New fish idea..........

[shrimpdady]

I posted not too long ago that my Pink Spotted Goby possibly ate my Coral Banded Shrimp.
Well...while I was at home for lunch I witnessed him killing and eating my Cleaner Shrimp.
He will be returned to the LFS this weekend.
Has anyone's goby ever done this before?
What would be a good bottom dwelling fish that I could get in his place.
It would need to be reef safe.
My current fish are as follows...
2-Ocellaris
1-Lawnmower Blenny
1-Coral Beauty
1-Royal Gramma
1-Pink Spotted Goby(soon to be gone)

 

[ryanhayes9]

Originally Posted by ShrimpDady
I posted not too long ago that my Pink Spotted Goby possibly ate my Coral Banded Shrimp.
Well...while I was at home for lunch I witnessed him killing and eating my Cleaner Shrimp.
He will be returned to the LFS this weekend.
Has anyone's goby ever done this before?
What would be a good bottom dwelling fish that I could get in his place.
It would need to be reef safe.
My current fish are as follows...
2-Ocellaris
1-Lawnmower Blenny
1-Coral Beauty
1-Royal Gramma
1-Pink Spotted Goby(soon to be gone)

hmmmm... never heard of it. hows ur new tank?

 

[shrimpdady]

New tank is great.
Now if I can figure out a good bottom dwelling fish to buy, I can get back to concentrating on corals.

 

[arsen_36]

hawk fish are great! i have a falco and i like how he follows me around the tank. they lack swimming bladders so they just hop rock to rock. mines usually on the sand bed.

 

[shrimpdady]

Yeah..I once had a hawkfish.
He suffered the same fate as the goby is about to face...returned for store credit!
The hawkfish ate my two peppermint shrimp, so no more hawkfish for me.
Any other idea's?

 

[nanomantis]

dusky jawfish have the greatest personalities, when they see you they will push out their gills to look larger as if they are trying to say leave me alone!

 

[octaviaoli]

new in the game, quick question how do you start your own new thread

 

[sula]

ShrimpDady:
I like my Yellow Watchman Goby, he doesn't bother anyone

 

[shrimpdady]

I'm done with gobies, but thanks anyways. Your goby is pretty though.
Maybe a jawfish or two would be the way to go.
They look pretty interesting.
By the way, it seems that I double posted this thread and have a completely different conversation going on. Sorry.

 

[sula]

Have you considered an Engineer Goby? They look alot like an eel and just re-arrange sand all day....not sure how much room they need when they get big though :notsure: