried too though not sure if he actually managed to bite the little fella.
The clown goby isn't the smallest in the tank, and is also not the only clown goby. The green clown goby is the one that gets chased, it's in between the other two size wise. I have a yellow one that's smaller, and a black one that's bigger. I even have a neon goby that I've seen perch on the algae blenny without issue. And there's another green clown goby in an acclimation box to make sure it's eating enough. No other fish are having issues except those two. There's plenty of PVC and even some rock in there that algae grazes on and the green one wasn't even near anything I'd begin to consider the algae's territory.
It's only the start of QT so I'm thinking I'll have to put the poor little clown goby into an acclimation or mesh breeder box which will be a major pain but if I see another incident I might have to, all the fish are free and wandering the tank except the little green fella who can never come out of hiding. It took the people at LFS a good five minutes to catch this green fella and they had an 8 inch net and had to remove several decorations from the tank first.
Any tips on what I should be trying to do for these fish? They're in a 29 now but will all be going in my 75 when the time comes.
I have a green clown goby and an algae blenny in QT together. I didn't know who started it until now, I'd just see the blenny chasing the poor goby around the tank, thankfully the goby seems to be faster. Well now I know that the blenny starts it. I just watched the blenny dart off from one end of the tank to start chasing the poor little goby around. Saw a few nips tried too though not sure if he actually managed to bite the little fella.
The clown goby isn't the smallest in the tank, and is also not the only clown goby. The green clown goby is the one that gets chased, it's in between the other two size wise. I have a yellow one that's smaller, and a black one that's bigger. I even have a neon goby that I've seen perch on the algae blenny without issue. And there's another green clown goby in an acclimation box to make sure it's eating enough. No other fish are having issues except those two. There's plenty of PVC and even some rock in there that algae grazes on and the green one wasn't even near anything I'd begin to consider the algae's territory.
It's only the start of QT so I'm thinking I'll have to put the poor little clown goby into an acclimation or mesh breeder box which will be a major pain but if I see another incident I might have to, all the fish are free and wandering the tank except the little green fella who can never come out of hiding. It took the people at LFS a good five minutes to catch this green fella and they had an 8 inch net and had to remove several decorations from the tank first.
Any tips on what I should be trying to do for these fish? They're in a 29 now but will all be going in my 75 when the time comes.