I just got a gobi. When I put blood worms etc into the tank, my other fish gobble up and pig all the food. I am not sure if my poor Gobi is getting any. Do Gobi eat those shrimp pellets that fall to the bottom? At least the other fish can't grab those and he is getting something.
How can I feed my Gobi dragon?
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Probably talking about this, right? http://www.tropicalfishfinder.co.uk/dbimages/dragon goby2(1).jpg
I don't know too much about them. If he's not getting any food though, I'm afraid you're probably going to have to move him to another tank, or he'll starve.
I don't know too much about them. If he's not getting any food though, I'm afraid you're probably going to have to move him to another tank, or he'll starve.
yes they are brackish and yes they eat the shrimp pellets and algae wafers but as the food sits on the bottom they are like any other scavenger they clean up but mainly at night or when it is dark.
They are filter feeders, try breaking up algea wafers or crushed flake food infront of him and watch him go.
If it is in fresh water chances are he wont live very long, mine spent a couple of days at the surface before he passed, he was sold to me as FW.
If it is in fresh water chances are he wont live very long, mine spent a couple of days at the surface before he passed, he was sold to me as FW.
They will eat the shrimp pellets usually. Also they will pick up and flake scraps that fall to the substrate as well.
Also do not worry about people saying this fish is brackish. I had one for many years in fully fresh water and it did great. Got to around 12" or so and then I came to MFK and everyone kept telling me it was brackish.
So i cycled a new tank and moved the goby over and slowly worked the salt levels up over 6months to 1.002sg. And the fish died after 5 months of that.
Also the largest specimen i have ever seen is owned by a local member here on mfk. The dragon goby is 20yr's old and 18-20". It is about as big around as a golf ball. And looks amazing in person. It has never seen a single grain of salt in its 20yr life in aquaria.
Please do not bombard this person with Pm's because i dug up there thread. lol
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=280225&highlight=conner
Also do not worry about people saying this fish is brackish. I had one for many years in fully fresh water and it did great. Got to around 12" or so and then I came to MFK and everyone kept telling me it was brackish.
So i cycled a new tank and moved the goby over and slowly worked the salt levels up over 6months to 1.002sg. And the fish died after 5 months of that.
Also the largest specimen i have ever seen is owned by a local member here on mfk. The dragon goby is 20yr's old and 18-20". It is about as big around as a golf ball. And looks amazing in person. It has never seen a single grain of salt in its 20yr life in aquaria.
Please do not bombard this person with Pm's because i dug up there thread. lol
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=280225&highlight=conner
I've heard that dragon gobies can be acclimated to freshwater, but that doesn't mean you can just slap one in and expect it not to die. There needs to be a slow change, even when switching to brackish. That's where most of these people go wrong. People buy brackish fish and switch them to fresh instantaneously, killing it, and vice versa.