Different gobies in one tank?

[Schraufabagel]

I have a 25 gallon tank. Can gobies of different families be kept together?

Specifically I’m referring to clown gobies and watchman/spotted orange gobies. One sits in the sand bed and one perched on the rock work

 

[Ricksreeefs]

I have a 25 gallon tank. Can gobies of different families be kept together?

Specifically I’m referring to clown gobies and watchman/spotted orange gobies. One sits in the sand bed and one perched on the rock work

I'm not sure. Interested in what others say!

 

[New&no clue]

In my experience yes. I have a green clown goby and a yellow watchman goby in a 30. They pretty much ignore each other

 

[176327]

Same, I have a rainford and hectori and they pretty much ignore each other. I think a lot of aggression problems are because fish are hungry. Obviously, if something eats something else normally... that’s entirely different, but fish seem to just be jerks. Hungry fish more so.

I have a jerk clownfish that I inherited. He’s a survivor, so I wanted to give him a paradise. If I’m honest. I low key hate him. Huge jerk. I suffer slightly higher nitrates so he doesn’t bully ... well, literally everything else in the tank.

edit: also habitat. I have a harlequin shrimp that will chase literally anything out of his area.

 

[Schraufabagel]

How about a shark nose goby and a clown goby together?

 

[LacViet]

How about a shark nose goby and a clown goby together?

I have blue neon goby, yellow clown goby, tangaroa goby, and tiger goby (Elacatinus macrodon) in 45 gal and they are all fine and ignored each other.

 

[176327]

I have blue neon goby, yellow clown goby, tangaroa goby, and tiger goby (Elacatinus macrodon) in 45 gal and they are all fine and ignored each other.

I really like your scape.

 

[tailoftwogobies]

I have a 25 gallon tank. Can gobies of different families be kept together?

Specifically I’m referring to clown gobies and watchman/spotted orange gobies. One sits in the sand bed and one perched on the rock work

 

[tailoftwogobies]

we currently have 2 large yellow watchman gobies (paired with 2 pistol shrimp) one tiny yellow watchman goby (who won’t pair with anything even a shrimp) one neon goby who just minds it’s business & one hifin goby who is now paired with two pistol shrimp. rock formations and sand for all & you should be fine, everyone has their own ‘area’ in our tank and occasionally there are ‘hiccups’ but for the most part, as long as everyone minds their business there are no issues for us at all.. except for the fact that our BIG yellow watchman is extremely territorial of its burrow..

 

[Karen00]

I have blue neon goby, yellow clown goby, tangaroa goby, and tiger goby (Elacatinus macrodon) in 45 gal and they are all fine and ignored each other.

OMG! How do you keep your tank so clean and clear?! It looks like some voodoo magic going on in there!! It's beautiful!!

 

[LacViet]

Nothing special. Vacuum tank every 2 wks. Have lots of CUC (about 30 hermit crabs, sand sifting snails (3 conches, 5 nassarius snails), 2 tiger pistol shrimp). Use filter socks and replace every few days, chaeto in sump.

 

[aquatic.life1]

I have a 25 gallon tank. Can gobies of different families be kept together?

Specifically I’m referring to clown gobies and watchman/spotted orange gobies. One sits in the sand bed and one perched on the rock work

I have a hector goby and a watchman goby and they don’t bother each other. I also have a 75 gallon tank

 

[Skywater]

My 4 Florida Tiger gobies live peacefully with 6 masked gobies. 2 of the masked gobies have formed a pair. The larger masked goby does not like other fish to come near his depression in the sand bed. He does the other fish no harm, just chases them away from that small area, of the 75g tank.