Dragon Goby?

[Hao]

hello everybody,is a dragongoby agressive? will a 6~8" goby do well with bichirs 6~12"? and ropefish 8"?arowana16"?

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

Do some reasearch. They are brackish water fish and keeping them in frshwater will shorten there life span considerably.

 

[Hao]

really? snook21 and petsmart has them in fresh

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

Alot of people put them in fresh water. Along with green spot puffers and mono's and archers. But they are all brackish fish. People do it and you can to but i would not. Just letting you know the facts.

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

You could probably get a few years out of one in fresh but think about it like living with a large rubber band around your neck.

 

[Hao]

ok but is it agressive?

 

[Mudfrog]

Not aggressive at all, except to other dragon gobies during feeding time. These guys are basically blind and are filter feeders so they can require special care to ensure they get their share of food, especially when in with other fish.

 

[dragonfish]

Plan on brackish for long term health. Either target feed when smaller or put in with non aggressive feeders. Unless there is a big enough source of small food it will not compete with fast eaters and starve.

 

[jartist15]

really? snook21 and petsmart has them in fresh

hahaha, never use petsmart as a basis for fish

I have mine with a ropefish in a 75 gallon, (as of now i am trying to get a brackish setup going but i can't find a cheap tank) the only thing he ever didn't get along with was my dwarf frogs at feeding time, they would bite at him so he would almost fit them in his mouth, usually happened once a week