Will This Work?

[Esfa]

I have a heavily planted 35gal and i was thinking of stocking it with 2 dps, 5 bumblebee gobies and lots of shrimp.

Will this work, or is it a definite no go?

 

[Fella]

I have a heavily planted 35gal and i was thinking of stocking it with 2 dps, 5 bumblebee gobies and lots of shrimp.

Will this work, or is it a definite no go?

I'd skip the shrimp but more than likely, yes. I kept BBG's and DP's together with no problems.

 

[Esfa]

I have a heavily planted 35gal and i was thinking of stocking it with 2 dps, 5 bumblebee gobies and lots of shrimp.

Will this work, or is it a definite no go?

I'd skip the shrimp but more than likely, yes. I kept BBG's and DP's together with no problems.

How about if i added some ottos?

 

[smudger72]

I have DP'S and BBG'S together at the moment.
Oto's are supposed to work well but mine always died, it was very frustrating.

 

[DarkEntity]

2 Dwarf Puffers in 35gallons....you will never see them lmao

 

[iSnail]

Wow!! That's two lucky DPs

Fella, what's wrong with keeping shrimps and DPs?

 

[Esfa]

2 Dwarf Puffers in 35gallons....you will never see them lmao

Lol... well I can't afford more then two.

 

[groovitudedude]

It's all good.... Puffers FTW!

 

[Esfa]

It's all good.... Puffers FTW!

my lfs have some in atm, for the first time i've seen.

my tank currently has 10 zebra danios too.

Do you think i should get one DP, and see how it goes?

 

[iSnail]

my lfs have some in atm, for the first time i've seen.

my tank currently has 10 zebra danios too.

Do you think i should get one DP, and see how it goes?

As long as your tank is fully cycled and planted, two DPs is perfectly fine in a 35gal (massive IMO). But you will need to rehouse those danios. The little DPs will get very annoyed and harassed by them. Not only that, some DPs are tricky to get feeding when firstly introduced and danios stealing all their food won't help

They might be OK at first but be prepared to see nipped fins and tails if you insist keeping them together

 

[Esfa]

Ah okay. I'll take your advice and wait a few years, then.

Or just get another tank.....

 

[jimi priest]

wow 2 dps in a 35 gallon but bumblebee gobys are brackish water and dont do to well in fresh just to put in concideration

 

[Fella]

wow 2 dps in a 35 gallon but bumblebee gobys are brackish water and dont do to well in fresh just to put in concideration

They do perfectly fine in fresh, it's irrelevant for them, as they adapt and survive in water of varying salinities. In the wild some species are found in acidic water. Search for "deventhal" on the search function for more info, as she is a gobiologist I interviewed on the subject.

 

[Esfa]

Okay, new idea.

I think I'm going to put all my shrimp into the main tank, and have the puffer in a planted, 5gal tank. Yay.

 

[jimi priest]

that would work just fine