Pair of Yellow Clown Gobies

[Ray]

I have 2 clown gobies that are killing my Staghorn and I need to get them out! I would not recomend putting them in an SPS tank. I hate to get rid of them because they are really cute to watch and snuggle up together in my SPSs. I would say they are going to most likely lay eggs soon but have not yet.

I have only removed one so far (put in fuge) but as soom as I get the other one out I will bring them to the LFS if no one here is interested.

[dr.steve]

hi ray
i would be interested iin them, actually heading to saugus with one of my carpets in 15 minutes, peabody is near, how much ?
steve

[Bidadari]

Ray,
If Dr.Steve doesn't take them, I'm interested.

[Ray]

Ok I will let you know, right now I am still trying to catch the other little bugger

[ScottM]

I hate to get rid of them because they are really cute to watch and snuggle up together in my SPSs.

snuggle ???? come on ray, a grown man with a truck like yours has no business using the word snuggle to describe his fish.......
but they are nice fish

[Ray]

I knew someone was ging to give me ******** for saying that :) I am surprised it went this long

[Piscevore]

C'mon scott, you should know better....a guy with a truck that big ALWAYS has something to hide...in Ray's case, well, he's a Spooner :)

[jango]

snuggle ???? come on ray, a grown man with a truck like yours has no business using the word snuggle to describe his fish.......

or cute...

[jango]

ray how do these guys harm sps?what is happening to the sps are they just rubbing spots off?

[Piscevore]

I guess the worst is when they lay eggs on the sps and it will cause tissue losses in those areas. I can imagine if the SPS isn't well attached it would cause some problems also ... they're really nice looking fish though. I wish I had more encrusted (any) so I could take them off your hands... (aquamend doesn't count as "encrusted")
heh

[Ray]

They nip at the polyps and yes I have several spots with severe tissue loss and 70% of it is brown and even white in a couple of spots in addition to the spots with tissue damage :(
I have 1 of them out but I am having trouble catching the other sucker, I moved the stag into a spot where a good amount of flow is on it and the goby can not stick to it so it has been wandering around the tank looking for a new place to make a home. There is one specific coral I hope he sleeps in because I will be able to get him out no problem if he does.....that is how I got the other one out ;)

[Bidadari]

I have a 30g anemone/softies tank that would be perfect for the pair :)

[Cliff Tishler]

Ray-Are the clown gobies gone?

[Ray]

not yet, I only have 1 of them out and I am having a tough time catching the other one. I have not herd back from Dr steve to see if he wants just the one until I catch the other or if he wants to wait.

[Greg Hiller]

Ray,

If anything falls through I'll be happy to take both of them. Just shoot me an email.