I am asking this because I always get picked on at work for being so sure fish are brackish.
My boss asked me if there are any truly brackish water fish one day, and my first thought was the dragon goby since they are never acclimated to marine and from what I hear only live a few years in freshwater. My boss told me that a few years ago a customer brought in a 20" dragon goby that she said was always kept in freshwater.
Most customers at work who buy dragon gobys do not understand that these grow large and don't eat flake from the surface like normal fish which leads me to believe that these fish wouldn't live long in any water type in that care.
So I am thinking of turning my brackish tank into a high end brackish tank for my G. Tile. Right now it's at 1.016 which I am feeling is probably too high for my knight gobys and my dragon goby. I don't really want to have two running brackish tanks and would prefer one if possible.
So finally. How do I tell when a fish needs to be acclimated to brackish water? What are the symptoms of incorrect salinity?
My boss asked me if there are any truly brackish water fish one day, and my first thought was the dragon goby since they are never acclimated to marine and from what I hear only live a few years in freshwater. My boss told me that a few years ago a customer brought in a 20" dragon goby that she said was always kept in freshwater.
Most customers at work who buy dragon gobys do not understand that these grow large and don't eat flake from the surface like normal fish which leads me to believe that these fish wouldn't live long in any water type in that care.
So I am thinking of turning my brackish tank into a high end brackish tank for my G. Tile. Right now it's at 1.016 which I am feeling is probably too high for my knight gobys and my dragon goby. I don't really want to have two running brackish tanks and would prefer one if possible.
So finally. How do I tell when a fish needs to be acclimated to brackish water? What are the symptoms of incorrect salinity?
