I currently have a dragon goby (Gobioides broussonnetii) and would like to add a school of tetras to my tank. Something colorful like neons. I've read that Dragon gobies while having a large mouth actually have tiny throats because the mainly filter feed. Right now my goby lives at the bottom of the tank in a cave I got for him and only comes to the top to eat some flakes or bloodworms. Would they be able to live together okay?
2007-08-22 15:48:52 · 3 answers · asked by veggy_mum321 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
This isn't a good mixture, but not because the dragon would eat the neons - the gobies are mostly filter feeders, and wouldn't be bothered with anything much larger than the bloodworms. So unless the neons were fry, he would most likely leave them alone.
But dragon gobies are brackish fish, so they should have salt in their water, and tetras are sensitive to salt, so one of them wouldn't be very happy in their environment.
2007-08-22 16:30:58 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Your tetras should be fairly safe all in all. Now, some dragon gobies can and will eat small fish like neons from time to time and that will depend in part on your particular goby and also on how well he's fed. Generally speaking, they should be safe, but you can't ever really be positive.
MM
2007-08-22 16:09:04 · answer #2 · answered by magicman116 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yeah the goby is way to slow even if he wanted to eat em the teras are way to fast
2007-08-22 15:56:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋