I've always heard of them as brackish myself. However the article below is from someone that bred them and no salt is mentioned. As he describes tankmates for the fry it's even more likely that they're in freshwater.
However I clearly remember another article that mentioned catching them in brackish mud flats. I guess as with many brackish fish they're tolerant of a variety of water types.
Guppies and Mollies are fish that can survive equally well in most water conditions and most people acknowledge it but for some reason, you try it with bumblebee gobies, people will say they can't.
The profiles also aren't entirely accurate either.
I don't know if it won't help at all but it's not the kind used for brackish water. I doubt it will hurt them any if that helps so there shouldn't be any harm in trying.
Gee, I read that aquarium salt and sea salt were similar enough.....reef salt has other additions to it and cichlid salt is different from each of those.
Salts are basically minerals.......do some research on what the differences are between each type....I think you can use aquarium salt for brackish tanks...but I'm not sure. Before you go out and buy something else, check it out.
start off with 1 teaspoon per 2 gallons, then check your salinity level. You can buy a hydrometer at the lfs for farely cheap. Don't go above .005 specific gravity and you'll be fine. actually try to keep it between .003 and .005, but slightly higher or lower and no one will know the difference. Just make sure you take out some water from the tank and mix the salt in a cup or something then add it next to your filter so it will be dilluted quickly. Don't add the salt directly to the aquarium or you run the risk of burning your fish.Good luck. Just don't worry over this too much, your fish will be fine either way.
I want to see how much salt there is in my tank from teh crushed coral and cuttlebone, as I understand these thigns release some salt.
The Gobies seem to be doing great. I will probably wait till my new filter is delivered before I try this, right now I have a way underpowered whisper 10i in my tank so I am doing water changes frequently.
They charged a few of my guppies at first (the biggest ones) but my guppies just kind of looked at them like "uhhh hello". They are not really chasing my other fish anymore, just swiming around in the tank all peacefull. It's fun watching them eat blackworms.
Anyone know if their fins will regenerate? Their tailfins looked a bit nipped when I got them.
