just a quick question to see what everyones opinion is or experience is, but looking to put 2xyellow coral goby with 2x ocellaris clown fish, in a 15.5 Gallon, live rock ( may like an a nem but need more research- they are tank bred clowns without nems) crushed coral at the moment- going to mix with sand (recommend size?) or should i just put the clowns in alone? are coral gobies safe from peppermint shrimp and hermit crabs?
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Are you talking about the clown goby like the one in my picture? If so, yes, they are safe around shrimp and crabs. I think at the very least 1 clown goby with 2 clownfish would work.. but I never had much luck trying to keep 2 clown gobies together for some reason.
If you are talking about the gumdrop coral croucher (aka coral goby) then no, you can't have 2 in the same tank, and are actually related to scorpion fish and are poisonous.
If you are talking about the gumdrop coral croucher (aka coral goby) then no, you can't have 2 in the same tank, and are actually related to scorpion fish and are poisonous.
Yep, the yellow one or maybe a green one, but yeah. what other smaller fish could you suggest thats hardy and easy?
Personally, having experience with the yellow and green (never could get a green to last more than a week), I would suggest either the yellow clown or a yellow watchman goby if you want yellow.. another good hardy small fish is the Fusi Goby, aka transparent cave goby.
Fusi Goby
Right now, the only "clown goby" I have is the White Tiger Goby, aka Circus Goby, but it NEVER comes out from inside the rocks... had it a few years now and looks great when you can spot it hanging upside down in your rocks.
White Tiger Goby
Fusi Goby
Right now, the only "clown goby" I have is the White Tiger Goby, aka Circus Goby, but it NEVER comes out from inside the rocks... had it a few years now and looks great when you can spot it hanging upside down in your rocks.
White Tiger Goby
IMO a Royal gramma will get too big for a 15G tank. Min size on them is 30G. My LFS has one in their 400G tank and it is huge (compared to ones I see for sale), bigger than adult clown fish.
2 clowns is really going to be the only "swimming" fish you can have in a 15G if you want to avoid aggression issues. I would stick with the types of fish you were looking at, gobies, or maybe something like a geometric pygmy hawkfish.
2 clowns is really going to be the only "swimming" fish you can have in a 15G if you want to avoid aggression issues. I would stick with the types of fish you were looking at, gobies, or maybe something like a geometric pygmy hawkfish.