Dixon1990 Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Could 4-6 bumblebee gobys be kept in a heavily planted 40L tank with a male siamese fighter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 no totally different water conditions imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 they are? As in PH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Bumble bee gobies , like to be in brackish conditions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 I have read that there are 3 species, 1 like full fresh and 2 like brackish. :-? And the lfs has them in full fw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 LFS will keep most if not all types of brackish fish in fresh water while in the shop, all will live while young but will not thrive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Yeah the ones that normally come in through the suppliers are brackish bumblebee gobies... and they are sold to the LFS being kept in freshwater, well they arrive from suppliers in freshwater so... :roll: They definately do alot better in brackish conditions and as Gannet said, they won't thrive in freshwater.... It's like when we kept the giant sailfin molly, they thrived so well and bred like nobodies in brackish... however, some keep them long term in freshwater and alot don't do so well.... Often they arrive from suppliers in freshwater and they often show signs of problems... Even the spotted puffer is brackish... yet so many people say they are ok in freshwater... however I have known rather a few that after a while they snuff it.... I remember reading an article in a TFH mag on the spotted puffer... and it was written by a puffer fish expert and he was saying that keepers should do best by the fish and keep them in their required conditions... that being brackish.... yet people still insist that freshwater is fine and dandy for them :roll: :roll: I happen to agree that fish should be kept in their required water conditions... makes for alot happier fish... maybe you should start a brackish tank, they are alot of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 and its a good steeping stone to go fresh, brackish, marine to get brackish water go to the beach and then add fresh water to the bucket till you get a brackish salinty and done easy, and u just run them on a normal filter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 how would you measure salinity? like quantitively, or is it a "sucked-out-your-thumb" amount? are there tests you can buy etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasmine Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Green spotted puffer as an adult lives in full marine Born in fresh, goes to brackish, then full. I got two GSPs in full marine conditions You measure salinity with a hydrometer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 You measure salinity with a hydrometer. >.< i knew that... really i did... obviously time to stop trawlng through posts and go to bed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasmine Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Hehe I know what ya mean. I should be doing the same! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Yeap Jasmine, we have a friend who kept them in full marine when they got large... but they can be kept long term in brackish if desired... yet the freshwater is the stage that should be passed if people want to keep them for a lengthy period, they are such awesome critters, I love watching them chow down on water snails... 8) When we kept a brackish tank we did half freshwater, half saltwater... I am pretty sure the salinty for brackish is about 1.01 to 1.015... so easy to keep brackish too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasmine Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 I love my puffers, I'm selling all my tanks except my puffer tank. One of my friends were amazed at watching them cause everywhere I went they followed me around the room as much as they could. Like little puppy dogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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