knight goby food?

No one mentioned this, but ich infects your whole tank, not just single fish. If you are using a salt/heat treatment that will clear it up, but I believe actually seeing ich particles on the outside of the body of the fish is one of the last signs. I think it can hide out in the gills where you wouldn't see it for quite a while, until it spreads to the outer body. This is why it is supposedly recurrent in tanks, it is never cleared up completely to begin with and is just not visible. FYI:), so you can treat effectively
 
Ok, your knight goby will perish if you leave him in your tank to long. His organs may already be damaged as it is from being in freshwater for as long as he has. Brackish fish need Brackish water, no matter what anyone says.
Except for Mollies, they are not a brackish water fish and a different discussion all together.
I have kept these guys for years and they thrive for me but I keep them in a brackish tank with a slight sand bottom. So if you can not supply your fish with the proper requirements then I would return him to the local fish store that you got him at.
Trying to convert him to a freshwater enviroment is like converting a tiger to being a vegetarian. It isnt going to happen and your pet will slowly die.
 
reiverix said:
I've tried but I'm not any good at it. It was hard enough learning American :)
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ROFL!
Heck, I'm having a hard time learning American. I'm from Canada ;)

I suck at Ghàidhlig, too, but I'm persistant :)

Roan
 
reiverix said:
I have some rockwork and bogwood that my knights like to hide out in. They do spend a lot of time out of sight. If your goby has staked a hiding place, try spot feeding it with some sinking shrimp pellets or other food that will stay sunk. Use one of those feeding tongs so you avoid putting your hand in that tank and disturbing it. As a sidenote, some of the food you are feeding to the rest of the fish might not be recognized as food to the goby.
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I got some frozen blood worms that sink when they thaw and he loves them :clap: He also seems to be swimming around more and less shy. Thanks again.
 
stingray4540 said:
What? :confused: I may have some partial heritage but I only speak american. Just out of curiosity as to what you said, could you translate?
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Sure! This is Gaelic, not Irish. "Gaelic" refers to Scots Gaelic and Irish Gaelic is called "Irish". Just so you know.

He said "Fàilte" which doesn't mean what I think he thinks it means :) Fàilte does mean welcome, but only as in "welcome home". To mean "you are welcome" you sa would say:

'Se do bheatha (sheh doe VEH-huh)

Then I asked him: "A bheil Gàidhlig agaibh?" Which, literally, means "Do you have the Gaelic?" or "Do you speak Gaelic?"

He said no, in American :)

He could have also responded with, "Tha" (hah)
(which is sorta yes, but the word "yes" doesn't exist in Gaelic)

Or, "Tha, beagan" (hah, BECK-un) which is "yes, a little"

For the record, I only speak a little but can read more. Being hearing impaired is troublesome when learning a new language.

Roan
 
stingray4540 said:
I got some frozen blood worms that sink when they thaw and he loves them He also seems to be swimming around more and less shy. Thanks again.
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That's good, but remember that you will have to go brackish if you want to keep your gobies long term. There's no getting around it that they are in an alien habitat.




Cò an caora sin còmhla riut a chunnaic mi an-raoir?

I ate it, of course :) yummy
 
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