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I just set up my moms 1 gallon tank. I used water from my 30 gallon tank. I am planning on putting 2 pounds of live rock in there. I was thinking of putting a 1/2 inch yellow clown goby that I have in my quarentine tank. Any comments are great thank you.

I have serious reservations about a viable 1 gallon marine tank. Anyway... What is a yellow clown goby? I know what clown fish are. I know that some gobies have yellow on them, but never heard of a clown goby before.

A Yellow Clown Goby is just that. They are bright yellow and quite cute.
http://www.fitermania.com/75gallonreef/images/sm_11-11-02_yellow_clown_goby_closeup.jpg

This is an okay picture of them. They are really adorable but I just don't know about putting them in a 1 gallon tank. That is just SO small! I would maybe do a few inverts but that is it. If you insist on putting a fish in the tank then maybe you should look into neon gobies. They are very small and quite active.

http://www.oceanpets.com/images/NEON%20BLUE%20GOBY.jpg

They are very small and very cute. They only get to be about inch long so that would still be pushing the bioload because the ratio for SW is 1 inch of fish to every 4 gallons of water, unlike the FW which is usually 1 inch of fish for every 1 gallon of water. You should take that into consideration.

Well Good Luck!

P.S. Sorry if this seems a little spastic I am at work right now and trying to do a few things at once.


Christina

No problem Chrissy... Thanks for the information and the picture. I just learned a new fish!!!

CC

According to the goby sites I've been looking at for the past 2hours a yellow clown goby actually averages 1/2" less than a neon goby. Still I wouldn't put either in a 1g tank. A 5g seems like a good minimum for any saltwater fish. Putting even a very small active fish in 1g of water doesn't sound like a good idea. With 2lbs of rock in there how much water and swimming space does it actually become... That little goby is going to triple it's size if cared for properly.

1 gallon tank is spelling trouble i would suggest something a little bit bigger.

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pnh

maybe 1 pound of l.r.instead* so yuor fish has more room and you arent cramming it all in that tinny tank


*depends on dimensions id have to see it to know

ph

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pnh

IMo your asking for trouble, speak to posionwaffle i believe he keeps a 2.5g