Helfrichi

Phenom · May 26, 2016

Can you keep 4 helfrichi in a 65 gallon tank

RyanCSGO · May 26, 2016

I would think the chances of them being aggressive towards each other is still likely.

ngvu1 · May 26, 2016

No other fish there? Do it

Where do you get 4 at the same time ;-)

hybridazn · May 26, 2016

You can keep 4 firefish gobies. Looks similar to the heldrichi but are Red instead of purple

blitz49 · May 26, 2016

No, cause I have a 90 gallon and I have two helfrichi. One of them gets picked on by the other all the time. And that one always looks beat up.

eatbreakfast · May 26, 2016

Although social in the wild, in aquaria firefish, regardless of species, are intolerant of one another unless they are a bonded pr. I strongly recommend against it.

Phenom · May 26, 2016

Thank guys

myzislow · Jul 26, 2016

So far so good. I hope it works, in person they are amazing to watch. No aggression at all toward one another.

Phenom · Jul 26, 2016

myzislow said:
So far so good. I hope it works, in person they are amazing to watch. No aggression at all toward one another.

Nice

tj w · Jul 26, 2016

Beautiful fish, I kept a group of 3 fire fish for a year and now I only have one left.

kevindo123 · Jul 26, 2016

I had a pair that used to sleep/hide together in a large sea shell. Then one day they decide they don't want none of it and started fighting. One ended up in the overflow and died.

myzislow · Jul 27, 2016

They are social fish in the wild. I think where most go wrong is that they try a pair or a trio at most, where one rogue fish can easily start to bully/kill off the other(s).

I have a group of 5 and so far all is well, no bickering at all. They are in with some very mature fish though, which I also believe is going to help with them getting along long term. They have so much to worry about as far as the other fish are concerned that they don't have time to fight amongst one another. At least I'm hoping so

kevindo123 · Jul 27, 2016

myzislow said:
They are social fish in the wild. I think where most go wrong is that they try a pair or a trio at most, where one rogue fish can easily start to bully/kill off the other(s).

I have a group of 5 and so far all is well, no bickering at all. They are in with some very mature fish though, which I also believe is going to help with them getting along long term. They have so much to worry about as far as the other fish are concerned that they don't have time to fight amongst one another. At least I'm hoping so

How long have you had the 5 helfrichis?

eatbreakfast · Jul 28, 2016

myzislow said:
They are social fish in the wild. I think where most go wrong is that they try a pair or a trio at most, where one rogue fish can easily start to bully/kill off the other(s).

I have a group of 5 and so far all is well, no bickering at all. They are in with some very mature fish though, which I also believe is going to help with them getting along long term. They have so much to worry about as far as the other fish are concerned that they don't have time to fight amongst one another. At least I'm hoping so

Although social in the wild, in captivity they are quite intolerant of one another, unless they are a bonded pr. By keeping a group two will most certainly form a pr, then the group will slowly get whittled down. Aggression isn't even all that noticeable, but it is enough to lead to their deaths one at a time.

This is true even of groups of ten+ individuals in tanks 100's of gallons.