different gobies, friends?

[Wiz]

A couple weeks back I picked up a goby in a trade. I was told that it was two anthias but one of the two turned out to be some type of sand goby. I was not thrilled about it but accepted it. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise.I already own a yellow watchman goby who has been uncomfortable in my system since he arrived. Always sat in a hole on the very side of the rock work and didn't do very much other than sit there. Occasionally he would take a trip down the overflow and get stuck in my skimmer somehow. Kind of amazing feat actually. This goby that I got is twice the size of my watchman or more. It immediately took up residence in the center of my tank on the bottom. Within a day my yellow watchman was sitting with it and has not separated sense. They are always within 4 inches of each
other and my Watchman seems so much happier bouncing around and cleaning sand and doing what gobies do. This new one is a pale white with blue speckles all over it I was thinking maybe a diamond goby but I'm really not sure. Definitely different breeds.. Is it odd for two different type of fish to pair up like this?

 

[Naiad]

I would need a better look to be sure but I think you accidentally got your goby a lady friend. Mature females are not yellow but a whitish grey.

 

[Wiz]

That would be awesome! They do look very similar except the color difference And size

I would need a better look to be sure but I think you accidentally got your goby a lady friend. Mature females are not yellow but a whitish grey.

 

[Naiad]

Yea not sure why the females do that as not all will change color but it is startling when they do lol

 

[Wiz]

Here are a couple pictures of it in the better lighting

 

[tj w]

Thats awesome man, very neat!

 

[4FordFamily]

I have two yellow watchman of very different size that SHARE a burrow. Both yellow. Not sure if that means they're the same sex I'm no goby guru but this happened by accident I thought the one I had died. It was apparently my sand sifter.

The sand sifter I have now gets along fine with them but I wouldn't call them friends

 

[Rybren]

I have two YWG in my tank. I had one in my 75 and the other in a 10. When I set up the 120, I closed down the other tanks and moved everything into the new one. I wasn't sure what to expect with the gobies, but they immediately found each other and moved into the same hole. They've been inseparable every since.

 

[KPhilly]

Nice gobies! Also nice Red Serpent starfish! Was that a Green spotted Mandarin I spotted in the back as well?

 

[Wiz]

Nice gobies! Also nice Red Serpent starfish! Was that a Green spotted Mandarin I spotted in the back as well?

Thankyou so much!! :-D:-D nah its one of the blues. My 40b is a little overstocked. Manderins, flame angel, 6 line, sprigeri dottyback, bangai cardinal, the two watchman gobies, pair of occelarisand an anthia. 2 large serpents, a brittle, fire and skunk shrimps, 2emeralds, hermits and snails of various types and a crazy amount of coral and nems. Lol even I'm like "really man" . But my 30 fuge keeps it in line. You cant look anywhere without seeing 5+ different things in one spot. I'm horrible

 

[KPhilly]

Thankyou so much!! :-D:-D nah its one of the blues. My 40b is a little overstocked. Manderins, flame angel, 6 line, sprigeri dottyback, bangai cardinal, the two watchman gobies, pair of occelarisand an anthia. 2 large serpents, a brittle, fire and skunk shrimps, 2emeralds, hermits and snails of various types and a crazy amount of coral and nems. Lol even I'm like "really man" . But my 30 fuge keeps it in line. You cant look anywhere without seeing 5+ different things in one spot. I'm horrible

Hey, I just wish my big-daddy was up and going! That's a nice list. I love Mandarins! I'm particularly fond of the red serpent starfish and the red dragonette. Can't wait to see those fellas cruising my tank!

 

[Wiz]

Lil update. The small yellow watchman in the vid has completely changed. I thought the larger one was white cuz it was female. But look at my lil yellow watchman now!! Yes its the same fish.

 

[FreeEnergyReefer]

I know this post is years old but how did that happen? I'm looking for a friend for my yellow watchman he's kinda in the same situation also took a ride down the overflow last week