mandarin goby

sharkboy97

sharkboy97

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well its a success my mandarin is now eating brine shrimp reguarly and barly eats my pods anymore he is in my 20 gallon long with 30lbs of liverock and he is with many corals and a firefish they are both active
 
crazyzeus1

crazyzeus1

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We were interested in getting a Mandarin, but we have lots of polyps, zoos, mushrooms, etc.
Do they eat those thing??
 
ithorian_r

ithorian_r

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no mandarins are reef safe. it may appear they are eating the zoos or shrooms but they are actually hunting for pods...
 
jer4916

jer4916

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no offence to anyone in this nano thread, but NONE of you have the tank or the right to have a mandrin. I have a 160 GALLON reef and i can barely support one correctly. Please think of the animal...untill you have a larger tank do not buy one...they NEED pods to survive.
~Chris
 
sharkboy97

sharkboy97

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i have kept him in there for 6 monthes so he is doing decent at the first sign of trouble i have a friend more than willing to take the fish, wat else should i feed him brine and....
 
konrade

konrade

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LIve blackworms and some people have had success with homemade frozen foods. might try mysis shrimp too. Try different thigsa and see what he eats
 
speg

speg

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Originally Posted by Sharkboy97i have kept him in there for 6 monthes so he is doing decent at the first sign of trouble i have a friend more than willing to take the fish, wat else should i feed him brine and....
Their natural diet is pods. You should feed him pods. Try to make sure he eats pods. If he doesnt eat pods... he should. So make sure there are plenty of pods. Do you have more pods? No? Get more pods. How do you get more pods? Build a refugium and put plants in there for more pods to grow. Get more pods.
 
sharkboy97

sharkboy97

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first of all ask if i have a refugium, i have a 20 gallon regugium, yes i havepods as u would put it and he does eat them but he eats brine shrimp more, so relax
 
speg

speg

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Well these things are constantly in search of food.... so you 'think' he is eating brine more.. but he is probably chomping on pods constantly. So if thats the case.... continue what you're doing :)
pods pods pods pods pods pods pods
 
speg

speg

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Mandarins will go together with any fish that wont attack them :) Other dragonets however may result in fights.
 
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