Dragonfish Diet?

[BettyM]

What is all on the menu for these guy's?Mine has eating just flake food.I just want to make sure he is getting everything he need's.

 

[Bloo]

Dragonfish as in Arowana ??

Edit: actually, I've seen African Butterfly fish (Pantodon buchholzi) advertised as "dragon fish" too. Common names are so misleading.

 

[Mikaila31]

petsmart sells bichir as dragon fish. so it might be that.

 

[Suriliel]

Is it a dragon goby (also called a dragon fish, or a violet goby)? Long eel-like fish with a really big mouth and neat looking fins running the length of it's body? I had one of those and he was perfectly happy with bloodworms and brine shrimp. If it is one of those and you have it in with other fish you have to make sure they're actually getting food, as they're usually not super active and they have really small eyes and bad vision so it's often hard for them to find the food.

 

[BettyM]

Suriliel= The one you are describing is the one I have.

I watch him when I feed and he eat's everytime but I just want to make sure he is eating enough.So should I get some shrimp or something for him?

 

[CFC]

Dragon gobies (Gobioides species) are filter feeders which seive small aquatic organisms from the water and substrate so small live and frozen foods such as brine shrimp, daphnia and bloodworm are best for them.

 

[AMS]

Also be sure it is getting some form of algae incorporated in its diet as well.

 

[Suriliel]

Oh yea that's another one, my goby LOVED algae pellets... be careful of putting anything aggressive in your tank too, goby's tend to not move a whole bunch so they're easy targets.. and they like hiding but seem to like to be able to see out (mine would hide in a hole but stick his head out, or hide behind a log and rest his head on top, so cute). They're not aggressive in the slightest though, so no worries about having them with your other fish.. although as I mentioned their eyesight is quite bad so they might accidentally get someone's fin in their mouth when they're looking for food