decided to move the gobies with everyone else. opinions needed

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My 2 10" dragon gobies are taking up space in my 45G. they have it all to themselves. I decided to move them into the docile 55. It has 2 medium angelfish, 2 silver dollars, and 5-8 1.5" buenes aries tetra, a 5-6.5" rapheal , 4" pleco, 4" mystery synodontis , a corydoras that weve had for over a half a decade, and a 4" blue crayfish. this cray, we have had for over a year, it has not touched the angels, they live next to him. the corydoras can even kick him out of his own spot. hes a harmless pushover. .
I plan to put them in sometime tonight. my only concerns are that the active tetra school will startle the lazy dragons at first and the gravel, but its somewhere about the size of what they have now. they will intiminate the cray with there look and size anyway.
 
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I rr-really don't kknow.
 
Those gobies would be soo much happier back in the 45 if it was brackish.
 
They should be fine but don't trust the cray. Also, as mentioned, even a little salt will improve the health of the gobies, one tablespoon per every 5 gallons is a level that won't bother your other inhabitants or damage any but the most sensitive of plants.
 
guppy;612528; said:
They should be fine but don't trust the cray. Also, as mentioned, even a little salt will improve the health of the gobies, one tablespoon per every 5 gallons is a level that won't bother your other inhabitants or damage any but the most sensitive of plants.
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thanx guppy thats just what i was hoping for. they are in fresh, and i have tracked there past owners. they have been fresh aclimated for over a year.
 
They will eventually outgrow it, if well kept they can reach 24", even so they would fit a 75g at that size.
 
I move the gobies in. they took it well. the peuanus (more adaptible to fresh) goby had a tiny red ulcer on her specilized fin, that i noticed when moving her. the common, less fresh-tolerant goby was completly fine. I added a little bit of sea salt (don't worry, the real kind) and they are doing pretty good.
With the 45 pretty much empty, i mover the convict fry in there for growout and mating.

i moved my 5" sengal to the 10G because the rd beat the crap out of him, and to grow out. it looks like he has a terminal deasese, unfortumitly. you can see the top part of his skull, and it has bubbles in it. he has A balance/buyence problem, for the first couple of minutes, after u move him to a diff. tank, but now hes acting normal. the large parrot turned from deep orange, to white/hot pink, for some reason. I guess, he was just pissed because i did a water change. fine now
 
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