I just got a 44 gallon corner tank last night, and I'm moving my F8 into it hopefully this evening if I can get bio-spira and filter media for the larger filter that came with the 44. I want the bio-spira just to make sure I have enough nitrifying bacteria. The current tank is a 20g. (You can read more in my "OMG Fantastic Deal" post in the General Discussion.)
Anyway, I was wondering what and how much I could put in with my F8 in the new 44 gallon tank. I know that many recommend bumble bee gobies, but I can't find them around here. I've seen dragon gobies, but I don't know for sure how big they get.
Suggestions??
F8 tank mates???
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Re: F8 tank mates???
Mollies would work, I believe dragon gobies get up to 4-5 inches so 2 would probablly work too.
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Re: F8 tank mates???
Well, I did a little researching on my own on the fish that I've seen others recommend in the past. I decided against a dragon goby as they normally get at least 15 inches, sometimes as much as 2 feet long.
The lfs that I normally visit doesn't carry gobies as they aren't compatible with they other fish they carry. However, they were willing to order some for me. I decided to go with 5 bumblebee gobies. So does anyone have suggestions/comments about that?
So it will be a F8 puffer and 5 bumblebee gobies (plus 2 ghost shrimp if they continue to stay uneaten, lol) in a 44 gallon tank with about 6 or 7 clay pot "caves", a zebra rock and piece of black slate leaned into a cave shape, a piece of coral about 6 inches tall and the same across (elkhorn shape), a piece of lava rock with a hole in the middle, some Windelov fern (variation of java), driftwood, bubble curtain.
Also the filter is an Emperor 280 with the biowheel, the normal filter cartridges and the refillable cartridge filled with filter floss. I currently have two heaters in there as the one that came with it was a 200w one that didn't seem to be working well. The other is a 125w Eheim Jager.
The lfs that I normally visit doesn't carry gobies as they aren't compatible with they other fish they carry. However, they were willing to order some for me. I decided to go with 5 bumblebee gobies. So does anyone have suggestions/comments about that?
So it will be a F8 puffer and 5 bumblebee gobies (plus 2 ghost shrimp if they continue to stay uneaten, lol) in a 44 gallon tank with about 6 or 7 clay pot "caves", a zebra rock and piece of black slate leaned into a cave shape, a piece of coral about 6 inches tall and the same across (elkhorn shape), a piece of lava rock with a hole in the middle, some Windelov fern (variation of java), driftwood, bubble curtain.
Also the filter is an Emperor 280 with the biowheel, the normal filter cartridges and the refillable cartridge filled with filter floss. I currently have two heaters in there as the one that came with it was a 200w one that didn't seem to be working well. The other is a 125w Eheim Jager.