Shrimp safe voilet goby(dragonfish)?

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theshrimp_123
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Shrimp safe voilet goby(dragonfish)?

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I saw this at a walmart. They were $6.25, and very slow. I have heard they were very peaceful and they are cute. The only visible problem is the huge mouth. So can they catch a shrimp? I was going to keep it with some bigger shrimp, and maybe some dwarf puffers, and mollies, and a knight goby.
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I'd avoid anything with a big mouth. Fish will usually eat whatever they can fit in their mouth. Personally I think the only safe fish would by cories and otos. I also keep SAE's with my shrimps but they are quick and fast and the shrimps would probably like it better to themselves but they live together fine.

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Re: Shrimp safe voilet goby(dragonfish)?

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theshrimp_123 wrote:I saw this at a walmart. They were $6.25, and very slow. I have heard they were very peaceful and they are cute. The only visible problem is the huge mouth. So can they catch a shrimp? I was going to keep it with some bigger shrimp, and maybe some dwarf puffers, and mollies, and a knight goby.
They, as with the knight goby you mentioned, are truly brackish organisms. Though remarkably inoffensive (they are, by and large, filter-feeding substrate-sifters), I would not trust them with most shrimp.
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