Gobies and brackish water

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Not sure if this would be the appropriate board to post this but here goes...

My question has to do with Gobies, specifically freshwater Gobies.

I've recently seen a spree of Purple Spotted Gudgeons in my area and I was thinking of getting some. However I know Dragon Gobies require strict brackish water. Do smaller gobies like the Purple spotted Gudgeon or the Fat Sleeper Goby need the same?
 
I just did a little bit of research, so it's entirely possible that I'm wrong, but the purple spotted gudgeon seems to be a freshwater fish. The fat sleeper goby on the other hand, is brackish. However, when you implied that the fat sleeper goby was smaller than a dragon goby, you were way off. From what I've read, fat sleeper gobies can get in excess of 2' long, about the same length as the dragon goby. It is also much more bulky and aggressive. If the fat sleeper goby isn't too aggressive to keep with a dragon goby, you still have the problem of the sheer size of these two behemoths. Together, I would guess that they need a tank of 200 gallons or so.
Forgive me if I'm wrong. Like I said before, I only did a little bit of research.
 
Dragon cqzzzzz<;1840432; said:
I just did a little bit of research, so it's entirely possible that I'm wrong, but the purple spotted gudgeon seems to be a freshwater fish. The fat sleeper goby on the other hand, is brackish. However, when you implied that the fat sleeper goby was smaller than a dragon goby, you were way off. From what I've read, fat sleeper gobies can get in excess of 2' long, about the same length as the dragon goby. It is also much more bulky and aggressive. If the fat sleeper goby isn't too aggressive to keep with a dragon goby, you still have the problem of the sheer size of these two behemoths. Together, I would guess that they need a tank of 200 gallons or so.
Forgive me if I'm wrong. Like I said before, I only did a little bit of research.
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Oh yeah believe me I know about their sizes. I want to get one of the smaller ones. The Knight and Emperor Gudgeon/Gobies amongst a few others only get to about 6", (From what I've read.). Those are the one's I'd like to keep.

Anyway, thanks for the help, I had a feeling that those Gobies wouldn't require as much of a complex setup as the Dragon.
 
Yeah I think knight gobies would be alright. I don't know about any gudgeons though. Personally when it comes to goby tankmates with a violet goby, I prefer bumblebee gobies. It's an interesting contrast. On one hand there is the large, grayish colored violet goby, and on the other a tiny black and yellow goby. Both have fascinating personalities.
 
Well I don't really care for the Dragon Goby, I don't even have one, I was just wondering if other Gobies/Gudgeons require the same parameters as the Dragon Goby.

I used to have one ages ago but it didn't do too well...
 
It wasn't eating for a while, rarely would it eat. I figured maybe it was just too intimidated or bullied around by my other fish, (A 4" Pleco at the time mainly.), so I ended up giving it to a LFS nearby thinking it would be better off in a not so crowded home.

It ended up dying there. =\
 
knight gobies will never hit 6", they top out at under 4" and do great at just about any BW salinity, over the course of 4yrs i had mine everywhere between 1.002 and 1.026 until he jumped out of the rimless tank. bumblebee gobies are great however i found them to be exessively stupid, they looked really awesome sitting in the tank and jumping around but they never ate anything unless you dropped it right on their nose.
 
That's weird. My bumblebees aren't stupid at all. When there's food in the tank, they don't waste time going to it. Even my idiot guppies know what's going on, aswell as my "blind" violet goby.
 
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