Yellow clown goby

[Lawnman]

I have read on live aquaria that yellow clown gobys should not be kept together. So my question is does anyone keep more than 1 in there nano?

[animalmaster6]

Many people keep pairs. In the wild Yellow Clown Gobies live in colonies in Acropora.

[JeffYoshiyuki]

Many people keep pairs. In the wild Yellow Clown Gobies live in colonies in Acropora.

could you keep 2 of different color together?

[animalmaster6]

could you keep 2 of different color together?

What size tank?

[JeffYoshiyuki]

What size tank?

5.5

[swayd]

Sorry to kind of hijack this thread, BUT I would also like to know if I could keep 1 clown goby in my 20L with my YWG?

[animalmaster6]

5.5

I wouldn't do it in a tank that small. They will most likely be too aggressive.

 

Sorry to kind of hijack this thread, BUT I would also like to know if I could keep 1 clown goby in my 20L with my YWG?

They will get along fine. YWG and YCG do great together, especially if you like yellow!

 

 

Just be aware that if you are thinking of a Yellow Clown Goby, they do occasionally eat and injure SPS and LPS corals.

[JeffYoshiyuki]

This Clown Gobies can live as a colony with different color Clown Gobies?

[animalmaster6]

This Clown Gobies can live as a colony with different color Clown Gobies?

No, they all live in one species specific colony.

[saxoakos]

Hi

 

I didnt want to open a new thread for this fish so im just wondering about they special needs if they have any. I mean do they eat frozen food without any problem and things like that. I hope someone who keep one can answer

[animalmaster6]

Hi

 

I didnt want to open a new thread for this fish so im just wondering about they special needs if they have any. I mean do they eat frozen food without any problem and things like that. I hope someone who keep one can answer

They generally adjust to eat frozen. It's good to make sure they are eating at the LFS. Sometimes they don't adjust and don't eat.

 

There are many cases of this fish eating and killing SPS and LPS. That is definetly something to be careful of. They are in general a good choice of goby.

[JeffYoshiyuki]

i think im going to get 5-6 yellow gobies for my 30g long. think they will stick together?

[Wiilio]

Aren't clown gobies territorial? o_o;

[ry05coupe]

Sorry to kind of hijack this thread, BUT I would also like to know if I could keep 1 clown goby in my 20L with my YWG?

 

I watched my newly added YWG attack and kill my previously added YCG. Maybe a freak occurrence, idk.

[animalmaster6]

i think im going to get 5-6 yellow gobies for my 30g long. think they will stick together?

I wouldn't try a colony in a tank that small. They would be too territorial. You also would most likely need giant acro colonies.

[SparksReef]

i think im going to get 5-6 yellow gobies for my 30g long. think they will stick together?

 

Me thinks no, although in the wild they live in groups, aquarium behivor is quite different from my personal experience and what I have read. Unless a mated pair clown gobies will fight unless there is enough space in the tank for the gobies to easily avoid each other. I would try to get a mated pair or only keep one.

[animalmaster6]

Me thinks no, although in the wild they live in groups, aquarium behivor is quite different from my personal experience and what I have read. Unless a mated pair clown gobies will fight unless there is enough space in the tank for the gobies to easily avoid each other. I would try to get a mated pair or only keep one.

Exactly. I would only try to keep a colony in a very large tank with large acro colonies like I said above.

[Kweli]

Do not get 5-6 clown gobies in a tank that size.... they are territorital and will fight

 

It is also difficult to get the yellow clowns to eat frozen food... Not as hard as a manadrin but still difficult. They like to eat live pods

[BigBad82]

Mine takes a wide variety of frozen foods no problem.

[Bluntokian]

As does my little newcomer. No problems at all.

[Lawnman]

Mine eat flake no problem I have 2 in a 20 gallon and they do not fight.