New Spotted Mandarin Dragonet Gobie??

[katie30]

I just received my first madarin gobie today, I also bought the bag of copepods for my live rock and the gobie to feed on. How long will this bag of 200 copepods last? Just curious when I will need to purchase another bag for him. Any input would be appreciated.
Thx!

 

[fishissues]

Originally Posted by katie30
I just received my first madarin gobie today, I also bought the bag of copepods for my live rock and the gobie to feed on. How long will this bag of 200 copepods last? Just curious when I will need to purchase another bag for him. Any input would be appreciated.
Thx!
well they should reproduce but im not that good with copepods mine are all eaten

 

[katie30]

How do you know that they are all eaten? I couldn't actually see them when I poured them in. Will the goby feed on anything else? Just want to make sure that he has enough nourishment.
Thx

 

[renogaw]

do you have a fuge? if not, all 200 of them should be eaten in probably a day.
i truly hope you have enough live rock that has plenty of natural copepods on it, and you have a fuge for them to breed in, otherwise your mandarin will starve to death rather quickly.

 

[miaheatlvr]

#1 Mandarin is a Dragonette, not a goby. Mine has not touched ANY SORT OF prepared food, no matter what it is,, I have tried everything, soaking in garlic and selcon, It spends ALL DAY just scouring my LR for pods and thats all he does, period. Your will go through 200pods in a day or 2, and without an abundance or live rock and refugium to replenish your pods supply, Im affraid your Mandarin might stave a slow death..

 

[sepulatian]

Welcome to the boards Katie

They are absolutely correct. Unless you have about 70-100lbs of very mature rock or a stocked refuge for the pods to breed in you will be buying 200 every day or two.

 

[waterlogged]

Originally Posted by katie30
How do you know that they are all eaten? I couldn't actually see them when I poured them in. Will the goby feed on anything else? Just want to make sure that he has enough nourishment.
Thx
I buy the red tiggerpods and I can see them in bottle. You say you couldn't see yours in bottle?

 

[wbilton]

I've had my Mandarine for 2 and a half years, never bought any pods but I do have 100lbs of rock