Fish for my 5 gallon

[cichlidtom]

I just got a 5 gallon. has been setup for acupple months before i bought it. im wondering what type of fish i could put it in? i was specifically wondering about the Red Stripe Goby, Eviota guttata.

thanks,
thomas j

 

[Anonymous]

Gobies are good fish, basslets, assessors, clowns..of course you cant put all of those...your looking at one fish...i have 5.5 gal housing one false perc and my mantis shrimp..oh and a choco chip star and two large turbo snails...i think that bioload is large for my 5.5 however it does have very clear water and seems to stay the cleanest...

 

[ricky1414]

A yellow clown goby adds alot of flash for its low bioload. Or the Yashi (sp) that is Matt Wandell's avatar would be cool.

 

[cichlidtom]

would the one that Matt has do fine in a 5 gallon? if so, could you give me a price estimate and where to find them?

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, it would. They're available from liveaquaria.com and themarinecenter.com for around $50. If you search "Whiteray shrimp goby Scott Michael" on google.com you will find an excellent article on their care.

 

[cichlidtom]

alright, what about one of those guys with a pistol shrimp or a pair of sexy shrimp? can someone explain the relationship that those fish are supposed to have with the pistol shrimp?

-a false perc in a 5 gallon??? :? ???

thomas j

 

[Anonymous]

prawn gobies have a symbiotic relation with the shrimp/prawn..the gobie acts as the eyes and guard for the shrimp, in turn the shimp makes a home and stirs up food for the goby to eat... John Tullock suggests not having the goby without the shrimp..He states the goby can remain scared and starve to death.. I however do have this neat pair with my pistol and Orange spotted goby...I had the goby months before the shrimp and it did fine....sexy shrimp are not symbiotic with gobies, at least not that i know of, i have heard of sexy shrimp hosting to anemones though
HTH

 

[cichlidtom]

Thanks!! Will the goby and the shrimp almost for sure pair up?

thomas j