knight goby vs rainbows

Hey, I took the fry out of my five gallon hex today. So now I have an empty tank and I just can't stand it :lol: I think I'd like either threadfin rainbows or a single knight goby. What do you guys think as I just can't decide!

Knight goby



Threadfin rainbows



I think the rainbows are more suited to my tank than the goby but like I said I can't decide! I'd like something that is low maintenance, with personality and it must be able to deal with high temperatures.

Here's the tank:

 

ncie looknig tank...what size is it?

 

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5 Gallon Hex like he said up top :y_the_best:

 

That looks more than 5 gallons. and for the fish, get the threadfin rainbows, they look awesome. but the goby would look better in the tank.. decisions decisions lol

 

Threadfin rainbows prefer groups and you wouldn't be able to fit a decent number in a 5 gallon. The knight goby might work.

-Chelle

 

oops my mistake on not seeing tyhat size...go for the goby, that would like awesome

 

goby are brackish to salt are they not ?

 

I know they're brackish, but I'm not sure if they can tollerate full saltwater.

-Chelle

 

They're brackish or freshwater, they can go either way but do better with brackish. My lfs keeps them in freshwater so I'll have to make the change very gradually if I do it at all.

 

Their are literaly hunderds of types of goby, the majority of them are salt but their like mollies, you can acctually acclimate mollies to live in full salt just like they can live in fresh so it really depends on the breed.

 

Oh, I wasn't talking about gobies in general... just knight gobies

 

Oh, My bad... I sort of ment that towards Fish Addict and a suggestion on goby picking. Well best of luck!

 

Do you suppose I could have two in the tank? Or just one? Knight gobies that is.

 

Seriously, I would recommend rainbows, they're hardy and colourful .. Maybe, you may consider the goby too.. Best of luck tina!

 

I would only put one in there since they get 3".

There's also bumblebee gobies (also brackish). They only get 1 1/2" - 2" so you could have 2 or 3. The only problem is most of the time they'll refuse to eat anything but live foods so feeding could be a pain.

-Chelle

 

It's also a good idea to keep only on bumblebee goby because they have been known to be quiet territorial for their size!

 

Hmmm... the bumblebees are awfully cute too! I think I'll go with them and ask the lfs what they feed them. If it's live food then sorry, no go :roll:

 

Good luck with them! Lets see a picture if u get one. Keep us updated!

 

I will post pics of whatever I get. The lfs usually has the gobies but who knows if they'll have them today or not. I'm going in 2 hours and I will report back with the new arrivals

 

Alright, thanks!