Dear Oddball

[toehead11183]

I keep Tangs and my wife saw a goby she likes. Tanganicodus irsacae i understand you have some.
In the 150:
6 3" frontosa
3 3" peacocks
1 3" leleupi
1 2" juliedocromis marliero
1 1.5" black calvus
1 1.5" brevis
4 clown loaches
and a 2" madtom catfish.
is the goby compatible with what i have. i think the fronts will eat it.
is there any special treatment or care that the goby needs?
i have a 29g i can use if not compatible with the 150 tank but id like to put it in there instead of setting up a new tank.

 

[Taz2478]

My Bichir ate mine but the Frontosa never bothered em. You should be good. they ate flakes, pellets and frozen foods...

 

[Oddball]

Your fronts will eventually pose a threat to Tanganicodus. If you're interested in keeping goby cichlids with fronts, there are a few larger types with a couple being readily available. The largest is Spathodus sp with Eretmodus cyanosticus running second in size. Spathodus males will reach the 4" mark, Erets the 3" mark. And, Tanganicodus will only reach the 2.5" mark.
All the goby cichlids are algae grazers and can be fed primarily on spirulina flakes, pellets, wafers, sticks, etc. They're actually omnivorous so the occassional meat protein-based foods should be offered.

 

[toehead11183]

thank you oddball

 

[WolfFisho1]

oh what it isnt dear wolffisho1 !? haha

yea i wouldnt write a threzd for me either! yea just listen to oddball! i came into this thread knowing exactly what i was about to write! but up oh well oddball already wrote it all! grr!

 

[toehead11183]

maybe next time