Buying a new fish

[Zorlog]

So the wife and children have been pressuring me to buy a new fish. I'm pretty content with my tank the way it is. I enjoy watching Coral grow and watching the invertebrates do their thing. But everyone else seems to have lost interest. I've considered a Gobi but I'm not sure I have enough bottom tank space for one. Any suggestions?

 

[Xanthurum]

Your tank is very small but there are plenty of gobies that would be plenty happy in your tank. One of my all time favorites is the neon goby, tons of personality in a tiny package.

 

[Maritimer]

Neon gobies are a delight, as are their kissin' cousins, the sharknose and yellowline gobies (which gives you a choice of colors).

Another goby you might look at would be something like the yellownose / hi-fin red-banded goby, which stays small, keeps itself down by the rockwork, and will pair up in a partnership with a Randall's pistol shrimp.

Tank looks great, BTW - those sponges are awesome!

~Bruce

 

[Zorlog]

Thanks for the advice. I think I'm going to go with a neon goby. I guess I'm going to order one online. My LFS Has ridiculous high prices. Still not sure which site I want to go with. Has anybody had good experiences with a site they would recommend?

 

[Zorlog]

Neon gobies are a delight, as are their kissin' cousins, the sharknose and yellowline gobies (which gives you a choice of colors).

Another goby you might look at would be something like the yellownose / hi-fin red-banded goby, which stays small, keeps itself down by the rockwork, and will pair up in a partnership with a Randall's pistol shrimp.

Tank looks great, BTW - those sponges are awesome!

~Bruce

Thanks on the sponges. I'm pretty proud of them. And I'm not sure how they got in there. I had my tank for six months. Then one day I noticed a little pink slime on a rock. I think that one sponge made me fall in love with this hobby.

 

[Baldguy]

I agree with the goby/shrimp pairing. The behavior of the two is really captivating. I have a yellow watchman goby/ tiger pistol shrimp pair that I can watch all day.