View Full Version : Can anyone ID this fish??
sweetdreams12477
07-29-2007, 6:29 PM
Please help me ID this fish. I have had him since March he was about 3" then now he is about 10".
Gobiodes broussonetii? I could be wrong.
ShadowBass
07-29-2007, 6:50 PM
Gobiodes broussonetii? I could be wrong.
That's what it looks like to me too.
shoefreak03
07-29-2007, 6:54 PM
i think it is a gobioides bruossoneti. they are commonly sold as violet or dragon goby at LFS.
sweetdreams12477
07-29-2007, 7:02 PM
Thank you all for the help
killerfish
07-30-2007, 6:35 PM
i think it is a gobioides bruossoneti. they are commonly sold as violet or dragon goby at LFS.yep
killerfish
07-30-2007, 6:37 PM
also they should be feed smaller food like brine shrimp bloodworms glass worms mysis shrimp and other frozen foods feeder guppys are to big they are filter feeders and can't hunt or eat hole fish well
CORVETTE
07-30-2007, 6:49 PM
He must be feeding it right if it grew from 3" to 10" a little late to change to there proper food don't ya think? (keep feeding them what your feeding them)
I want to see how big he gets. Looks good
sweetdreams12477
07-30-2007, 11:34 PM
He has been eating all the small bits of flake that fall to the bottom of the tank and maybe a few guppy frys.
After i posted this i measured him and he right under a 12. So he has been growing about 2" each month.
kntrygrl4lyfe
08-02-2007, 9:16 AM
I thought those were brackish?
They are esturine fish and can survive in a number of different salinities, as in the wild, they constantly change anyway. They do do a bit better in brackish though IMO. Anyway, if you want to do some more info on them, as you don't know much, use the search, I for one have given lots of info on them in the past. Very cool gobies, the most monster species where they are found too! ;)
dragonfish
08-02-2007, 7:21 PM
Really cool goby. That is an amazing growth rate, what are you feeding it?
kntrygrl4lyfe
08-02-2007, 11:45 PM
I think they said just flakes, and maybe guppy fry.
I know the ones at petsmart never looked good, I always thought it was b/c they were in fresh. Thats pretty neat though, I didnt know that they could live in both.
sweetdreams12477
08-03-2007, 1:39 AM
Thank you all for your comments. At this time i am going to keep him how he is@ least until i get a bigger guppy tank and will be able to change it over for him. Does any know if a 30 gallon tank will be big enought for him?
the dragon gobies mouths are large,their throats are small. Mine eat frozen bloodworms,brine shrimp,and mysis shrimp. The salinity in my tank is 1.010.
deangelo
08-03-2007, 6:22 AM
violet or dragon goby, nice and thick...:)