Stephensd30
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Hi,
I'm new to the forum and fishkeeping in general. A friend that I have known had a 30 gallon tank with fish that she no longer wanted (not sure the exact reason). I would always sit and watch her tank when I was over at her house so she asked me if I would like to buy it. I jumped at the idea, but never having kept fish, it has been a major challange. She moved the tank from her house to my office and after a couple of weeks the fish started dying. Long story short, I saved Willow, the violet goby and Cookie Monster, the ACF.
She had the goby for 2 years that I know of and said she bought it when it was about 2-1/2 - 3 inches long from a freshwater tank. She had always kept it in freshwater and he's been in freshwater for the few weeks that I've had him. He eats well, swims around, hides in his cave, appears to be doing good.
My question is do I need to change him back to brackish water? or would it be okay to leave him in the freshwater setup. Right now his home is far from ideal because I had to cycle the big tank and he is in a 2.5 gallong tank with my frog. They are getting along ok (thank goodness) but that is the only stable tank I had to put the two surviors in while I did a fishless cycle.
Logic says leave him the way he is in fw but I don't want to cause any damage/hurt for him because of lack of knowledge. I look forward to hearing from those with more experience then myself. The forum has been a great source of learning and knowledge for me.
I'm new to the forum and fishkeeping in general. A friend that I have known had a 30 gallon tank with fish that she no longer wanted (not sure the exact reason). I would always sit and watch her tank when I was over at her house so she asked me if I would like to buy it. I jumped at the idea, but never having kept fish, it has been a major challange. She moved the tank from her house to my office and after a couple of weeks the fish started dying. Long story short, I saved Willow, the violet goby and Cookie Monster, the ACF.
She had the goby for 2 years that I know of and said she bought it when it was about 2-1/2 - 3 inches long from a freshwater tank. She had always kept it in freshwater and he's been in freshwater for the few weeks that I've had him. He eats well, swims around, hides in his cave, appears to be doing good.
My question is do I need to change him back to brackish water? or would it be okay to leave him in the freshwater setup. Right now his home is far from ideal because I had to cycle the big tank and he is in a 2.5 gallong tank with my frog. They are getting along ok (thank goodness) but that is the only stable tank I had to put the two surviors in while I did a fishless cycle.
Logic says leave him the way he is in fw but I don't want to cause any damage/hurt for him because of lack of knowledge. I look forward to hearing from those with more experience then myself. The forum has been a great source of learning and knowledge for me.