just wondering if one could live in fresh water and do okay, and what people's experience has been with them.
Dragon Goby
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they are usually sold in full fresh and your other fish probably wouldn't mind a salinity of 5ppt.
I've already answered this question through private message but for the rest of the people reading this thread, no, a violet goby shouldn't be kept in freshwater. They come from brackish estuaries and sometimes the ocean. Living without the salt stresses their bodies and that can eventually lead to death.
For the same reason, it's not OK to keep most freshwater fish in brackish. It causes the same stress.
For the same reason, it's not OK to keep most freshwater fish in brackish. It causes the same stress.
I've kept a violet goby in freshwater for well over five years (I do use conditioning salt, and yes I know its not the same as marine salt), it was about eight inches long when I got it and it is now 16 inches long and probably about an 1 1/2 inch thick. I've never (knock on wood) had a health problem with 'him' and he has always been a great eater (blood worms, brine shrimp, algae wafers,etc). He currently resides in a 100 gallon, well planted, mixed tropical tank, and gets along with all the current residences.
16 inches seems pretty small for five years, but I can't find anything consistent in their growth rates. Some grow to 24" in one year. Others seem to take their sweet time. I just figure it has something to do with the way they're kept.
dragon gobys grow to a max lenth of 55cm with average size 25cm in the wild so 16 inches is a good size for your goby also dragon gobys live in fresh brackish and maine waters in the wild. gobys are a very misunderstod group of fish whos family has had a lot of myths passed alond about them in the 20 years ive been keeping them