How do you sex a Dragon Goby?
What do they prefer to eat?
Will they eat dead fish? or live goldfish?
Should I keep live goldfish in the tank?
Whats the average life span?
Can you tell how old he/she is by lenght?
What can they be housed with, without eating them?
2006-09-05 18:05:20 · 2 answers · asked by bettaleigh 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Dragon Goby
Family: Gobidae
Scientific Name: Gobioides broussoneneti
Common Name(s): Dragon Goby, Violet Goby, Eel Goby
Origin/Habitat: U S A to Brazil. Brackish water
Size: 25 inches
Recommended Minimum Tank Size: They don't require a lot of space but they should be able to straighten out across the width of the tank.
pH: 7.5 to 8.4
Temp: 16-27°C 65-80°F
dGH: 12 to 30
Salinity: 1.005 to 1.015
Diet: small live or frozen food, algae tablets, fine dried food.
Sexing/Breeding: Unknown...(sorry).
Compatibility: Peaceful but they squabble amongst themselves. Fine with other fish.
Swimming Level: Bottom
Despite its fierce reputation it is a very peaceful fish and won't harm smaller fish. Here are a few other links for you and some additional information for your viewing pleasure.
Best of luck!
Dragon Gobies Movie Clip...
http://www.fishtanksandponds.info/general/movies/dragon_goby_movie.htm
Dragon Gobies Article...
http://www.fishtanksandponds.net/live-stock/brackish/dragon-gobies.htm
Dragon Gobies Article - Part II...
http://www.fishtanksandponds.net/live-stock/brackish/dragon-gobies-II.htm
2006-09-05 19:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by sly2kusa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dont know
we feed them frozen blood worms and frozen brine shrimp thawed out with warm water and fed with a turkey baster. they are blind and know as filter feeders, they dont activly go searching for food, when they smel food they start sucking in water and filter out the bits of food so to get them to eat you have to move very slowly so as not to scare them away put the food right in front of them. i would recomend doing this in the evening as they are primarily nocturnal
they may eat dead fish and some times even live if they cant find/catch them, but i would not recomend keeping live golds in the tank. golds produce alot of ammonioa and dragons are relitivly delicate fish
average life span is hard to tell because of them being so delicate. they can get up to 20 inches with a bit of luck and enough space.
if they were bred in a larger tank they will have grown faster as fry than those bred in a smaller tank so length is not a reliable determining factor in age
try housing with low key semi agressive fish that dont go crazy at feeding time
2006-09-06 16:41:47 · answer #2 · answered by Taldeara 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋