Green Clown Goby

[jabberwock]

I don't really have any branching corals. Would a Green Clown Goby be happy in this tank? 25 gallons, currently only 3 fish, Yellow Watchman Goby, Carpenter's Wrasse and a Purple Firefish. Thanks for looking and any thoughts.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Would a Green Clown Goby be happy in this tank?

I honestly don't know if they're "happy" without the branching SPS to hide in, but in the few tanks I've seen with Clown Gobies and no branching SPS, the gobies tend to hide out by equipment near the top of the tank. They don't necessarily seem unhappy without the SPS, but I'd imagine they'd feel safer/less stressed (and more likely to exhibit breeding behavior in a pair) either with some branching SPS or with something that can act as a decent substitute.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

My 3 clown gobies perch on my leathers, fungia plate, mushrooms, lobo, zoa’s and gorgonian. They also perch on the sand, the glass, the heater, and the power heads.

 

[kevgib67]

If you are set on a clown goby you could get an inexpensive birdsnest coral that, in my experience, will grow like crazy. A relatively easy sps. There is nothing special about my lights and if you go to my build thread you’ll see how crazy the growth is.

 

[i cant think]

I don't really have any branching corals. Would a Green Clown Goby be happy in this tank? 25 gallons, currently only 3 fish, Yellow Watchman Goby, Carpenter's Wrasse and a Purple Firefish. Thanks for looking and any thoughts.

Honestly, I have 3 with minimal SPS, they seemed happier with their SPS colonies to hang out in however even without the colonies, they are mainly hanging out close to the rocks where corals used to grow. They also love to just sit on my clam (I lost my deresa clam on Sunday unfortunately so now they just have a maxima to sit on).
Even just adding in skeletons for them to hang out in will work. They don’t have to be living corals

 

[ryanjohn1]

I have one. Likes to chill in leathers and toad stools.