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Scottfree
02-19-2006, 8:57 PM
Has anyone succesfully kept a Dragon Goby, I've had 2 and haven't has success with either. Any secrets shared/pics would be appreciated....
dark_aLLeY
02-20-2006, 12:24 PM
Has anyone succesfully kept a Dragon Goby, I've had 2 and haven't has success with either. Any secrets shared/pics would be appreciated....
They need very clean, brackish water. Have very small appetite too...and only accept live food such as live blood worms and brine shrimps...
good luck*
Scottfree
02-20-2006, 11:28 PM
They need very clean, brackish water. Have very small appetite too...and only accept live food such as live blood worms and brine shrimps...
good luck*
Thank yu, don't think I'll go down that path. My LFS several years ago had an enormous one in with a Pacu, found that quite interesting....
Burbotman
02-20-2006, 11:45 PM
I could not resist. I picked one up today at the LFS. It is a very scrawny 8".
I have it currently in my 10gallon quarentine tank. Appetite is certainly good on it, as it just ate a cube of frozen blood worms and two slices of beef heart.
cmersits
02-20-2006, 11:53 PM
I saw one at petsmart one time, they looked cool, I was going to buy one. Good thing I didnt, I didnt know they need bracksih water
very cool fish, i had one in a fresh water tank for over a year with no problems.
From what I’ve been told they can be kept in fresh water if they are acclimated to it very slowly. Also the only thing he would eat was shrimp pellets.
Don4921
02-21-2006, 4:37 PM
awesome fish!
phreakyfaerie
02-21-2006, 4:41 PM
mine is in fresh water with a little aquarium salt, and it eats frozen brine shrimp and flakes
Don4921
02-21-2006, 4:51 PM
mine died due to salinity
silveraro
02-21-2006, 4:55 PM
Mine eats anything that makes it's way in front of it's mouth.
It likes sinking pellets, alge waffers and any flake food that has sunk to the bottom.
This fish is nearly blind and anything you can do to make sure he gets food will help him out.
silveraro
02-21-2006, 4:56 PM
Oh yea, and I haven't seen it eat anything live yet.
Scottfree
02-21-2006, 9:56 PM
The one's I had were definitley nocturnal feeders, I used to throw in frozen brine, and it would go to town. I think they would eat constantly if they could just friggin see food (insert see food joke here)....
Don4921
02-22-2006, 11:16 AM
can they be kept with other gobies or will it eat them
Scottfree
02-22-2006, 10:57 PM
can they be kept with other gobies or will it eat them
Depends on the Goby, but most fish are very safe with a Dragon Goby, this includes feeder Goldfish. They have terrible vision.....
Burbotman
02-26-2006, 2:19 PM
Depends on the Goby, but most fish are very safe with a Dragon Goby, this includes feeder Goldfish. They have terrible vision.....
Terrible vision is a pretty accurate.
I swear mine is both blind and unable to smell. He constanly moves along looking for food and seems only by luck to find what I put in the tank.
Still having said that-He is one cool fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rottbo
02-26-2006, 2:29 PM
i loved mine till my aro killed him but i had him awhile and he did good just picking up sinking shrimp pellets and he never showed agression he would just push my eel or ropefish out of his cave every now and then he just wanted to be alone
AtomixIGN
02-28-2006, 12:33 AM
Mine escaped. Dead on impact. But while I had them they were awesome to watch. They were active swimmers and ate everything they could
A. Catch
B. Swallow