FishBen Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Today I found a bumblebee gobbie in a LFS in Nelson.. Which is rare since Nelson very rarely has any... Interesting fish in the LFS, so I asked the LFS owner about them and she said she had been keeping them in freshwater, I thought it was strange since I thought they would only live in Brackish water. So I of course bought it! He's currently sitting in my little tank with some glass cats and albino cories, water was already a bit salty, I added a bit more but not too much because I know the cats will hate it I read here (http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/bre ... obies.html) that this (Brachygobius xanthozona) species of gobbie can tolerate fresher water, compared to Brachygobius nunus, so I was wanting opinions on keeping him in a less than fully brackish tank, say.. Half (+-) recommended salt mixture, reason will be later. I know that brackish puffers are OK with gobbies, and I was wondering if dwarf puffers will be fine with them too, or will the dwarves go batshit on the gobbies, like everything else they've been in a tank with And lastly, will dwarf puffers tolerate the same salty mixture (0.5-1 Tablespoon salt/Gallon) /Walloftext Thanks :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Dwarf puffers don't need any salt in their water and will be fine with the goby. BBGs dont like other BBGs though. Grumpy tards. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Dwarf puffers don't need any salt in their water and will be fine with the goby. BBGs dont like other BBGs though. Grumpy tards. :lol: Was more a question of will the gobby need salt and if he does will the puffers be OK with the salt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 dont need salt but will do better with salt- i cant answer about dwarf puffers and bb gobies but ive heard dwarf puffers can be very aggressive fin nippers. i have kept a fig 8 puffer with bb gobies before n problems. as for bb gobes being grumpy well they are territorial so need planty od hiding spaces then it will be fine to keep more than one togrther Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 dont need salt but will do better with salt- i cant answer about dwarf puffers and bb gobies but ive heard dwarf puffers can be very aggressive fin nippers. i have kept a fig 8 puffer with bb gobies before n problems. as for bb gobes being grumpy well they are territorial so need planty od hiding spaces then it will be fine to keep more than one togrther Cheers Yeah I got a shell for my gobbie to claim, hopefuly he/she'll like it and move in :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh_S Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 We have 3 dwarf puffers with 3 bb gobies in a 60L tank (freshwater). We asked the same questions to staff at hff and they thought dp would not tolerate brackish conditions. They seem to get along very well. Things can get a bit nasty at feeding time so its best to make sure you add more than enough to go around. This is just my experience, ive also heard of people getting nasty little sob's which cause havoc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 We have 3 dwarf puffers with 3 bb gobies in a 60L tank (freshwater). We asked the same questions to staff at hff and they thought dp would not tolerate brackish conditions. They seem to get along very well. Things can get a bit nasty at feeding time so its best to make sure you add more than enough to go around. This is just my experience, ive also heard of people getting nasty little sob's which cause havoc. Haha yeah, my d.puffers are evil little things! What do you feed that tank? Frozen blood worms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh_S Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Haha yeah, my d.puffers are evil little things! What do you feed that tank? Frozen blood worms? Yep they get frozen blood worms, snails and when i can be bothered hatching them, baby brine shrimp. They chase them around for hours. Also tried them on some raw frozen shrimp, a couple had a nibble but they didnt seem to thrilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Yep they get frozen blood worms, snails and when i can be bothered hatching them, baby brine shrimp. They chase them around for hours. Also tried them on some raw frozen shrimp, a couple had a nibble but they didnt seem to thrilled. yeah the tank im moving my puffers to has had a serious snail infestation building >;D Do the gobbies eat the blood worms? I read that they'll only eat live food, hoping that's not the case :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh_S Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 yeah the tank im moving my puffers to has had a serious snail infestation building >;D Do the gobbies eat the blood worms? I read that they'll only eat live food, hoping that's not the case :lol: Mine eat blood worms fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 I too wanted to do this. 2 BBG's and up to 3 DP's. Problem I have, is hiding places. The tank is planted, so there isn't a lot of floor real estate free for caves. I really need to thik about upping the size of this tank from 37 to 60+ I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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