Noonan Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 How hardy are these little guys? I am really interested in getting one as long as they are hardy. What do they eat? All the ones I have seen are so tiny, so I am curious to know what their main diet consits of. Im guessing cyclop-eeze is on the top of their list, right? Is there anything else I should know about these guys? Thanks. Link to comment
bulldogger1 Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 The ones that I had would eat brine, small pieces of mysis shrimp, and tiny pieces of flake food. I got rid of the hardy little suckers because when the decided to mate they cleared patches in some of my SPS colonies to lay their eggs. Link to comment
Sushi Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 are yellow clown gobies same as citron gobies? my LFS has it labelled "citron" but they look exactly like yellow clown gobies...? Link to comment
bulldogger1 Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 No, they are not the same fish. They are very similar but the citron get about twice the size and are not a brilliant yellow color. Link to comment
Sushi Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 thanks, that's what i thought, i did a search prior and they had marking on the face, and seemed to be a little more "pastel" yellow. i think my LFS is retarded.... but they sell em for $6.99, im tempted to try one out... Link to comment
bulldogger1 Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 They are a very neat little fish. Link to comment
Undertheradar Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 I love clown gobies, green, yellow, citron, yellow, black (dusky), etc... but I have once too often found them killing my stony corals. If you have them in a softie tank, dont worry, but this class of goby gives off a bitter poison that will kill a coral if it likes perching on it too much (mine almost killed my large galaxea coral). They also tend to nip at SPS (mine mowed a bali green slimer...almost lost it all together). Not a great fish considering the PITA they can be. Neon gobies are a much better choice. Link to comment
Noonan Posted July 22, 2004 Author Share Posted July 22, 2004 I dont have any SPS yet. I am going to be keeping soft coral. They are hardy though, correct? Link to comment
reefer21 Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 yes that is correct, mine survived two weeks without eating. I have had similar problem where mine snipped at my Gorgonia tree :*(. Link to comment
SLACkra Posted July 31, 2004 Share Posted July 31, 2004 i am thinking of getting one or two clown gobies for my future 7.5g cube which will only ever have softies and for the first little while it will only have ordinary shrooms. are they jumpers? and do they eat bloodworms as they are healthier than brine. Link to comment
reefer21 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 They are not to my knowledge jumpers. But, however I had mine get sucked up in the filter when I was cleaning it and it survived. Also I am extremely lucky that I got mine to eat flakes . Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.