Dragonfish tankmates?

[Mint]

I recently found a pet store selling dragonfish. Anyways, they look really interesting, and I’m considering buying a new tank and putting one in it. Can they go with four-eyes fish? And what kind of midwater schooling fish is large, brackish-water, and big enough to not get eaten? I’m planning to put them in a 55 gallon, so nothing that would outgrow that space.

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

Gobioides broussonnetii (Violet Goby) — Seriously Fish

www.seriouslyfish.com

Anableps anableps (Four-eyed Fish) — Seriously Fish

www.seriouslyfish.com

Hope this helps

 

[Mint]

Ok, now I’m confused. Are there different types of dragonfish? The one I want is gray and…kind of knotty-looking, almost? That one is purple.

Guess I’ll just save this for when I can get a larger tank?

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

It would help if you could provide the proper name of the variety you're after? Or at least a picture

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

Just thought I'd point out that the picture is of a juvenile...

 

[Mint]

The pet shop is really weird, and they don’t actually let you browse their fish in person: they have a website with pictures of their fish. You have to call in to see the fish in person. So I’m pretty sure this is just a random picture off the web that they took.

 

[Mint]

I’m pretty sure this is also a picture of a juvenile. Looks too small to be full-grown. Or maybe not? They don’t give scientific names for most of the fish. On the website it’s just labeled as a dragonfish with nothing else about it.

As I’ve said, really weird pet shop. Best one in the area for at least a few hundred miles, but…weird.

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

I think we've all come across a weird fish shop or two

I'd say by the photo we're dealing with the same specimen, I'm not an expert in brackish fish so maybe someone else can help you...

 

[Mint]

In that case, I’m nixing my plan of getting a dragonfish until I can secure a 100 gallon