Plate Coral vs Yellow Clown Goby

[sen5241b]

Recently my plate coral got stressed and pulled in its tentacles. Then my yellow clown goby started sitting on the coral. The coral is fine now and extends his tentacles but my goby still sits on the plate coral and nips at the coral poop as it comes out of the coral's mouth. He doesn't seem to bother the coral. Anybody seen this?

 

[JAG107]

Clown gobies are evil coral pests IME. Pissed off all my SPS til he got a trip to the 3g picotope. Now he hangs out in a nice euphyllia branch. I dunno about plate corals though. Could it possibly eat the goby?....

 

[SSalty]

Clown gobies are evil coral pests IME. Pissed off all my SPS til he got a trip to the 3g picotope. Now he hangs out in a nice euphyllia branch. I dunno about plate corals though. Could it possibly eat the goby?....

I think I have heard of plate coral taking down a fish.

And yes, clown gobies will destroy SPS.

 

[dcantucson]

Maybe they're members of those Insane Clown Posse groupies?

 

[sen5241b]

Last night it seemed like the goby was struggling as he lay on the plate and he had to wiggle loose.

According to Dr Foster the yellow clown goby is reef safe but they did warn about it nipping at acropora.

Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Clown Goby, Yellow

When you research potential new livestock, where can you get the whole story ahead of time?

 

[fishsticks]

funny u post this, my plate coral ate my clown goby whole as he was wiggling

 

[daugherty]

they are reef safe but not safe with sps coral and that plate will eat the goby

 

[Wes888]

When you research potential new livestock, where can you get the whole story ahead of time?

If you just need a cliff notes version of the livestock (which I usually do), I found Live Aquaria has quite accurate information.

 

[winyfrog]

This reminds me of a story.Yes a fish story, about a yellow clown goby. :) I had one in my 240 many years ago he would perch in the same coral day after day, so much that the coral stopped opening so we decided it was time for mr yellow clown goby to go back to the LFS. We lived 45 minutes from the store so we caught mr goby and put him in the sump until our weekend LFS trip. The next day he was back in my tank, weird so we caught him again and put him back in the sump. within 3 hours he was back in the tank. This goby passed through my pump over 6 times before he disappeared. Crazy! :D

 

[Bifferwine]

When you research potential new livestock, where can you get the whole story ahead of time?

Did you ask about it here before you bought it? Any one of us that has had one of these fish would have told you that.

 

[yote]

Did you ask about it here before you bought it? Any one of us that has had one of these fish would have told you that.

Dis is true:Cheers:

 

[dcantucson]

Did you ask about it here before you bought it? Any one of us that has had one of these fish would have told you that.

Live and learn, Sen, live and learn!

 

[sen5241b]

Live and learn, Sen, live and learn!

No, I did not ask. I confess that I gave in to 'new fish emotion' with reckless abandon.

 

[bjohanson1234]

No, I did not ask. I confess that I gave in to 'new fish emotion' with reckless abandon.

Havent we all?

 

[dcantucson]

Sen it's a good thing you don't live in Tucson. I think Biff would hunt you down and spank you! :lol:

 

[Bifferwine]

No, I did not ask. I confess that I gave in to 'new fish emotion' with reckless abandon.

It's okay. It's not like that's what we're here for or anything ;)