Convict/engineer blenny, jawfish, and small tankmates

[Ricimer]

Hi! I have a 90 gal reef and planning to upgrade to a 210 gal. I like small and medium sized fishes as weel as crustaceans. I am interested in keeping a trio of jawfish or convict blenny / engineer goby. I am hesitating and would like the opinion and most of all experiences of other people regarding compatibility.

1-Would these species represent a threath to small crustaceans (small sexy shrimps, cleaner shrimps, small porcelain crabs, etc.) and to clown goby (gobiodon histrio and citrinis: 1&1/2”)?
2-Is it really a problem to keep them with LPS corals and clams sitting on the DSB?
3-Does their digging disturb DSB’s NNR methodology?

Thanks a lot for your input !!!

Ricimer

 

[Anonymous]

The convivts might eat the sexy shrimp but will leave the rest alone as they are not that agressive IME. They do dig a lot and if there is not enough circulation to keep the sand blown off of the corals/clams it could become a problem.

What jawfish are you thinking of getting?

 

[Ricimer]

You dont see them quite often in my area. One from the Indo-Pacific for sure, so not the pearly/yellow headed. I like blue dot/Rosenblatti.