I think a hungry moray prowling about in the middle of the night would tear a molly apart.I think big sailfin mollies would work and not be eaten
I think a hungry moray prowling about in the middle of the night would tear a molly apart.I think big sailfin mollies would work and not be eaten
I must of misunderstood the post. I thought OP was just asking what brackish fish wouldn't outgrow a 55 gallon, not what would be compatible with a moray. Also, I never meant for all these fish to be kept together..it was just a list of small brackish fish. Thanks for the clarificationThe bumblebee,mollies and glassfish would get eaten.
Oh you're welcome,the OP went on to say that he already has a moray and intends to bring in a violet goby and a toadfish.I must of misunderstood the post. I thought OP was just asking what brackish fish wouldn't outgrow a 55 gallon, not what would be compatible with a moray. Also, I never meant for all these fish to be kept together..it was just a list of small brackish fish. Thanks for the clarification
it depends on the grower. But if it's kept in freshwater since a few generations before it's a freshwater fish. U have to ask the grower or the shop. It's not always freshwater, it is indeed mostly brackish but some are freshwater.You have any credible references for the dragon/violet goby being truly fw? I have yet to come across that in any of my reading
The drago. Gobies most commonly available are brackish water fishit depends on the grower. But if it's kept in freshwater since a few generations before it's a freshwater fish. U have to ask the grower or the shop. It's not always freshwater, it is indeed mostly brackish but some are freshwater.
I tried to find the source but its quitte some time ago that I read this.
https://dier-en-natuur.infonu.nl/vissen/63959-drakenkop-gobioides-broussonetti.html (this was not were I read it but it says that some need to be kept in freshwater and others in brackish deepening on the grower
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I wanted to do a brackishwater tank with dragon goby, green puffer and bumblebee but I was told that the dragon goby are mostly freshwater. I think it was on the dutchpufferforum.
But the toadfish and murene are saltwater fish when they are full-grown.
My aquarium is currently at 1.009sg so it qualify at light mid brackishPlaying with the idea of doing a light brackish 55g. What fish can I do that won't out grow this tank?
Wild fish go to changing salinities to get their salt needs, in a aquarium the water tends to stay at a more constant salinity.My aquarium is currently at 1.009sg so it qualify at light mid brackish
However, it is all locally-caught small morays for now.. Uropterygius Micropterus, Echidna Rhodochilus all topped at 30/40cm, and both are true brackish species. There is a G. Polyuranodon a brackish to FW species, for now it's 20cm, this species is said to grow to 80cm, but most does not grow that much. And there is also an E. Nebulosa, a mostly marine eel which are now about 15cm (max length at about 40cm, still rather small), we captured it in a brackish river at 1.014sg, so I decided to keep it here for awhile until we can rehouse it to an SW tank. If it shows any signs of stress I will immediately return it to the river where we found it.
Interestingly I found an article which says that E. Nebulosa prefer brackish water in the wild, even though the writer also recommend pure SW (I agree with the writer though).
http://thepetserver.com/snowflake-eel/