The Puffer Forum

Hello!

I'm looking for people who have had bumblebee gobies. What are your opinions on them?

The specific questions I have are:
What was the specific gravity that you kept them at? In particular, was it anything close to marine?
What types of food worked best with them?
How many did you have in x amount of gallons?
Any succesful tank mates?

Thanks for your help. Im looking to keep them with my GSP and Columbian Shark. Both fish are mildly aggressive, and never to each other. They only get aggressive towards the scat when it comes to food because the scat eats both the puffers food and the sharks food. I keep my brackish tank above 1.010 but below full marine, so Im not sure how the gobies would tolerate this. The tank also has some areas of current from a powerhead and the filter. I know alot of fish dont go well with a GSP, but the behavior of mine is extremley mild so I would like to give it a try. IMO, I think a couple bumblebee gobies may go well in my tank because they are aggressive enough to protect themselves, but normally not aggressive towards other species.

I believe BBG's are fw but do well in low end brackish around 1.005. The hardest part in keeping them is feeding as they arn't aggressive feeders and they usually only eat live foods that float past them. So i would feed main fish as normal but maybe pipette live food to the bbgs. A GSP might see them as food later on in life. F8 work a treat as far as tankmates go.

DYF wrote:I believe BBG's are fw but do well in low end brackish around 1.005. The hardest part in keeping them is feeding as they arn't aggressive feeders and they usually only eat live foods that float past them. So i would feed main fish as normal but maybe pipette live food to the bbgs. A GSP might see them as food later on in life. F8 work a treat as far as tankmates go.

Thanks DYF! I found some information on BBG that stated there are 2 types, both thrive in BW, one can live in FW and one cannot. The only recommendations I found for specific gravity was bewtween 1.006-1.008. I keep mine at about double that so I dont think I will be able to keep BBGs in there.