violet goby "dragon fish"

[randy86]

Any body know anything about them? . Diet.? Max length? Temperature? Breeding? How to sex? I have one that I baught at the lfs and know very little about him. Other tan he is a scavenger can't see and does well with my larger fish but has cause my schooling fish dissapear. Any thing would be helpful

 

[torres]

Just found some stuff that you are looking for on Wikipedia.
goggling sometimes is faster and better than asking here i guess.

 

[randy86]

I will take a look

 

[siva]

Are you keeping it in a freshwater tank? It's a brackish fish. I probably wouldn't consider it a scavenger. Gobies can be picky eaters. It will probably prefer frozen foods.

 

[randy86]

Actually you might hate me for it but he is completly fresh I got him out of a fresh water tank and have kept him that way ever since. Sounds horrible but I just didn't want to rush killing him. That was the first time I have seem one taken care of other than being brackish. I know wal-mart sometimes sales them but I wouldn't dare buy a fish from there it is horrible a department t store should be allowed to have fish at all especially when their people arnt trained up on them

 

[siva]

Well I don't hate you for it, but the goby surely does. I would never suggest you kill the fish, just set up a brackish tank for it, or rehome it.

 

[Alyxx]

They need large tanks so they can move comfortably, they get very large, and they need a smooth substrate like sand to keep from scratching their bellies. I've done some research on them and plan to add one to my brackish tank once I can move and upgrade it to a 75 or so. Also, I want to be sure my beloved GSP'S are much larger than a dragon goby's mouth...