Tropical Aquarium Stocking

[mark4785]

I'm getting towards the end of my fishless cycle now and I'm beginning to think about what kinds of fish I'd like to put in my 150 ltr aquarium.

One fish that I'd definitely like to place in the tank is called a 'blue cheek gobbie' which I believe is in the picture attached below.

As of now, I don't know anything about this fish other than it's name. Ideally I'd like to know what water PH it prefers, whether or not it is a salt water fish and what other sorts of fish can live peacefully with it.

My tap water PH is: 7.5 but I can easily change it (I think) to suit any kind of fish.

One important factor to stocking that I've forgotten is the guideline that all fish keepers follow to work out how many fish can be stocked in a certain capacity aquarium. Would appreciate it if anybody could remind of this particular guideline!

Mark.

 

[Curiosity101]

It's salt water I'm afraid but there are quite a few brackish and freshwater gobies available. Trying googling 'freshwater gobies' and see if anything catches your eye.

Also the guide you're referring too is 1" of fish per gallon. This is excluding the tail, only applies to small bodied fish and excludes the tail.
Eg. 12" oscar is not the equivalent to 12" worth of neons lined up one behind the other. The oscar would be 100s of times bigger

The guide doesn't take into account diet and stocking densities but it's definitely a good place to start when putting together a stocklist for the first time. Especially cause it helps for you to propose a set of fish and then people can advise and suggest alterations accordingly.

 

[mark4785]

It's salt water I'm afraid but there are quite a few brackish and freshwater gobies available. Trying googling 'freshwater gobies' and see if anything catches your eye.

Also the guide you're referring too is 1" of fish per gallon. This is excluding the tail, only applies to small bodied fish and excludes the tail.
Eg. 12" oscar is not the equivalent to 12" worth of neons lined up one behind the other. The oscar would be 100s of times bigger

The guide doesn't take into account diet and stocking densities but it's definitely a good place to start when putting together a stocklist for the first time. Especially cause it helps for you to propose a set of fish and then people can advise and suggest alterations accordingly.

Thank you for the info .

Is there a downside to keeping salt water fish? I've had my eye on the blue cheek gobbie for about a year and was hoping I could emulate its natural environment. I guess this topic needs to be moved to the salt water forum

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

A very quick google suggests these are very difficult fish to keep alive, often dying within 6 months

Marine fish keeping appears to be much harder to be successful at, otherwise I would personally jump at the chance of homing Madarin Dragonets...

 

[Curiosity101]

Peacock Goby and Knight Goby are both freshwater possibilities. Bumblebee Goby is brackish but very sweet.

If you like the look of gobys you may also like killifish and so I recommend you look some of those up.

 

[mark4785]

A very quick google suggests these are very difficult fish to keep alive, often dying within 6 months

Marine fish keeping appears to be much harder to be successful at, otherwise I would personally jump at the chance of homing Madarin Dragonets...

I too have just read about it on various websites on Google. From what I read it seemed to imply that people who buy these fish do not look after them properly. One website states that they like to eat small pieces of food from out of the sand so they must be bottom-dwellers. A lot of the food that people have chosen to feed them was river shrimp which is a floating food.. unless sand floats too I doubt it would have come up to consume it.

Please can this topic be moved to the saltwater forum?

Thank you.

 

[mark4785]

Please move this thread to salt water forum, thank you.