Hi-fin banded and yellow clown

[Cyclura]

I want to put one or two of the following species in my 29gal seahorse reef with 2 H. erectus.

Hi-fin-red banded goby
yellow clown goby
catalina goby

Which would best suite my tank and can i potentially put 2 specimens of any of those species (most likely one of each 2 species that would work out best) in my tank?


-adam

[Cyclura]

nobody has an idea?

[Seahorsedreams]

I had a power outage and it fried my computer. I'm touch and go for while. This laptop sucks.

The hi fin and yellow clown will do fine if you want to keep fish with you horses... well they typically do fine. There is no guarantee. Some horses tolerate tankmates well, some react poorly. There is also the risk of introducing disease. My friend introduced a yellow clown and all specimens in the tank died with aeromonas. Make sure either fish are as big as they can be... they have been known to try and snick small fish... sometimes damaging their snout.

The catalina goby is an inappropriate addition to any warm water tank. I know they are often available at the LFS sharing the tanks with the warmer species, but come dip your toe in the pacific here where I live on the shores across from Catalina Island.... it really REALLY cold.

[Amphibious]

Good advice dreams, Catalina need cooler water and often bring Ich to our reef tanks. They are beautiful no doubt but problematic in a reef tank.

[Cyclura]

i wasnt aware of exactly how cold catalina gobies needed their water to be. I just figured that since the seahorses are at cooler temps, why not add a catalina? but like the saying goes...you live, you learn.

i guess my main concern is, can i put a hi fin AND a yellow clown in the 29gal with my horses and not worry about overloading the bio filter?

[Seahorsedreams]

Ya, I'm sure both will be fine.

[saxman]

i wouldn't run a catalina goby over 70*F. a bit cooler is even better.