Bumble Bee Gobies

[amphibianboy528]

Hi,

I would like to know if you add1 teaspoon for a gallon to a tank with a betta in it,would the betta die?Because I have Bumble Bee gobies and according to my book it said some fish(bumble bee gobies)will do better and will not affect any other fish if you add 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of salt to the tank.Will this affect my fish?my fish are 4 coolie loaches 1 male betta and I will be adding some more fish to the 25 gallon tank.This tank is basically a Asian River Biotope.

 

[Menagerie]

I would like to know if you add1 teaspoon for a gallon to a tank with a betta in it,would the betta die?

That will not affect the betta, that will not affect the specific gravity of the tank either.

Because I have Bumble Bee gobies and according to my book it said some fish(bumble bee gobies)will do better and will not affect any other fish if you add 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of salt to the tank.

What book is this? BB gobies are brackish water fish. My gobies are kept in a BW tank with a specific gravity of 1.015.
I have kept bb gobies before in FW, and they do not do as well (then I did some serious research). Aside from that bb gobies are little nippers and I don't believe your betta and goby will get along for too long.

 

[amphibianboy528]

The book was "The Complete Aquarium" byeter W. Scott.kSo I'll keep the BB gobies in their own tank and leave the betta and the other tank mates alone.I also have a question about BB gobies.I have had them for a while and they don't seem to be eating.They are still alive and look healthy but I never see them eat.The pet store that I bought them from said that they ate flakes while they had them,same goes with my butterfly gobies.I don't wan't any of my precious gobies to die,please help me.

 

[swanandmokashi]

I add 1/2 tsp (total) to my 3 gallon tank . the betta is happy in it

 

[Pufferpunk]

Generally, BBGs do not eat flakes. Better try something else, before they starve. Mine love blackworms.

 

[amphibianboy528]

how do you feed bumble bees black worms?Since they mostly stay on the bottom of the tank.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Put them into a cone worm feeder. They will squiggle out 1 at a time & eventually all the BBGs will be hanging out under it, catching the worms as they fall. Very cute.

 

[sicklidkid]

Pufferpunk, could the same be done for DPs?

 

[Pufferpunk]

Of course! I have a cone feeder in every one of my 7 fish tanks.

 

[amphibianboy528]

okay thnks pufferpunk,and also I tried live brine shrimp and they ate most of it.Well i guess that is cause they are preditors.Also I want to try water fleas,have you fed any of your fish/fry water fleas.Please help me here,I have tried everything.And it said on a site that they would eat almost anything that can fit in thier mouths,so I wanna try water fleas.Thanks!

-amphibianboy528

 

[Pufferpunk]

Never heard of them. You can try small pieces of freeze-dried plankton too. Also frozen glassworms.

 

[Menagerie]

Aside from being finicky eaters, bb gobies are quickly out competed for food. My bb gobies eat whatever frozen foods I feed. They also swim around and grab food. How much salt is in the bb gobie tank? Have you checked the salinity level with a hydrometer?

 

[amphibianboy528]

well i havn't checked the salt for a long time so I don't know what the saltinity woulb be.But what should the saltinity be?

 

[Menagerie]

I keep mine around 1.015.

 

[amphibianboy528]

ok and how should I have the salt added?By tap water or straight to the tank?

 

[Menagerie]

When I do a water change, I mix the marine grade salt in the water to go into the tank. I boil a kettle of the water to help the salt dissolve and add it to the bucket and mix. Once the water is back to the temp I want it, I add the salt water.

 

[amphibianboy528]

okay