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flamingo · 11-30-2005, 05:40 AM

Almost everything with freshwater in it's name is brackish...even flounders.

Like already stated, bumblebee gobies NEED brackish water. Keeping it in freshwater will lead to it's death at some point. It may not die right away, usually 7 months or around that his how long it is until you see major effects. A lot of people have kept them in fw tanks but I really don't suggest it.

And petco does keep a lot of fish wrong so don't go by what you see they're fish in.
I hvae a good petco by me but they keep brackish fish in fw. I don't feel totally bad about them doing it since they usually warn you before buying and they're only in they're tanks for 2 weeks top.

The dp's will also probably pick on the gobies or vice-versa ,so that's another reason not to.

11-30-2005, 05:40 AM	#6
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,897	Almost everything with freshwater in it's name is brackish...even flounders. Like already stated, bumblebee gobies NEED brackish water. Keeping it in freshwater will lead to it's death at some point. It may not die right away, usually 7 months or around that his how long it is until you see major effects. A lot of people have kept them in fw tanks but I really don't suggest it. And petco does keep a lot of fish wrong so don't go by what you see they're fish in. I hvae a good petco by me but they keep brackish fish in fw. I don't feel totally bad about them doing it since they usually warn you before buying and they're only in they're tanks for 2 weeks top. The dp's will also probably pick on the gobies or vice-versa ,so that's another reason not to. __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.