Violet Goby

[rufeelingeel]

Does anyone have any experience with Violet gobies??? If so I would like to hear about your experience, I recently bought one at a pet store.

thanks!!!

 

[OrionGirl]

Brackish..Moving there! OG

 

[geoffgarcia]

whats their common name?
its a dragon fish or wolf fish right?

 

[geoffgarcia]

This fish is actually a brackish water fish that prefers to live in estuaries and muddy bays, but can acclimate from freshwater to marine. Changes should be made slowly. The violet goby is an omnivorous scavenger and sifts the substrate to feed (filter feeder). It will also consume any small creatures that might inhabit the substrate and may also eat small fish. Violet gobies grow to be very large - up to two feet!

The violet goby is a peaceful scavenger, and if well fed, should not bother smaller fish. The violet goby should only be kept with peaceful fish. If annoyed, he may inflict severe wounds with his sharp teeth. Also avoid crowding with other bottom feeders, especially slow movers like kuhli loaches.
http://species.fishindex.com/species_910gobioides_broussonnetii_violet_goby.html

http://www.whozoo.org/Anlife2001/johangus/jg_dragonfish.htm

 

[rufeelingeel]

Thanks geoff that helps a lot!!!

 

[elgrecoverde]

i have a violet goby (dragonfish) that's about 10" now. he lives with a bluegill, a small loach, and a crawfish.
he's been very peacefull, and used to share a cave with an algea eater (who has been moved to a different tank to combat algea problems there)
he hasn't bothered any of the other fish, and acts as a gravel cleaner, sucking small rocks into his mouth and spitting them back out once he's devoured whatever was in the substrate.
i have 4 good sized caves that he inhabits, pushing the crawfish out of whichever one he wants. the crawfish always backs down and finds another cave to hang out in. in fact, the crawfish constantly moves rocks around to make the caves bigger, thus making them even more inviting to the dragonfish.
when i first got him he was primarily nocturnal, but now comes out anytime.

 

[Pufferpunk]

This fish must be kept in BW, or it will suffer from disease. The main cause of death in these fish though, is starvation. They are practically blind & scoop/suck food into their large mouths, but it must be right in front of them.

 

[rufeelingeel]

currently I am feeding my dragonfish bloodworms and algae pellets. is this a good diet if not what do you reccomend.

 

[Oddball~]

thats a good idea, but they prefer live brine shrimp also. Ghost Shrimp might work here, also. Wolf fish are a TOTALLY different thing though. Those are fresh water and will eat ANYTHING. i mean ANYTHING. Drop a steak in there and its GONE.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Brine shrimp are basicly no nutrition at all (mostly water). Worms & algae wafers are what mine like.