I'm thinking of getting a Yellow Clown Goby

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  1. HollyG

    HollyG Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    I have a 10gal nano reef with a bunch of corals. Would a clown goby hide all the time or is it often seen? If not a clown goby then is there any other suggestions on a small reef safe fish I could add? I'm looking for some kind of goby or blenny.
     
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  2. Coastie Reefer

    Coastie Reefer Millepora

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    What kind of corals do you have? A clown goby will nip at SPS polyps.
     
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  3. HollyG

    HollyG Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    I have a few leathers, a few softies and some LPS, no sps.
     
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  4. SnooknRedz

    SnooknRedz Vlamingii Tang

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    Check out a hectors goby. There pretty small and colorful.
     
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  5. 1.0reef

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    Hectors gobies are not easy to keep, they feed on pods and other micro-organisms like mandarins and other dragonets.
     
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  6. Mobalized

    Mobalized Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    I have a yellow clown goby and by far my favorite fish. He is very social with people who come up to the tank. He will come up to the front glass and flit around in front of my face. Sometimes he sits in the frogspawn, he will stick to the front glass with his belly fin thing. He loves to perch on rock out in the open. And he loves flash lights at night.
    Oh and I have some sps and he doesnt go near them.
     
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    they do, but that doesnt mean they are easy. Hectors are more on the difficult side, as are clown gobies, as they almost always starve in captivity. We stopped stocking them completely in our own shop, we only special order them for our clients.
     
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  9. HollyG

    HollyG Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Yea, I'm not very interested in the hector goby. Any other small gobies/blennies u guys reccomend??
     
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  10. Mobalized

    Mobalized Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    If you dont have sps I wouldnt worry about the clown goby.
     
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