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02-04-2005, 09:34 PM
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South American Dragonfish
Any owners here I have two and love them because there diffrent. just wondering who else has some and how long they have had them and any tips
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02-05-2005, 12:35 PM
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Re: South American Dragonfish
There are a number of fish refered to as "dragon" fish, including arowanas, violet gobies, and even some brackish toadfish. Can you specify which fish you are talking about by providing either the scientific name or a photo?
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02-05-2005, 12:46 PM
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Re: South American Dragonfish
well I have tried finding pictures of them and couldnt. It has a ell look to it gray in color long and slender. That was the name on the tag when I bought them.
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02-05-2005, 01:03 PM
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Re: South American Dragonfish
OK, what you probably have is the Violet Goby (Gobioides broussonnetii)
It gets up to 16"+ and is primarily a filter-feeding fish which I have kept in unheated tanks with a sandy substrate from the size of 6" to well over 14", wt which point I sold them off. Breeding is accomplished by cycling the salinity from totally fresh to almost complete seawater and adjusting the feeding to bring them into ripeness at the proper time. Try this link: You mayve to cut and paste into your browser: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...=broussonnetii |
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02-06-2005, 12:55 AM
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Re: South American Dragonfish
I think i have a dragon fish, i know it had the word dragon in it, and i got him at pets mart, he is really cool. Big ol mouth, i named him smaug. ( the hobbit)
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02-06-2005, 01:04 AM
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Re: South American Dragonfish
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02-06-2005, 01:05 AM
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Re: South American Dragonfish
lol, yeah his mouth opens so big, and its kinda wide, specialy for a fish.
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02-06-2005, 03:11 AM
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yea i recently bought one of those also... they are supposed to be pretty peacefull while they are small, but when they get bigger, they will eat smaller fish... their mouths do open quite wide so be sure u dont have any neons or anything like that for him to eat
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