Dragon eel....

[Dovii dude]

Just got 1,he is about 6-7 inches long,this has got to be 1 of the most majestic fish i have ever seen!!With its pink face and blue body,not to mention its top fins,this fish is gorgeous!!Anyone own 1 or ever have??Any info is greatly appreciated!!!Pics would be really cool.

 

[WyldFya]

Are you refering to one of the dragon moray enchelycore paradalis, or are you talking about the dragon goby, gobioides broussonnetii, fish from freshwater?

 

[Dovii dude]

dragon gobie.

 

[mudskipper]

first of all, it only has the monster look. it is harmless. almost blind. the most dangerous looking thing about it, the mouth, is actually harmless, the throught is tiny. it can't even get down a baby neon. slightly brackish, completly community. alot of people asoume they are aggressive and preditory, so they put there dragons with simalar fish like cichlids, and they get killed. they look great with neons.

 

[fishcatch22]

they are harmless to all but the tiniest fish, thought they can and will hit almost 2 feet in total length. they need mid range BW and live/frozen worm foods and other stuff like that.

 

[Dovii dude]

What will they eat??

 

[loyaluntodeath]

yea...i have dragon gobys at my store and i need to know what they eat...

 

[guppy]

They are detritus feeders in the wild, the best luck that I have had with them was with well soaked flake food and filter gunk injected into a patch of sand, brine shrimp (including dead ones, and most of all tubifex or black worms. The biggest problem is that they are not aggresive feeders so other fish often get the chow before they do. Do a forum search for broussonettii or dragon eels, there are a couple great threads, good pic of a large one here http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17482&page=3&pp=10&highlight=violet+goby

 

[Mudfrog]

yea...i have dragon gobys at my store and i need to know what they eat...

I primarily feed mine Wardley shrimp pellets as they break up and are very easy for them to eat, aside from that they will get algae waefers and raw shrimp that has been cut up into fine pieces. They will also eat blood worms but I'm allergic so I can't feed those..

If they are in a tank with other bottom dwellers try to get some food near their head since they are basically blind and they have a hard time competing for food.

Here is a good article on them.. and yes.. most of the pics pics in the article are of mine

Dragon Goby Article

 

[killerfish]

thay have some at my lfs thay put rosy red minnows in thare thinking thay would eat them becuse of those huge mothes but thay are harmless and are pretty slow so keep that in mind when you look for tankmates