Mandarin Goby
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poniegirl
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I have read some folks on this forum that have mandarins that accept prepared food (frozen mysis shrimp) but not many.
My own mandarin totally ignores the food I offer. Totally. Pods, other rock bugs (?) is what she lives on.
You have to have 100lb (give or take a pound) of well established Live Rock to support a mandarin.
Incidentally, mandarins are dragonets, not gobys.
My own mandarin totally ignores the food I offer. Totally. Pods, other rock bugs (?) is what she lives on.
You have to have 100lb (give or take a pound) of well established Live Rock to support a mandarin.
Incidentally, mandarins are dragonets, not gobys.
alyssia
Active Member
Originally Posted by PonieGirl
I have read some folks on this forum that have mandarins that accept prepared food (frozen mysis shrimp) but not many.
My own mandarin totally ignores the food I offer. Totally. Pods, other rock bugs (?) is what she lives on.
You have to have 100lb (give or take a pound) of well established Live Rock to support a mandarin.
Incidentally, mandarins are dragonets, not gobys.
I have read some folks on this forum that have mandarins that accept prepared food (frozen mysis shrimp) but not many.
My own mandarin totally ignores the food I offer. Totally. Pods, other rock bugs (?) is what she lives on.
You have to have 100lb (give or take a pound) of well established Live Rock to support a mandarin.
Incidentally, mandarins are dragonets, not gobys.
jktenpro
Member
I bought a mandarin about 1 month ago and my 90 gal tank has 90 lbs of live rock, 3 in of aragonite sand and has been up for 1 1/2 yrs. There are not enough pods to support him even though he is eating mysis and brine. I have added pods from an on line site and still not enough. He is getting thinner. I will have to add a fuge or take him back to the store.
Just because a tank has been set up for a year or so with enough live rock doesn't mean it will support a mandarin without a fuge or a constant suppy of pods. Some tanks obviously have more life than others, and I have read as a general rule of thumb that an established tank with enough live rock will support a mandarin for awhile but I am finding this not to be true in my case.
I have not lost anything in a 1 1/2 and hopefully I won't lose this guy, but where my life in the sand went I do not know.
Just because a tank has been set up for a year or so with enough live rock doesn't mean it will support a mandarin without a fuge or a constant suppy of pods. Some tanks obviously have more life than others, and I have read as a general rule of thumb that an established tank with enough live rock will support a mandarin for awhile but I am finding this not to be true in my case.
I have not lost anything in a 1 1/2 and hopefully I won't lose this guy, but where my life in the sand went I do not know.
poniegirl
Active Member
jktenpro, I hope yours does make it! Do you have others that depend on the pod population?
I guess "well established" might be a vague statement. I added my mandarin to a 3 year old tank, that has been upgraded twice in 6 years, some of the rock is that old.
I have an incredible # of pods. When I turn on the lights, it's called curfew and watching those bugs dash into the rocks is pretty funny.
There are places in my rockwork that fish cannot get to. It's a must, so the pods can reproduce.
Research the fish and see where they are found in the wild. It tells a tale.
I guess "well established" might be a vague statement. I added my mandarin to a 3 year old tank, that has been upgraded twice in 6 years, some of the rock is that old.
I have an incredible # of pods. When I turn on the lights, it's called curfew and watching those bugs dash into the rocks is pretty funny.
There are places in my rockwork that fish cannot get to. It's a must, so the pods can reproduce.
Research the fish and see where they are found in the wild. It tells a tale.
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brstwv
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I have a mandarin he eats flake loves frozen brine shrimp same w/ my scooter drag. good luck
