Adding purple goby and yellow watchman goby

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  1. nanomania

    nanomania Vagabond Butterfly

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    Guys i have a pair of oc clowns in my 42g, can i now add purple fire fish along with a yellow watchman goby? Im confused, as i dont know wether my clowns will kill them or no.
     
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  3. civiccars2003

    civiccars2003 Great Blue Whale

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    Keep in mind your tank is very new. Like I have mentioned before, you need a lot more live rock!!! YWG typically live under rock making caves in your sand bed. They like a deep sand bed. I also noticed you posted a picture of your parameters. Please look into getting better test kits.
     
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  4. nanomania

    nanomania Vagabond Butterfly

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    Iv ordered dead rocks already, they are coming next week
     
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    nanomania Vagabond Butterfly

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    More live rocks (dead dry though)
     
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    nanomania Vagabond Butterfly

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    So now while rescaping, i can add the gobies right?
     
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    You need to wait until the bacteria colonize on the new rock, that's the whole point of having live rock. The rock your adding isn't live yet. You keep adding fish your gonna end up with new tank syndrome. It's still very new, you need to be patient.
     
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  9. nanomania

    nanomania Vagabond Butterfly

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    What if i add jus one fish with them? The main reason for adding liverock is, so tht the agression of my clowns go down as the scape changes and also will add fish with it. What say?
     
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    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    DSC is right, your bacteria will not be able to keep up with the increased bio-load if you move to quickly. remember values can become a lot more toxic rapidly in smaller systems. take it slow.....
     
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  11. Piano10

    Piano10 Aiptasia Anemone

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    When your tank is ready you can add those fish. Definitely wait until your system can handle the bioload.

    I've had a yellow watchman and a firefish with oc. Clowns, they never bothered them.
    The watchman will find a home in the rockwork and will only venture a little bit away from it.

    Firefish are jumpers, i would recommend you have some sort of protection on the top of the tank like eggcrate to prevent it from getting out.
     
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  12. nanomania

    nanomania Vagabond Butterfly

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    I have a clear acrylic sheet for that.