Dragon Gobi

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I did research too before I bought my goby. He still went into fresh, because despite the many pages I had read on them, I still didn't know how to take care of him properly.
I'm not telling you this to destroy your love of this hobby. I just love these fish and it bothers me when people keep them in fresh. Not for one second do I doubt that your fish is healthy and beautiful-at the moment-but I do doubt that it will last for 10-15 years (that's their lifespan).
Obviously I can't help your goby, but hopefully the poster of this thread (and anybody else who reads this) will take my (and many others') advice.
The way you said that, it's as though you actually trust your LFS. There's only one around here for miles and miles that I trust. All the others are pure garbage. It's never a good idea to go by what the LFS tells you.
Oh well. I wish you and your goby the best of luck.
 
Aw man FalconKeeper that's not good. I don't want his goby to die. He's the same way I was when I first got my goby. Hopefully he'll take the same road I did and change it to brackish.
BTW, what's a silver dragon goby? In your signature it says 1 violet goby and 1 silver dragon goby. What the heck is that?
 
I just got a dragon goby the other day. I bought him in a FW environment but he got drip acclimated to my BW 75 G Tank (SG 1.013)

All my fish dont seem to have a problem with him, but its day 2 and I tried getting him some bloodworms because I did my research and it says thats what they like and he's not really swimming around looking for it. He only happens to eat one if it hits him in the face or if its literally right in front of him.

Do you think this is because its only his second day in the tank? I have a big tube like ornament for him to hide in...But he hasn't gone into it yet...I dont know if cant make the connection or what?

My tank already has CC so Im not gonna switch my entire substrate simply for one fish. Everyone else seems ok with the CC...

My water parameters are at 0 PPM's and my pH is at 8.2

So I hope he starts eating in a few days.
 
Dragon Gobies are near blind. If he's having a hard time finding food then use a turkey baster and put the blood worms in front of his mouth. Also if you get him on shrimp pellets (i recommend wardley's as they break up into small pieces) be sure to drop them in the same spot at each feeding and he will learn to look there first.
 
Mine certainly has no trouble finding bloodworms. I let them thaw first in a small cup with water and then dump it into the tank, so maybe the commotion attracts him.
Don't worry about the ornament. Whenever I put something new in the tank for mine to hide under, it takes awhile for him to realize that it might make a good home.
About the CC...Please reconsider not getting sand if the goby starts tearing its fins on the coral. That happened to mine and I was using small, rounded, smooth gravel.
 
Dragon cqzzzzz<;2501238; said:
Mine certainly has no trouble finding bloodworms. I let them thaw first in a small cup with water and then dump it into the tank, so maybe the commotion attracts him.
Don't worry about the ornament. Whenever I put something new in the tank for mine to hide under, it takes awhile for him to realize that it might make a good home.
About the CC...Please reconsider not getting sand if the goby starts tearing its fins on the coral. That happened to mine and I was using small, rounded, smooth gravel.
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I was curious if later on down the line i replace my substrate with sand....How do you go about cleaning the tank with the python? Wouldnt it just suck all the sand through the tube? :confused:
 
Not ALL the sand, but definitely some of it. I just use a regular siphon (can't think of the name right now). The sand ends up at the bottom of the bucket. When it's there, you can either put it back in the tank, or swirl the water around when you're doing water changes to make cool swirly patterns on the bottom of the bucket. LOL
 
Dragon cqzzzzz<;2501661; said:
Not ALL the sand, but definitely some of it. I just use a regular siphon (can't think of the name right now). The sand ends up at the bottom of the bucket. When it's there, you can either put it back in the tank, or swirl the water around when you're doing water changes to make cool swirly patterns on the bottom of the bucket. LOL
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No No, I think you misunderstood me. The python is this syphon aparatus that connects to a hose and the other end connects to the sink. When I start doing the water change I would imagine that the python would suck in the water with the sand and it would be released on the other end into my sink drain:ROFL: So how would I go about cleaning a sand substrate without sucking in all sand and losing it? Do I just pre-swirl the sand so that the doodie kicks up and I syphon from the top water so I dont suck in any sand?
 
I suppose that might also work, but at first you might kick up some ligher grains that would stay in the water column and get sucked up anyway. Still, it wouldn't be as bad.
 
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