Violet Goby: Prehistoric Looking Eel
This fish is a brackish fish which means it's not a freshwater or saltwater fish. This fish is somewhere right in the middle of both of these categories. You will need to add a small amount of salt into the water to keep this fish alive. This fish should be kept at somewhere between 70 and 80 degrees. Make sure that the fish tank does not range in temperature more than 2 degrees each day because this fish is very sensitive to water changes and sudden temperature changes as well.
To make sure that the tank stays warm enough you will need to place a heater in the tank. You will also want to make sure that you keep the water below 80 degrees by avoiding placing this fish tank near any windows or heating vents. Another reason that your fish tank could get heated up is if you have the light on for too long during the day or night. You can place the light on a timer to avoid heating up the water.
What this fish eats is somewhat a mystery. It's known to eat certain types of frozen foods and microscopic bugs that if finds while it's sifting through the substrate in your aquarium. This fish get's to be so large that most people will not keep this fish. It also needs brackish water and a very strict diet so I'm not sure that a lot of people know about this fish because nobody is really interested in having one.
You will only want to place one of these fish in your tank or you will end up with a lot of baby fish swimming around in your aquarium. If you purchase two of these fish they will probably breed and they breed very frequently which means you will have plenty of Violet Gobies in your tank and considering how large they get, you will have nothing but problems.
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7 Comments
Post a CommentI have never seen so much misinformation in one article. Who wrote this a junior high student?
well i bouthg one in wallmart and i have it in my 20 or 25 galoon tank and ive had it for like a year andit still alive and healthy right now its like 20 cm but i rarely see it move unl;ess he is eating
Malcom, as it turns out, even a 55 isn't enough. Something over 100 is more appropriate. If you follow that aqualandpetsplus link, you'll find pictures of one that grew over 2 ft. (60 cm) in length. Now, try to imagine that in your puny 30 gal.
violet gobies do not need 55 and up they will do fine in a 30 gallon wich is what im keeping my in now and hes fine and healthy
I did some research and Chris seems to be right about it all but there are alot better sights than this one. http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball,%20Dragon%20Goby.htm
That sight has some info better than this sight.
Violet gobies are not eels. While a lot of your info is right, they are gobies. Gobies are fish. So are eels, but the violet goby isn't an eel.
They actually have been bred in the aquarium, but not often. There's an article about it in some fishkeeping magazine.
Don't neglect to mention that the salt referred to in the 2nd paragraph must be artificial marine salt, not aquarium salt. Salt alone does not constitute brackish water.
Other than that it was OK. Certainly better than some of the sites out there. Although, 55 gallons seems kinda small for one. 75 and up is more like it.
did you actually research violet gobies? Or did you just make all this up. Some of your info is not correct at all. Violet gobies have never been reported to mate in captivity, for one.