Hi! i need some help. "Dragon fish"?

[heatherlynnie]

Hello, i just bought a so called dragonfish at petsmart. i dont know what it really is. i have been researching it and the things im reading are getting me nervous. the person who helped me did infact say it was freshwater. is it brackish? and what doi i feed him i havent seen him eat. anyother info would help! Thank you so much And if some one could tell me how to put a picture i will! how do i add a picture?

 

[KcMopar]

They do OK in freshwater as long as you have at least a 50G tank and do your weekly water changes and keep the temp at about 80 as they like it warm. They need a high protein diet as well because they are scavengers. Most of the frozen meaty foods at the fish store are OK, most even have beef heart that is great. Hot dog would even work in a pinch as well.
If you cannot meet this criteria you may not have much success with him.

 

[SamanthaB82]

I have mine in a 30 gallon aquarium. I feed him the frozen blood worm cubes from Petco as well as the TetraColor fish flakes and he loves it! My tank is heavily planted and there are two caves for him and I have a tiki statue that he likes to wrap himself around. He is one of the coolest fish. It's so funny to see him swim up to the top, my other fish away because he can get a little wild.

 

[SamanthaB82]

As far as the water temp, my water is 78. He gets along with all of my other fish and he doesn't bother the Ghost Shrimp at all.

 

[Rotaripsnoc]

They are a member of the Goby family, along with mudskippers and a large variety of saltwater fish, which the pelvic fin is fused into a foot like appendage. Gobies are opportunistic carnivores, generally however the Violet Goby is more content to sift through your substrate for food. Sand is best as they will take a mouth full and sift through it for goodies.

Other than that, they do fine in freshwater, but they will thrive in the low end brackish water between 1.004 and 1.008 sg.

They need calcium, and a variety of nutrients to live well. Different worms frozen or live will make up much of it's diet.

Your water quality also is important, they are more sensitive to Ammonia than other fish I have kept.

your goal is:
0 Ammonia
0 Nitrites
< 20 Nitrates

Uneaten food will spoil the water so remove anything after 1 hour if it remains uneaten.

more reading if you like:

Care Sheet For Dragon Goby - Brackish Fish - 85775