neon goby w/ 2 percs in 10 gall?

Wind · 10-10-2003, 01:35 AM

i was wondering if i can add a blue neon goby to my 10 gallon which houses 2 percs...

this tank will be temp while i set up my 90 gall. how will the goby fair?? will they rip him apart?

thanks..

**Ninong** · 10-10-2003, 10:46 AM

A Neon Goby would be fine in a tank with clownfish. They are cleaners that pick off parasites and dead tissue from other fish. There are more than two dozen of these but the most common in the hobby is Gobiosoma oceanops, which is being captive-bred by O.R.A.

It's always a good idea to try to get a captive-bred juvenile since their natural lifespan is no more than 1-2 years.

Wind · 10-14-2003, 05:43 AM

aww.. that seems so short lived..
what else would do good temporarily..

reefrunner69 · 10-14-2003, 09:14 AM

To add fish to a 10g nano that already houses to clowns, look towards smaller benthic species.

**Ninong** · 10-14-2003, 09:49 AM

I don't know of anything off hand other than a Neon Goby that you might add to a 10-gal tank with a pair of Percula Clownfish. How about a cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)?

**Poseidon** · 10-16-2003, 09:07 AM

I agree with the above, a cleaner shrimp or the neon goby both would be meuch better then the more aggresive "cleaner wrasse"

Mike

10-10-2003, 01:35 AM	#1
Wind Council Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: 90 Gallon (setting up) Posts: 330	neon goby w/ 2 percs in 10 gall? i was wondering if i can add a blue neon goby to my 10 gallon which houses 2 percs... this tank will be temp while i set up my 90 gall. how will the goby fair?? will they rip him apart? thanks..

10-10-2003, 10:46 AM	#2
Ninong Moderator Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Louisiana Posts: 19,724	A Neon Goby would be fine in a tank with clownfish. They are cleaners that pick off parasites and dead tissue from other fish. There are more than two dozen of these but the most common in the hobby is Gobiosoma oceanops, which is being captive-bred by O.R.A. It's always a good idea to try to get a captive-bred juvenile since their natural lifespan is no more than 1-2 years. __________________ Ninong

10-14-2003, 09:14 AM	#4
reefrunner69 Just Moved In Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Cedar Key, FL Posts: 31	To add fish to a 10g nano that already houses to clowns, look towards smaller benthic species. __________________ Kevin Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." -Anon.

10-14-2003, 09:49 AM	#5
Ninong Moderator Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Louisiana Posts: 19,724	I don't know of anything off hand other than a Neon Goby that you might add to a 10-gal tank with a pair of Percula Clownfish. How about a cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)? __________________ Ninong

10-16-2003, 09:07 AM	#6
Poseidon Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 6,248	I agree with the above, a cleaner shrimp or the neon goby both would be meuch better then the more aggresive "cleaner wrasse" Mike __________________ Need a Photographer? Just say NO to CRABS Mike

10-14-2003, 05:43 AM	#3
Wind Council Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: 90 Gallon (setting up) Posts: 330	aww.. that seems so short lived.. what else would do good temporarily..

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