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:welcome:

 

I got a yellow clown goby not to long ago, and i just wanted to make a thread about these guys. Also anyone is welcome to share pics or stories of these guys. Also this thread can be used for some questions and answers.

 

Basic Care

Clown Gobies are curious little fish great for beginners. They are in the Gobiidae family, but dont usually stay near the bottom of the tank or in the sand bed like most gobies. They are perching fish, and will perch on a variety or corals. They use their suction-cup like fins to hang on to corals, rocks, or the glass. They prefer a tank with a lot of areas they can perch on. They are peaceful to most fish except to their own kind. it is not reccomended to put 2 in the same aquarium, but it is possible.

 

Diet

Their Diet should include the usual for healthy fish,
frozen mysis, blood worms or brine
. However, sometimes the food is too big and they require small pieces of food like
Cyclop-eeze.
Some have been seen eating pods.
A down side is that they will pick at SPS polyps.
This is a habit that is very difficult to get them out of. If you catch yours eating some SPS polyps, just flick them away. Some usually starve in tanks if they are used to feeding on SPS only, and arent accustomed to basic aquarium foods. However, they are really easy to get eating prepared foods.

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An ill-fed clown goby, taken by mkriegal. It soon started eating prepared foods after this pic.

 

Breeding

 

Breeding clown gobies is very rare in aquariums, but once in a while they will lay eggs in acro stalks and protect them there. Eventually the eggs will hatch the the fry will swim off. Thats the time to collect them if you want to raise them, and my guess is to feed them rotifers until they are big enough to eat brine shrimp

 

The Species

 

Yellow Clown Goby

 

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Pic by Lalani

 

Minimum Tank Size: 2 gallons

Care Level: Easy

Temperament: Peaceful

Max. Size: 1½"

Color Form: Yellow

Diet: Carnivore

Family: Gobiidae

 

Green Clown Goby

 

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Pic by pismo_reefer

 

Minimum Tank Size: 2 gallons

Care Level: Easy

Temperament: Peaceful

Max. Size: 1½"

Color Form: Green, Orange, Yellow

Diet: Carnivore

Family: Gobiidae

 

 

Brown or Rusty Clown Goby

 

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http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+31+156&pcatid=156

 

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Minimum Tank Size: 2 gallons

Care Level: Easy

Temperament: Peaceful

Max. Size: 1½"

Color Form: Black, Red, Tan

Diet: Carnivore

Family: Gobiidae

 

Citron Clown Goby

 

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http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1926+161&pcatid=161

 

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Minimum Tank Size: 5 gallons

Care Level: Easy

Temperament: Peaceful

Max. Size: 2"

Color Form: Blue, Tan, Yellow

Diet: Carnivore

Family: Gobiidae

 

Black Clown Goby

 

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Pic by pismo_reefer

Minimum Tank Size: 2 gallons

Care Level: Easy

Temperament: Peaceful

Max. Size: 1½"

Color Form: Black

Diet: Carnivore

Family: Gobiidae

 

Panda (Clown) Goby

 

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http://liveaquaria.com/product/detailed_image.cfm?pCatId=2230

 

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Minimum Tank Size: 2 gallons

Care Level: Difficult

Temperament: Peaceful

Reef Compatible: Yes

Max. Size: 1½"

Color Form: Black, White, Yellow

Diet: Carnivore

Family: Gobiidae

 

Red Clown Goby

 

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http://www.aquacon.com/blennies_saltwaterfish.html

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Minimum Tank Size: 2 gallons

Care Level: Easy

Temperament: Peaceful

Reef Compatible: Yes

Max. Size: 1½"

Color Form: Red

Diet: Carnivore

Family: Gobiidae

 

Black and White

 

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https://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?did=1&pid=2139&cid=18

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Minimum Tank Size: 2 gallons

Care Level: Easy

Temperament: Peaceful

Reef Compatible: Yes

Max. Size: 1½"

Color Form: Black, White

Diet: Carnivore

Family: Gobiidae

 

Painted Clown Goby

 

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Pic by noirsphynx

 

 

Care Level: Easy

Temperament: Peaceful

Reef Compatible: Yes

Max. Size: 1½"

Color Form: Yellow, Red, Green

Diet: Carnivore

Family: Gobiidae

 

 

Videos

 

Yellow Clown Goby on Monti Cap

Yellow Clown Goby Swimming/Perching

Yellow Clown Goby Eating

Green Clown Goby

Yellow Clown Goby with Xenia

 

 

 

Helpful Article

 

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-10/hcs3/index.php

 

Where to Buy

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/aquariu...s.cfm?c=15+2124

http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productlist...id=1&cid=18

http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/cat/infoL3...34/category.web

 

If you wish for me to add anything, please feel free to PM me!!

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All Hail Nanobuds!!!

 

lol ... nice thread! Although I don't have any YCG in my tank ... it would probably get lost. :D

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All Hail Nanobuds!!!

 

lol ... nice thread! Although I don't have any YCG in my tank ... it would probably get lost. :D

 

Hai David!

 

yeah, it would get lost in your tank lol. However, i doubt it will ever starve :lol:

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addicted2reefer
lol thanks a lot man!! :D

 

that is perfect for a sig quote. :P

HAHAHA yeah. I had to switch computers to find some pics. And very cool thread.

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I was going to pick one of these up today, but it was swimming sideways and up and down vertically.

 

Is that normal for these fish?

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I was going to pick one of these up today, but it was swimming sideways and up and down vertically.

 

Is that normal for these fish?

 

i see mine do this up and down the glass, looking a spot to perch on the glass. it it swims like that in open water, then i dont think that is good. when the swim they dart from place to place, occasionally hovering.

 

 

 

Awesome thread, I'll post pics of my lil guy soon. I love clown gobies, they are great.

 

Thanks!

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more pics of my YCG:

 

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srry for the dirty glass... forgot to clean that part before taking pics :/

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addicted2reefer
more pics of my YCG:

 

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srry for the dirty glass... forgot to clean that part before taking pics :/

 

No worries, not the first we seen dirty glass. That pic with the ric is cool. I had a ric in a spot for the YCG to perch and the hermitt knocked it off, and now its stickin to a rock,finally...

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Hi all. I'm setting up my BC14 again (tore it down when I set up my 75 gallon) and it's cycling now. Was wondering if I could keep 2 of these guys in a BC14 - the only other fish would be a False Perc?

 

Or - would one of these guys get along with a yellow watchman? they have both at the LFS and I like them both.

 

sorry if I shouldn't post this question here, i'm new to these forums. Thanks.

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Pixiefish

You'll have to forgive picture quality. I got a new camera and I'm still learning how to take pictures of moving objects. If they'd only pose for the camera, then it would make things a whole lot easier. :lol:

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