One last fish...or two?

[Big_Mclargehuge]

Hey, I have a Biocube 32 and currently have a pair of clowns, and a pair of dartfish (almost always in their cave). I want to add a utilitarian fish I'm thinking of either a lawnmower blenny or a six line wrasse. I would love to add both but not sure if my bioload would be too much. Any opinions on which of those you would add? I know they each do different things. Thanks!

 

[ThePurple12]

You could get away with one more. Add whichever you prefer!

 

[Big_Mclargehuge]

I wish I could get something that would keep my sand bed white but I hear that sand sifting gobies typically don't do well in a tank. Thanks!

 

[ThePurple12]

I've never kept sand sifting gobies, but typically sand cleaners remove all the beneficial organisms, like copepods and worms, from a sand bed.

 

[MohrReefs]

I wish I could get something that would keep my sand bed white but I hear that sand sifting gobies typically don't do well in a tank. Thanks!

I have a sand sifting goby, been alive for 9 months, eats like a hog. My sandbed is immaculate.

 

[40g Nano]

I wouldn't get the six line. In a 40 with plenty of rock and food, my wrasse is a little aggressive to my pair of clowns at some times.

I think you could add a goby. They are also fun to watch

 

[Big_Mclargehuge]

I have a sand sifting goby, been alive for 9 months, eats like a hog. My sandbed is immaculate.

Which kind do you have? Also how much sand does it throw on your corals?

 

[40g Nano]

Probably an orange diamond goby.

 

[MohrReefs]

Which kind do you have? Also how much sand does it throw on your corals?

I have a diamond goby. When he first got in the tank, he got sand everywhere on the lower level of the tank, until he made his burrow. After that he stopped getting sand on corals as often. No coral in my tank has ever died from the sand (mines a bit more course than the powdery sand), I usually blow it off with a pipette and its fine, rarely happens.

 

[Big_Mclargehuge]

I have a diamond goby. When he first got in the tank, he got sand everywhere on the lower level of the tank, until he made his burrow. After that he stopped getting sand on corals as often. No coral in my tank has ever died from the sand (mines a bit more course than the powdery sand), I usually blow it off with a pipette and its fine, rarely happens.

Thanks! I'll look into one.