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Posted 19 August 2009 - 06:45 PM

I currently have four sleeper gobies two fat sleepers and two spiney cheek sleepers, what I was wondering is what salinity is best for keeping them right now they are around 2-4in and currently in the water they were colletd from. They are feeding well on small fish(Juvie cichlids, Lepomis, and brine shrimp), any advice???

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 07:22 PM

sorry for not saying this before but they should be kept in freshwater right now. When the get full grown a specific gravity of about 1.006 would be good for them. The sg does not have to be exact they are used to changes in salt levels.

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 07:35 PM

sorry for not saying this before but they should be kept in freshwater right now. When the get full grown a specific gravity of about 1.006 would be good for them. The sg does not have to be exact they are used to changes in salt levels.

What does Sg translate into Parts per thousand??

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 07:44 PM

8ppt.

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 07:52 PM

Ok thank Amazon.. i Know nothin about these fish other than there awsome

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 07:58 PM

no problem, heres a link to a Sg ppt conversion
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The sleepers can live in a wide range of salinities, 8ppt is the preferred level though when full grown.
Coastal fish are very interesting, do you visit that area frequently?

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 08:14 PM

no problem, heres a link to a Sg ppt conversion
My link

The sleepers can live in a wide range of salinities, 8ppt is the preferred level though when full grown.
Coastal fish are very interesting, do you visit that area frequently?


No i went down there for collection of bluegill and caught these on the side, i would love to go down there sometime collected other species but I dont know the area at all....

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 08:24 PM

i know some people over there that know some really good spots. Last time I went out there with em we caught flagfin shiners and sailfin shiners in the same creek. If your interested just send me a pm. We also caught redbreast sunfish which were pretty cool if you have a sunfish tank.

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 11:17 PM

I had a fat sleeper that grew to approximately a foot long in less than a year in full freshwater. Cool fish, and mine never seemed to bother tankmates, but I guess I was keeping him very well fed to get him that big that fast too I guess.




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