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favourites in my tank ,pair of black ice clownfish,bullet hole ones so I've been told by lfs and a red spotted flymo blenny
 

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I had a pair of Green-banded Gobies in a 5.5g nano for 3 or 4 years that amazed me by spawning once a week for nearly all that time. It was a such a thrill and a privilege to observe this behavior--courtship, nest establishment, nest tending (by male), hatch and conveyance of larvae out of nest (by male, in his mouth!).

Dunno if these pics will appear or not--tried copying and pasting from an old thread from another forum.


Gravid female:

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Male displaying behind gravid female:

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Larvae:

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how come nobody suggested a clownfish???? those are by far the most reliable and cool and cheap fish out there.

There was one person. I was kind of expecting it to be a little more popular but maybe that's why it's not popular (since it's a popular pick). Hehe

i have a osellaris clown already. I was also thinking of adding a second. I haven't looked up how difficult they are to pair. Idk hehe

Two of my favorites, basslets and of course clown fish
 

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If you have a little bit of algae to support it a rainford's goby would be a nice addition. I'm actually looking at getting one myself, my lfs has a few in and they are interesting to watch. They like to shift substrate to.

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There was one person. I was kind of expecting it to be a little more popular but maybe that's why it's not popular (since it's a popular pick). Hehe

i have a osellaris clown already. I was also thinking of adding a second. I haven't looked up how difficult they are to pair. Idk hehe
I literally put two different sized clowns in my 20 gallon and they immediately asserted dominance and they never leave each others sides now :) just a matter of if theyre comfy with the parameters and hiding spots and stuff, really easy
 

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I literally put two different sized clowns in my 20 gallon and they immediately asserted dominance and they never leave each others sides now :) just a matter of if theyre comfy with the parameters and hiding spots and stuff, really easy
I did the exact same thing and have had the same results. They live happily in their BTA. Just make sure they're different sizes.
 

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I had a pair of Green-banded Gobies in a 5.5g nano for 3 or 4 years that amazed me by spawning once a week for nearly all that time. It was a such a thrill and a privilege to observe this behavior--courtship, nest establishment, nest tending (by male), hatch and conveyance of larvae out of nest (by male, in his mouth!).

Dunno if these pics will appear or not--tried copying and pasting from an old thread from another forum.


Gravid female:

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Male displaying behind gravid female:

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Larvae:

gobyfrythumb.jpg
Absolutely beautiful!
 

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If you can get a pellet-feeding Mandarin, do it. My personal favorite would be firefish though, I want to breed them one day. A pair of blue damsels would be nice too. That's another species I want to breed
 

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