FYI - Knight gobies eat Pearl Danios....

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joe schmoe

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This is getting to be annoying :rolleyes:.

I saw one of the Gobies go after a Danio and it prompted me to take a closer look. And after eating all but 1 of my Neons, 3 of the 6 Pearl Danios I purchased yesterday are gone. The Danios are TWICE the size of the Neons...and 2/3rds the size of the Gobies. At about 1.5" I didn't even consider the possibility that they may be eaten. DAMN!!

PS...yes, they are doing fine in full FW....PLEASE don't get started on that topic again :cool:.
 
they may be doing fine now but that's only temporarily, eventually they will get sick and perish. I thought this with BB gobies but again I no longer HAVE BB gobies. You can listen or be ignorant and not listen to my (and others warnings).
 
Originally posted by joe schmoe
PS...yes, they are doing fine in full FW....PLEASE don't get started on that topic again :cool:.
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Originally posted by cdawson
they may be doing fine now but that's only temporarily, eventually they will get sick and perish. I thought this with BB gobies but again I no longer HAVE BB gobies. You can listen or be ignorant and not listen to my (and others warnings).
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Not good at following directions are you?? Two months and not a problem. Just out of curiousity...at what point will you admit that you were wrong...that the fish have not, and will not get sick?? 4 months?? 6 months?? A year?? Or will you endlessly spout your "my way is the only way" crap?? Narrowmindedness = ignorance.

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They'll be FINE in FW... I've known people who've kept them for YEARS in FW with no ill effects. The only brackish water fish I've never seen do well in FW if careful attention is paid to water would be some species of FW moray eels, and orange flame blue fugu puffers....
 
Hey, I'm ready to admit that I was wrong...Does my conciliatory tone warrant some pix? :D

Joe, sounds like you need to get some less expensive feeders! :) Let us know if these Gobies start eating something twice their size--sounds like they're well on their way!
 
My larger gobys (gundgeons) eat anything they can fit into their mouths. They love crickets!
 
Knight Gobies = Piglets.
The are the biggest pigs in my tank. Trying to out run the mollies for food all the time. :)
As for the Debate on keeping them in Freshwater, I have kept one for about 2 years in a freshwater tank by himself and he was perfectly fine. High weight, high color, and was very active in the tank. The only reason I do not have him anymore was do to the fact i moved and gave him to the LFS.
jim
 
No one is saying that it can't be done, they are just saying it shouldn't. I don't want to burn burnt bridges but as fishkeepers it is our duty to replicate the natural environment of the fish we keep. That means keeping brackish gobies in brackish, adjusting Monos and Scats to salt when approaching adulthood etc. This is the last post of this type that I will respond to because I am getting kind of fed up lately with people not keeping the fish in the right environment and they wreck havoc on the tank they are in. It is not only you Joe, I am more fed up with the people where I live that return fish on a constant basis where they could no longer care for the fish. Sorry in advance, kinda in a bad mood since school is coming to an end this month and am VERY stressed. But this is the last of this type I will respond to because I feel like I am burning burnt bridges.
 
Originally posted by ChilDawg
Hey, I'm ready to admit that I was wrong...Does my conciliatory tone warrant some pix? :D

Joe, sounds like you need to get some less expensive feeders! :) Let us know if these Gobies start eating something twice their size--sounds like they're well on their way!
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Down to two Danios now. If anything, the fact that they are eating everything makes me consider giving them away to a local fishkeeper. That'll piss some people off...but whatever.

I'll get around to posting pics sometime in the next few days.
 
Of course they eat danios! ;)
That's what I feed mine every month as a treat.
And it won't matter how big they are. I put in a platy who is 10x the size of your average neon and they thought the poor thing was food even though there was NO way he was going to fit into their mouths. Which is funny because they never try to eat the little bumblebee gobies or the smaller platy that lives with them.
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