goby question

[mister crabs]

ok so we want a goby for our new tank to keep that sand lookin good. i have heard a diamond watchman goby works well or a blennie of some kind. what do you guys think? any other sand sifters that do a great job of keeping sand clean? and how deep of a sandbed is required? I am going to starboard bottom in tank then rock and fill sand around so i dont have to worry about the little guy digging around rock and having it fall over. any problems with this plan or suggestions to make it better? (scratch)

[Alterego]

Diamond watchman gobies do a good job, bullet gobies and dragon gobies do well also. A higher maintenance fish is the twin spot gobie.

[mister crabs]

higher maintenance how so?

[R-3]

I think most twin-spots arent as hardy as most others. Thats just what Ive heard from most people. Ive had a yellow watchman for 2 years and hes been great. Later Ryan

[Ronjunior]

I've heard and read the twin spotted gobies do better in pairs.

[oldbrownies]

twin spots need to be kept in pairs, but they stay fairly small too, but without its partner the lonely one will usually die quickly. It's kind of a really cute thing for a fish to do

[mister crabs]

how big of a tank would i need for a pair? and are they hard to come by in pairs? I assume you gus are talking about mated pairs?

[Michael7979]

You can usually find two at a store IF a store can get them in. I have seen them at Advanced and Fanta-Seas

[superjohnny]

Just fyi...Fantaseas had a few of them when I was in last week.