fish compatibility question

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  1. sollie7

    sollie7 Millepora

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    I have a ocellaris clownfish, a royal gramma and a pink spotted watchman goby. Im wanting to get a lawnmower blenny to eat all the algae in the tank. Would the fish be compatible? Mainly concerned about the goby and the blenny getting along. Goby is pretty big but prob the chillest fish I have and have never seen it be aggressive. Tank is 65g hex.
     
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  2. dowtish

    dowtish Horrid Stonefish

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    How big is your tank?
     
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  3. sollie7

    sollie7 Millepora

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    65g hex
     
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  4. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    try making a cave under a rock for the blenny away from the goby. if they fight or harass each other try moving the scape around! HTH;D I have a lawnmower blenny they love caves under a rock and mine made a tunnel there;D
     
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    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    they will get nippy to! mine has bit my finger twice before and it hurts like h#ll!
    :angry:
     
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  6. sollie7

    sollie7 Millepora

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    plenty of cave like things and just moved some rocks around today and believe the goby has claimed a new cave higher up in the tank to so that should help. Yeah hope one I get doesn't decide that my hand tastes better then algae had a clownfish do that before and it pissed me off cause it would always scare me when working on the tank lol.
    also worst case Ill just catch the goby and put him in my tank upstairs but hopefully they'll get along.
     
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  7. morninwood

    morninwood Bristle Worm

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    my clownfish and blenny hate each other. they try to kill each other sometimes. usually peaceful though
     
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    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    yeah ... if you have a semi flat rock you could put a pvc pipe piece on one end so he has a small tunnel:) I made my blennies cave in the corner next to the glass so I can watch him! Benny loves his cave:cheesy:
     
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  9. sollie7

    sollie7 Millepora

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    hopefully that wont happen either lol basically the gramma is the meanest fish i have and its still not usually aggressive.
     
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  10. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    do you have a pic of your tank?
     
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