I'm not really sure where to put this but was wondering If anyone has successfully kept a Jade Goby with mildly aggressive cichlids? I just ran across 1 at the LFS and its really the first one I've ever seen around here. I'd love to go back and pick it up but I don't have much experience with them. He's a cute little bugger but I wouldn't want him to end up dead. He's about 4.5 inches and really nice looking. I was thinking about putting him with my Herichthys Pearsi who is really mellow as far as cichlids go.
Jade Goby
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IME, jade gobies, Dormitator maculatus, are pretty tough and should have no problems holding their own w/ "mildly aggressive" cichlids. They do get BIG though, over 2 feet according to fishbase.org:
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/spe...27&genusname=Dormitator&speciesname=maculatus
I've personally had some that were around 12 and 14 inches before I sold them.
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/spe...27&genusname=Dormitator&speciesname=maculatus
I've personally had some that were around 12 and 14 inches before I sold them.
OH MAN! Thats just what I wanted to hear. I've wanted one of these babies for a while so I think Friday I'll go get the little guy.
But they're not an aggressive fish right? They just will eat anything that will fit into there mouth kind of like Pikes? I heard that they are pretty mellow fish but maybe my info is wrong.
Will they accept flake, pellets, frozen foods like my other fish? I have my tank at 7.4 ph. Is that doable for the Jade? I do have a 180 gallon blackwater tank but the ph on that runs somewhere around 6.2 with a Temp of 84 and has a Red Tabajos pike in it that may eat the Jade so I'm not sure if i would want to chance that tank.Oddball;667387; said:
They will accept just about any food but to do best need some vegetable based foods, in the wild they eat quite a bit of hair algae.
Mine started out around the 2.5" mark and are now around 7"+, Raised with african cichlids until they outgrew the tank. Now living in my 120. In the last pic the barbs are 4-5 inches for reference. I did have to seperate my two gobies around the 6 inch mark due to the one inch larger one CONSTANTLY harrassing the smaller one. Hope this helps.
