I just picked up a dragon goby today and hes is currently in a freshwater tank. I understand they are brackish, but will he do OK in freshwater? If not wil my oscars survive in the brackish water?
dragon goby question
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Dragon gobys sometimes survive in freshwater, but most of the time they get start to get sickly and stop eating when they need to be acclimated to brackish water.
Oscars are not a brackish water fish and would die in brackish water.
Plus, when your oscar is an adult, he will probably eat the dragon goby, as they are slow growers and oscars grow quickly and more aggressive.
Oscars are not a brackish water fish and would die in brackish water.
Plus, when your oscar is an adult, he will probably eat the dragon goby, as they are slow growers and oscars grow quickly and more aggressive.
I believe there are two different fish that are sold as dragon gobies, one being freshwater and the other being brackish. They pretty much look the same to me. If I ever find out how to tell the difference then I'll let you know
So its possible that the goby will survive in freshwater?
Im pretty sure it will also be fine with my oscars because they are pretty docile and the goby is only an inch or two smaller than my O's.
Im pretty sure it will also be fine with my oscars because they are pretty docile and the goby is only an inch or two smaller than my O's.
Oscars and violet gobies should not be kept together. The gobies are an estuarine species and the oscars will probably die in brackish.
There are not two species of dragon goby sold in the U.S. If they look the same, they are the same. The difference is that one store doesn't know what it's doing or doesn't care.
There are not two species of dragon goby sold in the U.S. If they look the same, they are the same. The difference is that one store doesn't know what it's doing or doesn't care.
The difference in species is in the area they are collected primarily. I know one species tends to prefer marine water, and the other brackish. I think that everything in the hobby is likely fish farmed in Singapore and is the common brackish species Gobioides broussonetti.
It seems with all brackish fish that sometimes people can get away with full freshwater, when other times the fish requires brackish water. I think rather than being a different species, it is hardiness of the individual fish compared to the other fish of it's species.
It seems with all brackish fish that sometimes people can get away with full freshwater, when other times the fish requires brackish water. I think rather than being a different species, it is hardiness of the individual fish compared to the other fish of it's species.
Surviving & thriving are 2 different things. I had a DG survive in FW for 8 years. It began to get pinkish tumors all over it's body & eventually died from starvation from the one that grew inside it's mouth. I hear this is common for this species when forced to live in FW.
Pufferpunk;4800922; said:
I have never heard of them living in freshwater for this long then dying.
How big did it get?
Also, how big did you get it?
It grew to ~8". It was probably 4" when I got it. Started getting tumors at about 6 years of keeping it in FW.