Adding diamond gobie?

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  1. drywall_guy87

    drywall_guy87 Astrea Snail

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    I have a 20 gallon with 2 clowns that have been in the tank for about a year. I was wondering if I can add a diamond gobie to clean my sand. Im scared that the clowns will bully him. What do yall think?
     
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  2. chelseagrin

    chelseagrin Fire Goby

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    they will bully him, i would suggest moving the rocks and turning the lights off when you introduce him. if that doesnt work you may habe to put the clowns in a separate tank while the goby gets used to his home them reintroduce the clowns.
     
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  3. 1.0reef

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    A diamond goby will get to large. They get 5+ inches and needs tons of sand to survive.
     
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  4. drywall_guy87

    drywall_guy87 Astrea Snail

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    can they live with aragonite seaflor special grade reef sand
     
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  5. SushiGirl

    SushiGirl Barracuda

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    They can live with that sand, but not in that small of a tank.
    Try a fighting conch as a sand cleaner.
     
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  6. drywall_guy87

    drywall_guy87 Astrea Snail

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    what i had planed was to keep him in my 20g till he gets alittle bigger then put him over to my 90g. the 20g has fine sand the 90 has the aragnite in it.will a fighting conch knock over alot?
     
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