Sunday, October 31, 2010

Re: [tropical fish club] Re: cichlids with a dragon gobi

 

I have to fully agree with Ray on this one!  Convicts are not brackish water fish and would likely eat a dragon goby that is small, and if the goby were large enough to "maybe" hold its own for a little while, they would need different types of environment.  Best to give each plenty of space in its own tank.

Dawn

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--- On Sun, 10/31/10, Ray <sevenspringss@wmconnect.com> wrote:

From: Ray <sevenspringss@wmconnect.com>
Subject: [tropical fish club] Re: cichlids with a dragon gobi
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, October 31, 2010, 12:49 AM

 

To start with, you don't say how large of a tank this is. Further, you should be aware that Convicts can breed almost as easily as rabbits, and when (note -- not "if," as they will) they decide to breed not very much is safe in their vicinity, Lastly, while Dragon Gobies do fine in freshwater as juveniles, at a period of about 6 months on they require increasingly stronger salt additions to their water. Without it, they will sooner or later slowly have a diminished appetite, eventually stop feeding and fail. You will eventually lose this fish as they are brackish water inhabitants when mature, and require conditions at that time of a salinity somewhere in the range of approximately half that of sea water -- or around 1.012 and at least 1.009. Ray

--- In tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com, "rayannie79" <rayannie79@...> wrote:

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> I have a tank that I want to put some convicts in. I also have a dragon gobi in the tank. Will he be okay in the same tank with them?

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