is territorial to its own kind can it be put in with another golby thats a different color or just one golby a tank? (I mean in general this was only an example)
2007-10-22 15:20:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
The temperment that's listed is usually toward other unrelated fish. In saltwater, it's generally not a good idea to mix species that are closely related, or of the same body shape or color. This is because most of the marine species will behave aggressively toward their own species because the tend to be territorial. And other fish that even looks like it might be a rival is likely to be harrassed.
There are a few species that can be kept as mated pairs (such as clownfish), but you wouldn't be able to keep a third of the same species, or two clowns of different species. Even fewer species are schooling given the limited space you find in aquaria. If you were to dive, you'd see tangs in schools (of a single species), but think about how much space you'd need to provide to have 5-10 of these as 8-12 inch adults swimming rapidly around a tank. Such things are best left to large public aquaria, and home aquaria are typically limited to one (unless you have a several hundred gallon tank). Scissortail gobies and chromis are about the only schooling species you would be able to keep in a commercially available home aquarium in a decent sized school.
That's not to say that you couldn't keep species which are very dissimilar. A bottom goby (such as a clown or watchman) might get along better with a school of scissortail or engineer gobies than with a sand-sifting blenny or jawfish (which would be more similar to the bottom gobies). The less similar the fish, the better the chance they would live together peacefully.
2007-10-22 15:53:17 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not trying to be rude, but I think you mean Goby. But anyway back to your question. Color isn't going to deter the fishes aggression to his own kind.
Now every fish has a different personality, but if they have aggression to other species of the same fish, I would suggest only having one in the tank. Just in case if you bought two and they didn't get along, it would save the time and effort of having to take one of the fish back and so on.
2007-10-22 22:56:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they wont claim the whole tank just a hole in a rock or something small like that so put as many as you want
2007-10-23 14:54:38 · answer #3 · answered by Fatboy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋