Goatfish

[shark2]

What do I need to know about keeping goatfish.

 

[eatbreakfast]

They get big, need lots of open sand space. They often arrive with internal parasites and need to be treated for them. They also do best with other goatfish as they are social.

 

[shark2]

Thanks I was planing on getting some yellow and bicolor ones. Will they school together?

 

[Dmorty217]

Will not school together

 

[Betta132]

You can't keep them in your 75g.

 

[starkii]

Is this and the other threads a wind up or just very very bad fish choices!

 

[shark2]

That sucks that hey won't school togeather. Why will they be a bad choice for my 75 gallon tank. The largest one on record was only 10 inches.

 

[Betta132]

It's a 10", very active fish. They need a lot of open space, and a 75g just isn't quite big enough.

 

[shark2]

What is a good fish similar in behavior and looks to a goatfish? I want something colorful and unique looking.

 

[Betta132]

If you want unique fish, you may want a larger tank in order to keep them happy.

 

[SoloChromis]

Breams such as Scolopsis bilineatus and Pentapodus emeryii are interesting and relatively hardy fish that aren't at all common in tanks. They get some size, but don't get huge. They're diligent when it comes to stirring up the sand bed (as long as you don't mind a "dead" sand bed), so in that respect they are similar to goatfish, but much better suited to aquariums. Good luck and take a look at the breams :spin1:

 

[Daniel Machado]

What is a good fish similar in behavior and looks to a goatfish? I want something colorful and unique looking.

Not so similar in behavior, but a cuban hogfish (Bodianus pulchellus) has the same color scheme of a bicolor goatfish.

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[shark2]

Do hogfish school?

 

[snorvich]

Do hogfish school?

No.