DragonGobySista
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I have been thinking about setting up a 40 gallon long, short FW tank. I am really wanting to have a m/F pair of gold Australian gobies, an Ivory, magenta, blue and gold pomacea bridgesii/mystery snails. I also thought I could add an albino Cory cat. WalMart(who I son trust) says that albino Cory cats can do well as a single, 3 or more. By I know most Corie's like to school in 6+, so the Cory cat would probably not be a good idea right? I am eager to find out what you all think.
BTW I was gonna put a sand bed mix of aragonite or very fine crush coral & fine aquarium sand and some smooth river stones for the snails and for the goby to perch on. a few inches maybe. I wanted a long and short aquarium mainly for the desert gobies. U know they like to swim up to the surface to breath and because they don't have a swim bladder? the shorter the distance to the surface the better. In the wild they live in really shallow waters in deserts. I was gonna plant it with Marimo moss balls (I love them). I always put a filter larger than the tank size. I have a 10 gallon now with a 20-30gallon filter. So for the 40 gallon was thinking about a 45+ HoB. A few rocks and decor for caves.
I'm probably not going to add the albino Cory cat, but definetley want the gobies and mystery snails. I'm sure it'll be fine, I'm just worried because male desert gobies I hear are somewhat aggressive with the same and different species. Don't want them to harm my mystery snails. Oh is 40 too small? Could I go smaller or larger being that if I have baby gobies and snails.
Thank you in advance!
BTW I was gonna put a sand bed mix of aragonite or very fine crush coral & fine aquarium sand and some smooth river stones for the snails and for the goby to perch on. a few inches maybe. I wanted a long and short aquarium mainly for the desert gobies. U know they like to swim up to the surface to breath and because they don't have a swim bladder? the shorter the distance to the surface the better. In the wild they live in really shallow waters in deserts. I was gonna plant it with Marimo moss balls (I love them). I always put a filter larger than the tank size. I have a 10 gallon now with a 20-30gallon filter. So for the 40 gallon was thinking about a 45+ HoB. A few rocks and decor for caves.
I'm probably not going to add the albino Cory cat, but definetley want the gobies and mystery snails. I'm sure it'll be fine, I'm just worried because male desert gobies I hear are somewhat aggressive with the same and different species. Don't want them to harm my mystery snails. Oh is 40 too small? Could I go smaller or larger being that if I have baby gobies and snails.
Thank you in advance!