tailspot blenny stocking advice

[Generator]

I have a 60 gallon AIO. Live rock and places to hide. Currently have a very well-behaved yellow tail damsel, banggai cardinal, yellow watchman and tiger pistol, green banded goby, several peppermint shrimp, various live rock hitchhikers, skunk cleaner and a Royal dottyback who is an absolute jerk. Would it be out of the question to introduce a tailspot blenny with said jerk? TIA

 

[merkmerk73]

I would use an acclimation box but I think the blenny would be fine with all of those fish

It's a totally different conspecific and my tailspot blenny just derps around under coral and does its own thing and the other fish completely ignore it

The only exception would be other blennies - it does not like other esscencius (sp) blennies and will mess with them.

 

[Generator]

I have an acclimation box. The only one I used it for was a firefish goby. Devilspawn still killed it. I imagine it's a more delicate and slower fish.

Good to know about other blennies. I was looking at starry and Barnacle blenny, then fell in love with the tailspot.

 

[Kathy Floyd]

I had a jerk once before too. Definitely prefer the tailspot. Love their personality and I also have two watchman gobies & two pistols.

 

[merkmerk73]

I have an acclimation box. The only one I used it for was a firefish goby. Devilspawn still killed it. I imagine it's a more delicate and slower fish.

Good to know about other blennies. I was looking at starry and Barnacle blenny, then fell in love with the tailspot.

Firefish are too similar in their body type and where they take up space to a dottyback, so that one doesn't surprise me

I don't think a dottyback will care about a goby

But dottybacks are notorious for causing problems

 

[Tamberav]

I would send jerk to the LFS

It's possible he may attack a tailspot... tailspots perch on rocks and dottybacks like to claim it as their own.

A royal gramma has a similar look without being so mean.

 

[Generator]

I would send jerk to the LFS

It's possible he may attack a tailspot... tailspots perch on rocks and dottybacks like to claim it as their own.

A royal gramma has a similar look without being so

 

[Generator]

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[Generator]

I wanted a royal gramma. Once it was caught and in tbe bag he said oh. This is a bicolor pseudochromis but still a hardy fish. Dunno what I was thinking, I always look up things before I commit....but didn't. I tried to catch it a few times after it came home but it has too many places to hide. it chases my little green banded goby so now it hangs out in the spines of my rock boring urchin.

 

[Tamberav]

I wanted a royal gramma. Once it was caught and in tbe bag he said oh. This is a bicolor pseudochromis but still a hardy fish. Dunno what I was thinking, I always look up things before I commit....but didn't. I tried to catch it a few times after it came home but it has too many places to hide. it chases my little green banded goby so now it hangs out in the spines of my rock boring urchin.

little stinker...

fish trap? I have always had good luck with fish traps

It will probably be hard to add any nano fish with that guy in there.

That is really interesting about the green banded gobies behavior. There are some nano gobies that live among the spines of urchins, but never knew a green banded would.

 

[Generator]

little stinker...

fish trap? I have always had good luck with fish traps

It will probably be hard to add any nano fish with that guy in there.

That is really interesting about the green banded gobies behavior. There are some nano gobies that live among the spines of urchins, but never knew a green banded would.

On one hand I love the brazen little turd on the other, I think it wouldn't hurt my feelings if an anemone ate it.

I have at least 3 mantis who so far have been well behaved. I'm not counting on it lasting. So I just bought a trap. Dunno if it will catch a fish?

I didn't know any gobies lived in urchin spines but it makes sense!

 

[kevgib67]

I added a tailspot to atank with 2 clowns, sixline wrass, royal gramma, yellow tail damsel, diamond watchman goby that had been in the tank for over two years. The showed a little interest in him for about five minutes and then he was accepted. Smallest fish in the tank but has the biggest personality.