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mxsnow145
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i've always wonder if you can put a Goby and Mandarin together (in a 55g with a lot of live rock)
gemmy
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Originally Posted by mxsnow145 http:///forum/thread/387204/goby-and-mandarin#post_3405095
i've always wonder if you can put a Goby and Mandarin together (in a 55g with a lot of live rock)
I would not put a mandarin in a 55 without a refugium. Mandarins have specific dietary needs that consists of pods and without them they can suffer from starvation. They can be trained to eat some frozen, but they still need pods in their diet. A refugium allows for a place for the pods to populate, and will need to be reseeded from time to time. Mandarins have voracious appetites and maintaining a good pod population will prevent them from starving in the home aquarium.
Originally Posted by mxsnow145 http:///forum/thread/387204/goby-and-mandarin#post_3405095
i've always wonder if you can put a Goby and Mandarin together (in a 55g with a lot of live rock)
I would not put a mandarin in a 55 without a refugium. Mandarins have specific dietary needs that consists of pods and without them they can suffer from starvation. They can be trained to eat some frozen, but they still need pods in their diet. A refugium allows for a place for the pods to populate, and will need to be reseeded from time to time. Mandarins have voracious appetites and maintaining a good pod population will prevent them from starving in the home aquarium.
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mxsnow145
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@meowzer ether a Blue Spotted Jawfish, Diamond Goby, or an Orange Spotted depending what i can get from my lfs.
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mxsnow145
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@Gemmy i know how to take care of a mandarin don't worry ;p and i have a sump refugium and i will be adding Pods when my new tank is done cycling
flower
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Originally Posted by mxsnow145 http:///forum/thread/387204/goby-and-mandarin#post_3405430
@meowzer ether a Blue Spotted Jawfish, Diamond Goby, or an Orange Spotted depending what i can get from my lfs.
My diamond goby killed my mandarin. I'm not so sure sandsifters and mandarins get along. I think they both like pods and battle for food. I'm no expert and I'm going on personal experience, all I really know is that mine killed the mandarin.
Originally Posted by mxsnow145 http:///forum/thread/387204/goby-and-mandarin#post_3405430
@meowzer ether a Blue Spotted Jawfish, Diamond Goby, or an Orange Spotted depending what i can get from my lfs.
My diamond goby killed my mandarin. I'm not so sure sandsifters and mandarins get along. I think they both like pods and battle for food. I'm no expert and I'm going on personal experience, all I really know is that mine killed the mandarin.
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mxsnow145
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@ BTLDreef from the reasearch i have already done most of the time disease occurs within 1 month of getting the fish and then your fine after that... what do you think?
btldreef
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Originally Posted by mxsnow145 http:///forum/thread/387204/goby-and-mandarin#post_3405436
@ BTLDreef from the reasearch i have already done most of the time disease occurs within 1 month of getting the fish and then your fine after that... what do you think?
two out of the three I've owned developed the disease months and months after I owned them, seemingly for no reason. They were healthy, eating, etc and then one day the fin rot started near the tail.
Originally Posted by mxsnow145 http:///forum/thread/387204/goby-and-mandarin#post_3405436
@ BTLDreef from the reasearch i have already done most of the time disease occurs within 1 month of getting the fish and then your fine after that... what do you think?
two out of the three I've owned developed the disease months and months after I owned them, seemingly for no reason. They were healthy, eating, etc and then one day the fin rot started near the tail.
rainbow grouper
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generally if you have a big enough tank they'll be fine I had a mandarin and 2 watchmen gobies and they were fine