Asmodeus's 12 gal JBJ DX

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Twin spot gobies are very tricky to switch over to frzn mysis. Most never do & 12g will not have enough live foods & other stuff for them to sift out. They're our favourite fish but they also killed over $100 worth of colourful plate & long tentacle plate corals by burying them with sand while we were out. Like many sandsifters, they'll scoop out a mouth full of sand & drop it where-ever & Murphy's Law states that it must fall on whatever will cost you the most $.

JME,

Anthony

[Skimmerking]

A few more


HOpe tp get the skimmer this week or tomorrow, probably Monday..

[mr_alberta]

Twin Spot gobies eat mainly sand bed fauna. As a result, you need a fairly large and active sandbed to keep them well fed. Unfortunately you won't be able to do that in a 12G JBJ.

I should also note that I don't think you should add a Coral Banded shrimp. As they get larger they will most likely go after your other shrimp (especially the smaller sexy shrimp) and your small fish.

I think a pair of Rainfordi or Hector gobies would look nice in that tank. Another thing to try is a pistol shrimp/goby pair or a yellow headed jawfish species tank.

[Skimmerking]

Ok thanks Scott and Harvey. Cancell those ones out then..

[OCDP]

That's a nice looking nano!

And my aplogies for the "iffy" part on their diet. I didn't read the Liveaquaria page properly! Oops... haha, I'm bad for that.

I thought it said it should be fed all live foods, and not frozen. Hence why I said their diet seems "iffy"

My mistake! Sorry about that

*edit* haha, and in the end I was still somewhat right, haha go figure...

[Skimmerking]

NO problem, I thinking of running my 20 gal as a sump Go figure. May be i will hook up my Barracuda pump on for a return or a Close loop.

Probably have my max i jet 1200 for a return pump..lol. And May be I should put this one into the wall

[Beverly]

Michael,

With the gobies, sounds like you need a male/female pair so they don't fight. Might be hard to distinguish male from female in all species you picked, though I'm no expert. Also, the two spot goby grows to 3" while the other two only grow to 2". Personally, I would go with only one (not a pair) of the 2" species, and perhaps get a mid-water swimming fish, though I don't know what to recommend in that regard.

Also, DO NOT get a coral banded shrimp! They are predators!!!! Especially in a small tank like yours.

Plus, only go with one species of shrimp, either one blood or four sexy. Or two blood shrimp if you only go with one goby and no other fish.

Try to keep your bioload to a minimum and you won't have cyano or other nuisance algae problems down the road.

Kind of a stick in the mud, aren't I Sorry

[Skimmerking]

No by all means Bev you are not a stick in the mud. This is why i posted what i'm doing for this nano. Cause i dont have any idea what to put in there. If it's a big tank well then I your man in a way...

As for the Shrimp I meant that i will have one or the other not all of them.. The free swimming ones i thought about is i very a runt Green chromis that i hve in my 170 gal its about 1
" if that and haven't grown since my 62 gal tank. Ad it should do good in there will see what happens. The chromis is realy easy to catch due to it eats out of my hand and lets me touch him/her..

thanks for the advice and keep the posts coming..

Originally Posted by Beverly

Michael,

With the gobies, sounds like you need a male/female pair so they don't fight. Might be hard to distinguish male from female in all species you picked, though I'm no expert. Also, the two spot goby grows to 3" while the other two only grow to 2". Personally, I would go with only one (not a pair) of the 2" species, and perhaps get a mid-water swimming fish, though I don't know what to recommend in that regard.

Also, DO NOT get a coral banded shrimp! They are predators!!!! Especially in a small tank like yours.

Plus, only go with one species of shrimp, either one blood or four sexy. Or two blood shrimp if you only go with one goby and no other fish.

Try to keep your bioload to a minimum and you won't have cyano or other nuisance algae problems down the road.

Kind of a stick in the mud, aren't I Sorry

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Twin spots I find are usually sold in pairs anyways. I find that they don't do well alone & its very obvious once they pair up. They're so cute (if fish had hands, these would be holding hands).

[OCDP]

ah man, all this goby talk, makes me wish I put some kind of cool goby pair in my tank like these guys... they are pretty cool looking fish. I love my Yellow Watchman.. he's a character alright...but I like fish that have cool colours and just overall neat markings on the body. But that could be another option for you Mike... a Yellow Watchman with a pistol shrimp.. I think it'd be pretty entertaining!