Water Cow Goby Tank Mates

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Hom3yboy22

Hom3yboy22

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As the title states i need to know what a water cow Goby can live with. i saw one at the LFS and really liked the fish. i have done some research on what they eat, proper housing, water... but nothing on tank mates. obviously nothing that he can swallow, but how big of a fish can a 8-10 inch one really swallow? i was thinking about keeping him with a 6-7 inch Oscar, a Nimbochromis Ploystigma(about 6 inches long and a 3-4 inch long one), a 9 inch Florida gar, and a peacock bass about 3-4 inches long(he is the one i am worried about). they would all be in a 110 gallon but if necessary i can move the Pbass to a 55 gallon grow-out. (also the small Polystigma if necessary)

What is everyone's thought and opinions on this idea?
 
The bass and smaller African will be lunch.

Burbot - yours seems to be a sleeper goby, which is a different fish.

Water cows are basically half "black" and half tan, lengthwise.
 
Hom3yboy22 said:
As the title states i need to know what a water cow Goby can live with. i saw one at the LFS and really liked the fish. i have done some research on what they eat, proper housing, water... but nothing on tank mates. obviously nothing that he can swallow, but how big of a fish can a 8-10 inch one really swallow? i was thinking about keeping him with a 6-7 inch Oscar, a Nimbochromis Ploystigma(about 6 inches long and a 3-4 inch long one), a 9 inch Florida gar, and a peacock bass about 3-4 inches long(he is the one i am worried about). they would all be in a 110 gallon but if necessary i can move the Pbass to a 55 gallon grow-out. (also the small Polystigma if necessary)

What is everyone's thought and opinions on this idea?
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[video=youtube;Q-sZXs9KWbM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-sZXs9KWbM[/video] They can eat fish almost as large as they are depending on the shape of the fish.
 
fwprawn said:
The bass and smaller African will be lunch.

Burbot - yours seems to be a sleeper goby, which is a different fish.

Water cows are basically half "black" and half tan, lengthwise.
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A water cow is a sleeper goby, the name is spotted sleeper goby(watercow is a made up trade name). 1e.png1e1.png also spotted sleepers aka water cows are not just two toned brown and black the change colors for camouflage or mood.

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Many of the eleotris species of sleeper gobys can change from two toned to another color 1 E.FUSCA 3.png1 E.FUSCA2.png eleotris fusca 1 E.OXYCEPHALA.png1 E.OXYCEPHALA 4.png and eleotris oxycephala are just a couple that also have this camo.

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