Stock list for 32 Biocube

own1996 · Oct 7, 2019

We currently have a 32 Biocube with 2 peppermint shrimp, 2 red legged crabs, 1 banggai cardinal and 2 ocellaris clowns. We would like to add 2, possibly 3 fish in the future. We would like a goby/shrimp pair. Suggestions for type of goby? Should a goby and blenny be okay together and if so, suggestions for type of blenny? One other possible choice for us would be a royal gramma or red stop light cardinal fish. No corals at this point but plan is to add some in the future. We definitely want to do the goby/shrimp pair but are open to suggestions for the other one or two fish. Thanks in advance for advice!

Malifry97 · Oct 7, 2019

Maybe a yellow watchman goby and a royal gramma and a nem but if you want corals I wouldn’t add anything more than 2 fish and a nem

luv2lopeqhs · Oct 8, 2019

If you want to do a shrimp goby pair. I have always liked the High fin goby or a Yasha goby with a Randall's Pistol Shrimp.
The Yasha is bit less common, a much more striking fish but it’s more expensive. The High Fin is an attractive neat little fish but it’s more common and less expensive. The Randall’s Pistol Shrimp stays small so they work well in a smaller system.
Also if you wanted to add something else on the small side a group of Red Neon Eviota Gobies are really fun and they are pretty small (1” max size) so very low bioload so you could have a small group.

I have a Randall’s & Yellow Assessor, High Fin Goby with Randall’s Pistol Shrimp, a Picasso Clownfish, and a group of 4 Red Neon Eviota Gobies in my Waterbox 20 Cube. So I have 8 fish total in there, but the size and bioload is reasonable considering the smaller size of half of the inhabitants and that they occupy different areas of my tank. My tank is full of LPS corals and everyone has been doing great and my Nitrates are never high. Water change done every other week.
I’ve attached a few pics of one of my Red Neon Eviota Gobies. This is the biggest one of the group and it’s is always hanging out and isn’t deterred by even the bigger fish at feeding time.