Mixing gobies?

[Ryan1221]

I am new to saltwater and I am wondering if I can mix gobies?

My set up is:
Fluval Osaka 260L (70g)
100 lbs of live sand
70 lbs of live rock
Fluval 406 canister filter (in process of getting a sump)
2 hydro koralia 1400 powerheads

Current livestock:
2 true perculas
1 blue/green chromis
1 lawnmower blenny
2 skunk cleaner shrimp
4 turbo snails
4 electric blue hermit crabs

I want to add some sort of shrimp with a pistol shrimp. Would this work?
Would I be able to add any other gobies? Or would they fight?

Liveaquaria.com has them broken down into 3 categories
- sand sifter gobies
- shrimp gobies
- small gobies

Would I be able to add one goby from the shrimp goby section and one from sand shifting without having problems?

Help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[revsgirl]

:bump2:

 

[Dsdaley77]

IMO you could but similar animals may fight if they like the same area.

 

[46gReef]

I have a 46gal. Bowfront with a randalls shrimp goby& pistol shrimp,a trimma goby & a neon goby with no issues at all.....usually gobies of the same species will fight unless they are a mated pair.....in a 70gal with a lot of live rock you should be okay. What gobies did you want to add?

 

[YVR]

I think it really depends on what species of Goby adn what size tank you have. I have 3 B

lack-Ray Shrimp Gobies ​

Stonogobiops nematodes and 3 C

lown Gobies ​

Gobiodon okinawae all living together without a problem.

 

[Ryan1221]

I am thinking of getting a wheeler shrimp goby with pistol shrimp. Would I be able to get another shrimp goby with a pistol shrimp? The other option is getting a green banded along with the wheeler shrimp goby with pistol shrimp.

 

[Dsdaley77]

The Wheeler can go after a few of your current tank residents so be carefull (IMO). My buddies first tank had one and loved hermits and shrimp as nighttime snacks (although never seemed to eat them all the way). Not to familiar with the "Green Banded Goby" but after looking it up it seems pretty cool, very good stats on it as a peaceful community member. Not sure if this is something you have considered but, I have heard that really active pistols can really stress out fish that are not used to them. It is the main reason I have avoided them. If anyone could shed some light on that, would be helpful at least to me
I have learned in this hobby over the years that something's that "always" work, don't; something's that "never" work sometimes do. With a tank that size it just comes to mind trying to keep it as close to what they need rather than what you like (normally a happy medium can be found) if you want to try for two of each I would look at your rock work and decide if each end looks inviting for them on its own to house a combo. Then when you release each group, you can target the release in the area you would hope they inhabit. I normally use a large shot glass and cover it in the water until I get the new addition to where "I" want it and then let it swim out of glass and into its new home. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't We just hope for the best Hope this helps

 

[Ryan1221]

I think I am going to skip on the pistol shrimp.

I have read a lot of things that wheeler gobies do well in groups or pairs and that they are peaceful fish. Maybe your friend got unlucky. Hope that won't happen to me if I decide to get one.