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Old April 14th, 2009  
Fish Lore Newbie
 
my dragonfish acts like he is starving all the time! is this normal?

hi my name is bob and i got a dragonfish recently and he was fine until i noticed that he is almost franticly looking for food, even when i watch him eat only less than two hours ago? this seems odd to me? any help on the topic would be awesome. feel free to personaly e-mail me also i like that better than the fourm... it's confusing! lol
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Old April 14th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Hmm Asian Dragon Fish 36"
Pleco 24"
Catfish (take your pick ) 3 - 36" what type of catfish is it?
6 Dannios 12"

In a 10 gal tank, the dragon fish, and everything else is suffering from at the very least ammonia poisining.
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Old April 14th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
Welcome to Fishlore!
I'm also very concerned about your tank...it's way overstocked... Also zebra danios and plecos are not brackish fish, idk about the catfish since your info doesn't say what kind they are... Please consider getting a much larger tank, or 2 tanks if some of your fish need brackish water so you can separate the brackish and FW fish... Sorry I can't answer your feeding question because I'm not familiar with dragonfish, but if they get as big as Jonah said you're going to need a WAY bigger tank...
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Old April 14th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Asian Dragon Fish (the FW ones) are also called Asian Arrowanas give you a clue?

http://www.tetrafishasia.com/article1.html is the 1st link I found just now but there are better ones.
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Old April 14th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
by dragonfish - do you mean Dragon Goby (Violet Goby)?
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Old April 14th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Well what can you do, we have all been there. Maybe he will get a bigger tank or downsize now that he knows.
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