Currently have a 20 gallon cube with 2 clowns and a firefish. I’ve had a goby in there before but I had to take him out because he stirred up the sand so much. Any recommendations on another fish if not should I keep it at 3 thanks.
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Awesome any you know that won’t stir up the sand like a goby.Some type of bottom dweller. Good luck.
I had a diamond watchmen. It’s 6 months. And yes I have but I heard they need some type of pods to eat.What type of goby did you have? I have a watchman. How established is your tank? Ever look into a mandarin goby?
I’ll look into that one they are nice.For the two days that I had my Dracula goby he didn’t stir any sand except when digging his burrows. Super pretty fish too.
Ok I’ll do some research on them. Thanks for the quick reply.They need copepods. Some have got maderins that eat pellets or shrimp. Good luck. A great fish if you can keep it fed. Great colors. There is a psychedelic and spotted mandarin fish.
Yeah blennys are nice as well. The bicolor one is one I’ve looked into.A lawnmower blenny for sure.
lol I heard they do have some personality. And you know the worst part I had a chance to get a pygmy wrasse two weeks ago for only 45 dollars but at the time I still had my goby. If I didn’t have the goby it would have been a no brainer.A pink streaked Wrasse or a Pygmy Wrasse. I don't like my bicolor. He is lazy and doesn't eat algae. He is super gorgeous and acts like a dog. I get home at 3:30 and feed the fish everyday at that time. He will be in the middle of the tank shaking his tail and wagging his head. It is so funny. But he doesn't have any interest in algae. My lawnmower in my other tank is not very pretty, is very boring, and eats algae all day long. I am happy I have both. I just wished I could have them in the same tank.
I didn’t know there were gobys that didn’t sand sift. I’ll look into that. And yeah like I said on a reply I had the chance to get a pygmy wrasse but I couldn’t because I still had my goby in there. Missed opportunity right there.I’d get a goby that doesn’t sift sand. Or a pink streaked or Pygmy wrasse. Both wrasses are really hard to find right now. Some came available on liveaquaria the other day. They were sold out by the time I got through the checkout process.
I found one yesterday for 35. I almost ordered him, but we are still having lows below freezing up here. I refuse to order livestock when it's this cold.lol I heard they do have some personality. And you know the worst part I had a chance to get a pygmy wrasse two weeks ago for only 45 dollars but at the time I still had my goby. If I didn’t have the goby it would have been a no brainer.
Now thinking about it I did want a clown goby when I started off this tank. That’s a good one for sure.As awesome as mandarins are I would not recommend one for a tank your size, we have one at work in our frag tank (100 gallon with 40 gallon sump and its decimated the pod population in that tank- they can quickly starve in smallerr tanks unless your willing to put in the extra work of dosing live pods very consistently. even the captive bred varieties seem to revert to pod hunting over pellets and frozen foods.
Blennys are awesome and a tailspot or others from that group would be an awesome addition. Other awesome fish for a tank your size include clown gobys, neon cleaner gobies, Pink streaked wrasse, possum wrasse, Plectranthias inermis (essentially a tiny peaceful hawkfish)- I'm sure there are many more but those are the first few that come to mind!
Dang that sucks I hope all is going well for you. I heard about these storms and there awful.I found one yesterday for 35. I almost ordered him, but we are still having lows below freezing up here. I refuse to order livestock when it's this cold.