Dragon goby question

Tain't fresh, and tain't marine! Talk about brackish setups.
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Dragon goby question

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I know dragon Gobies pretty well and know their habitat and range. The question I have is, has anyone taken them to full marine or low marine environment? My SG is sitting at 1.012 and I am thinking of going higher, say 1.020 and adding LR and LS for better "grazing" for them. I'm sure they'd love having the `pods to find in the sand and have a little better diet.
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Re: Dragon goby question

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from the research that I've done, they'd be extremely happy in a fully marine tank.. but I don't know that from personal experience..
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I've read that they have been found in the gulf of Mexico down to 100 feet but the reports are spotty. I'm going to give it a try and see what happens, worst that can happen is at the first signs of stress I take them back down to where I have them currently.
"Darwin swings...annnnnnd a miss. Boy Jim, Chuck's suffered at the plate tonight. He's 0 for 3 and I'm not sure he's recovered from that shoulder pull a few weeks ago. I'll bet the front office is re-thinking that contract."
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id be very careful, pufferpunk took her dragon goby to full marine and after 5 years it had several red tumours from not being in brackish,
its now diceased (sp)
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She kept her first one in FW, it developed tumors and died, not in salt...
"Darwin swings...annnnnnd a miss. Boy Jim, Chuck's suffered at the plate tonight. He's 0 for 3 and I'm not sure he's recovered from that shoulder pull a few weeks ago. I'll bet the front office is re-thinking that contract."
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Re: Dragon goby question

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oh okay my bad =]
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