Knight Goby *UPDATE*

[lmw80]

Just recently got a night goby for my 10 gallon brackish. There were 2 medium size juvenile males, and 2 adult males. Before purchasing this fish, I did a lot of research and it all stated that they were territorial, but a good community tank mate - guppys/livebearers included. Well, a few days have gone by and now there is the night goby (aka fantail goby) and the 2 adults. The juveniles have mysteriously dissapeared, and Lancelot (the Goby) has a content look on his face and a big belly. Hm....

Am I not feeding him enough? I am currently feeding him mostly flake food, mixing in some brine shrimp or bloodworms. Anyone have any experience with these guys? Any suggestions on foods or what else I can do? Thanks

 

[Madame_X]

I can't offer you any help, Lori, but he's a pretty fish!

 

[Allivymar]

Very cool fish.

Unfortunately my brackish knowledge is pretty limited. Throw a post over at www.wetwebmedia.com on their forum. Ananda over there is THE brackish guru and may be able to give you some definite info.

 

[Terry]

Imw80,

I have found a little bit on the knight gobies at.....

www.badmanstropicals.com

HTH

 

[lmw80]

Terry....I can't seem to open the link. It looks like it would be a good link thoughm lol. Is it supposed to be .net? Thank you guys for your support!

 

[Terry]

Sorry, it should be

www.badmanstropicalfish.com

Terry

 

[lmw80]

Thanks Terry!

Ok, here is an update. I didn't want to have to do this, but I went and spoke to a guy at a lfs by me...I went to one of the small family business ones, not a petsmart or other chain. One of the guys had some knowledge about knight gobys. We came up with the idea of getting some feeder guppys. We have them acclimating in a bag in the tank right now. If this works, we will start breeding our guppys and using the fry as food. I figure it's a lot better than buying guppys from the store and having him eat them, cause eventually he will probably get a disease, plus it's a lot easier than having to give the fry to a lfs only to have them mistreated and suffer.

Any thoughts or ideas about this? Good or bad, please feel free to speak your mind. Thanks!

 

[Allivymar]

Hrmm. If your going to use them as feeders, I would do preventative treatment (I don't normally suggest this, but it would suck to have both the guppies AND the goby get ill). I'd give the guppies a 2-3 week QT to be sure they're healthy as well.

 

[Tigerlily]

Are you going to let the adult feeder guppies just do their thing in the goby's tank, or are you going to breed them in a separate tank and then move them over to be lunch when they get to be the right size?

I think it is smart to breed them yourself to cut down on the possibility of disease, I just wonder how big the goby's appetite is. Will he eat the fry faster or as fast as the guppies make them? If you had the fry in a separate breeding tank, you could space his feedings out a little - if it matters.