new tank

The pair will probably run around $50 if not a little more. Depends on your local market. Don't feel as if you need to get all the fish at once, and..do you have a QT setup? No sense in having done all this work to get the tank cycled only to run into a parasite, disease, or nutrition problem.

My advice, get the rest of the rock you want and put the goby into QT. By the time the rock is ready the goby can come out of QT and then you can add whichever type of clown pair you want for your tank and put them in QT, on that trip you can buy the pistol shrimp and put it into the display for the goby.
 
yep

I will just buy base rock today so there is no worry about a mini cycle. iI dont have a quarintine but with an almost empty tank do i really need one i mean ive never had a fish get ick so im not to worried
 
The danger isn't in what is in your display tank now, but what is in the system at the LFS and where they got the fish from. If the fish has ich for instance (ich isn't the only thing to be concerned about) and you put it in your display system you've just created a problem where there isn't one now. I highly recommend using a QT.
 
ok

I have a 5.5 but idk if ill be aloud to set it up my parents sad no more tanks

and my lfs is usually pretty reliable. But idk if i buy anything at all today besides rock ill be surprised
 
light

instead of spending money today on rock and fish
i decided to upgrade my lights i got the current 20" satellite 24 hour light fixture with lunar lights acrylic splashgaurd for 75 bucks looks like ill get fish ill probably get fish in 1-2 weeks
 
ha

I do but then who dosent.I bought what i needed new lights and new is more lr then fish. I know i am not doing it all at once so i have time to change my mind thats why i decided when i went to the lfs not to buy fish
 
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