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markymark

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yellow watchman with a pistol shrimp in a 10gal (the clown is only temporary)
 
xabxam

xabxam

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You could probably get a clown goby,neon goby,and a watchman goby with a pistol shrimp for your 10 gal.
 
debbie

debbie

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Hey Markymark, love your sand in your tank. I would love to know if sand ever gets that green algae on it like the crushed coral does?
 
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markymark

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actually, there is no light over that tank yet, lol
but i do have the same sand in my DT and yes, it gets algae on it....i have a huge algae problem
 
mary

mary

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The neon gobies are my favorite but need to be social with at least two to four of them in a tank. You will only see it maybe if you are lucky, when it is feeding time. I love their antics and watching them clean fishes, however, when cleaning your tank, they feak out and hide often for days. Mine did come out after experiancing the first cleaning but never came out after the second cleaning. It has been over a mnth. I miss them terribly but will not purchase anymore. They eat food well and seem hardy, just are frightened easily. They do need hiding places but with the huge amount of rock I have they hid too well. If you have algea in your tank, a bi-color blenny is a great choice. Mine is bold, fun to watch and attempts to eat floating food debris. It is very cute and does not allow aggressive fish to bother it, as my six line wrasse tends to do.
 
mary

mary

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All the gobies . sand sifting, banded goby, need lots of live stuff in the sand to eat. They also get very long. Mine were 5-6 inches in length, fully grown in my 90 gallon. Don't have them any more. One was eaten or perhaps died and was partially consumed after five years, the other lived another two and just disappeared. They were a pair. I was brokenhearted. They do eat flakes and pellets and if you did get one it would need fresh seafood now and then so as to get a proper healthy nutrition. Mine ate from my fingers, necessary because the fish got to floating food faster than the gobies who were always on the bottom. All the gobies I can think of get very long and would have to be removed eventually to a larger tank. They also like hiding places, lots of rock etc.. Maybe someone can give you the name of one that stays very small. Sorry, I can't. Please don't get a Mandarin. Will never have enough live foods in a ten gallon to keep it surviving. Lots of fish people try and get others to try a mandarin when it is not advisable in any small tank..
 
mary

mary

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Bang Guy, Are all those small upon reaching full size? I would like another bottom dwelling goby but want one that also cruises the tank. Have to look them up also. Thanks.
 
mary

mary

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Of course I am very familiar with the delightful Neon's. Just haven't seen mine for a month since my last storm cleaning. I only airate, then with a baster get up algea so know my neons didn't get sucked up. They just freak out, and hide forever.
 
bang guy

bang guy

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None of the Gobies I listed get over 2" and they are docile. Free swimming Gobies should be avoided IMO in small tanks. You want the small fish that spend their time "perched".
 
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