bumblebee gobi

[phish2189]

about a month ago, i got two bumblebee gobi's from my lfs. they both seemed fine, but about two hours later, one of them couldnt swim right, and was breathing hard and being pushed around by the water current. i woke up and it was dead. the other one has been fine ever since
today, i got 3 more and i acclimated them and put them in. i put them in at aroud 4pm and now its about 1 am and and one of the gobi's is doing the same thing, not being able to swim and breathing hard

please help me with any info on bumblebee gobi's or why theyre dying.
thanks

 

[Teelie]

I can tell you right off they're Brackish and that's probably your problem.

 

[big_fresh]

G'day phish2189,

Teelie is right. But since you haven't specified your water params. Kinda hard to give you some definite answers.

Brackish water is your first issue, after this....you'll probably need to give it live/frozen food.

I've read that some people are able to get their BB gobies to eat flakes...but mine only eat frozen bloodworms. They show no interest in flakes, freeze dried....but they have gone after some fry.

If you put down your water params someone may be able to help you out.