Aaron-Betta Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Hey all, thought we would stray away from the betta family for once and set up a tank with something different for once. (have umpteen dozen tanks of fighters and a claret betta tank with a couple of Kuhlis) Cycling the tank at the moment but we have some bumble bee gobies waiting in another tank. I was told that they like a bit of tonic salt in their water being that they are brackish fish. How much do I need to use? also what do you suggest as tank mates for them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 i would use marine salt :roll: , and a species only tank works best ,but mollies may be sweet , each gobie needs its own territory , and will not eat flake , pellets Lurves Blood worms , Mysis etc... (frozen or live ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 did ya get the sand from HFF? I got the same stuff! Use Java fern, its salt resistant... and use red sea or instant ocean to put the salinity to 1.005 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 not entirely true in regards to eating flake, as mine does hehe but it didnt for a while but one day just started to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Betta Posted October 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 I got the "sand" from the bird barn. Also got some dark coloured stuff like it too. Used it on my Claret + Kuhli tank. Where abouts do i get java fern from and is it expensive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Betta Posted October 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 by the way, I was told to use tonic salt for some odd reason :-? beats me but i'll use whatever works best. lol. The Gobies seem happy enough in a floating breeding tank in fresh water at the mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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