It's a stonefish, my lfs sells them and i just bought one off them. They're brackish water. but the guy at the LFS said they are usually treated like a mono or scat and acclimated to SW.
hope he lives.
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i am starting to think he wasnt foraging, just darting around a bit.
another board i asked about this said: this fish sometimes only eats live things. i was going to get a can/tube of brine shrimp eggs. the lady at the lfs said something about a 2 litre bottle, some warm water, and some yeast.
is that all there is to it? what are the tricks for good results?
i am starting to think he wasnt foraging, just darting around a bit.
another board i asked about this said: this fish sometimes only eats live things. i was going to get a can/tube of brine shrimp eggs. the lady at the lfs said something about a 2 litre bottle, some warm water, and some yeast.
is that all there is to it? what are the tricks for good results?
Indian gobies are most commonly the Nandus Nandus. They grow to 6 inches and only eat live foods. I have never had good luck with them in brackish so don't know what biotype they are actually from. They could be brackish but they could also be fw or sw. The longest I have kept one is 2 months.
heck if he's a nandus nandus, then according to one website, i dont need the brine shrimp because the tank already has guppy fry that he should be able to fit in his mouth.
Here's some info for you. Don't know how reliable it is.
http://www.aquariumstuffers.com/products/list.cfm?CategoryID=40
Click on "Butterfly Goby"
http://www.aquariumstuffers.com/products/list.cfm?CategoryID=40
Click on "Butterfly Goby"
I have tried 3 times to keep this fish and failed on each account. I wish you good luck. You might try feeding it live blood worms.
i'm working on hatching brine shrimp right now, and i see him set up in a territory and defend it against guppy fry. perhaps he'll eat one.
on a sadder note. i lost my violet goby. he bloated, recovered a bit and finally lost the will to continue. don't know if it was from a bacterial blast from changing water with mismatched temp/salinity, or a bug the wasp fish was carrying, and i didnt quarrantine it long enuff. or maybe the wasp fish stung him?
i dont know. the mollies and the wasp and the bumblebee goby look just fine.
will have to do some water testing.
on a sadder note. i lost my violet goby. he bloated, recovered a bit and finally lost the will to continue. don't know if it was from a bacterial blast from changing water with mismatched temp/salinity, or a bug the wasp fish was carrying, and i didnt quarrantine it long enuff. or maybe the wasp fish stung him?
i dont know. the mollies and the wasp and the bumblebee goby look just fine.
will have to do some water testing.
In one of the instances that I tried to keep this fish I had 2 mysterious deaths right after introducing him. I wondered if the vespicula had stung them, too.
