I bought a Dragon Goby today at petsmart and the guy told me i need to add a teaspoon of salt for every gallon of water.My question is will this hurt my other fish?I have 3 bala sharks, 2 redtail sharks, 3 blueberry tetras,3 x-ray catfish, 3 plecos,and 3 tiger barbs.
Will salt in freshwater damage fish?
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Dragon gobies are brackish water. You cannot use aquarium salt; you have to use marine salt. All your other fish will die if you put marine salt in the tank.
You can either take the goby back or get him a new tank.
Roan
You can either take the goby back or get him a new tank.
Roan
.. how big is the tank?Hey thanks guys and i am not very knowledgeable about different types of fish. At first just bought a tank because i thought it was cool to have sharks.It has started to grow on me and this hobby is starting to get kind of addictive.I have a 50 gallon bowfront and now want to buy another tank.I am the only one out my friends that has fish, so this forum will help me learn a lot. Thanks for the replies
The facts:
common plecos (most people seem to buy this pleco instead of the smaller spcies like bristlenose) will grow to 2 feet in length. Unless you want to stunt the fish, wich causes spine deformity and messes up organ develpment (should be very painfull), you will need at least a 300-500g tank, and that's being conservitive.
bala sharks grow to be 1 foot long, and will probably present a risk of breaking a 50g tank when the start to get larger (a 6-8 inch bala would probably be capable of doing the job). Unless you want them to get stunted, or break your tank, you will need atleast a 125g, and, as said in the above, that's being conservative.
The tetras, "x ray catfish" and tiger barbs need/shoul have larger school sizes. I suggest you double thier populations (atleast 6 of each) to give them a proper school. Unlike the above fishes, these fish present no risk of outgrowing or breaking your tank.
Also, if you want to know more, visit my member page for links - there's tons of them there.
common plecos (most people seem to buy this pleco instead of the smaller spcies like bristlenose) will grow to 2 feet in length. Unless you want to stunt the fish, wich causes spine deformity and messes up organ develpment (should be very painfull), you will need at least a 300-500g tank, and that's being conservitive.
bala sharks grow to be 1 foot long, and will probably present a risk of breaking a 50g tank when the start to get larger (a 6-8 inch bala would probably be capable of doing the job). Unless you want them to get stunted, or break your tank, you will need atleast a 125g, and, as said in the above, that's being conservative.
The tetras, "x ray catfish" and tiger barbs need/shoul have larger school sizes. I suggest you double thier populations (atleast 6 of each) to give them a proper school. Unlike the above fishes, these fish present no risk of outgrowing or breaking your tank.
Also, if you want to know more, visit my member page for links - there's tons of them there.
How would the bala shark break the tank? One is already about 6 inches long and the others maybe about 3 or 4 inches.
