OT-- Dragon Gobies

EvilE · 05/02/2008, 07:14 PM

I got a badass fish for my FW tank today--a dragon goby! They are fierce and mean looking, but gentle giants suitable for community tanks!

D2daJAZ · 05/03/2008, 04:05 AM

Is that a Bichir?? where did you get it?

Garage1217 · 05/03/2008, 12:39 PM

I had a pair that was over 10" long in a 55G years ago. Had them for around 5 years. They look mean but are very mellow. Can grow some noticable teeth haha.

Also they are known to carpet surf so watch that.

Another name for them is a violet goby

Last, they like SANDY bottoms & are brackish fish. Although they do ok in freshwater.

EvilE · 05/03/2008, 01:10 PM

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Originally posted by Garage1217
I had a pair that was over 10" long in a 55G years ago. Had them for around 5 years. They look mean but are very mellow. Can grow some noticable teeth haha.

Also they are known to carpet surf so watch that.

Another name for them is a violet goby

Last, they like SANDY bottoms & are brackish fish. Although they do ok in freshwater.

Yeah, I read about them before purchasing them, and they adapt to freshwater pretty easily. Especially if you live in a location that has a high salt level in your tap water, and Phoenix has high salt in our tap water. I read about the sand, but have read that they do fine without sand as long as they have good hiding places, and I have good hiding places for him.

Kentanner11 · 05/03/2008, 01:36 PM

Nice E! Makes me want to get my FW tank back up... I hate FW diseases!

Kraylen · 05/03/2008, 02:38 PM

Walmart has dragon fish for like 6 bucks a piece.

Garage1217 · 05/03/2008, 04:20 PM

Yeah crazy walmart carrys them, see them all the time at that place, all skinny and underfed and they do not know what to feed them. One of my FAV fish! Congrats man! And yeah looks like you have polished rocks on the bottom so you are set, it is when people use rough gravel bottoms, it tears the crud out of their bellies and makes sores on them

EvilE · 05/04/2008, 01:31 PM

I got it at Petsmart for around $5 or $6

05/02/2008, 07:14 PM	#1
EvilE Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,944	OT-- Dragon Gobies I got a badass fish for my FW tank today--a dragon goby! They are fierce and mean looking, but gentle giants suitable for community tanks! __________________ Targzissians Are Obviously Reptilian Current Tank Info: 55 gallon african cichlid FW, 55 Gallon mixed reef SW

05/03/2008, 12:39 PM	#3
Garage1217 GET OFF MY LAWN Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Globally Posts: 5,863	I had a pair that was over 10" long in a 55G years ago. Had them for around 5 years. They look mean but are very mellow. Can grow some noticable teeth haha. Also they are known to carpet surf so watch that. Another name for them is a violet goby Last, they like SANDY bottoms & are brackish fish. Although they do ok in freshwater. __________________ No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness ~ Aristotle If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? ~ Albert Einstein I'm just as bent as ever. Hellishly so ~ Captain Jack Sparrow Current Tank Info: Systems and goodies by Lee-Mar / Coralvue / Neptune Systems / Jager / Spectrapure / Cree / Meanwell + more!

05/03/2008, 01:36 PM	#5
Kentanner11 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Phoenix Posts: 1,956	Nice E! Makes me want to get my FW tank back up... I hate FW diseases! __________________ - Tanner Current Tank Info: RSM 34g

05/03/2008, 04:20 PM	#7
Garage1217 GET OFF MY LAWN Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Globally Posts: 5,863	Yeah crazy walmart carrys them, see them all the time at that place, all skinny and underfed and they do not know what to feed them. One of my FAV fish! Congrats man! And yeah looks like you have polished rocks on the bottom so you are set, it is when people use rough gravel bottoms, it tears the crud out of their bellies and makes sores on them __________________ No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness ~ Aristotle If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? ~ Albert Einstein I'm just as bent as ever. Hellishly so ~ Captain Jack Sparrow Current Tank Info: Systems and goodies by Lee-Mar / Coralvue / Neptune Systems / Jager / Spectrapure / Cree / Meanwell + more!

05/04/2008, 01:31 PM	#8
EvilE Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,944	I got it at Petsmart for around $5 or $6 __________________ Targzissians Are Obviously Reptilian Current Tank Info: 55 gallon african cichlid FW, 55 Gallon mixed reef SW

05/03/2008, 04:05 AM	#2
D2daJAZ Moved On Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 130	Is that a Bichir?? where did you get it?

05/03/2008, 02:38 PM	#6
Kraylen Moved On Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Salinas, CA Posts: 1,256	Walmart has dragon fish for like 6 bucks a piece.