scooter blenny
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nygel
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sure, they are actually scooter dragonets, which means they eat pods basically, not recommended for nanos, though I do have one in my 29g (that is supplemented with pods.) They are commonly considered the easist dragonet to get to eat frozen foods. I recommend it if you can keep it healthy, it is very active, scoots along the rockwork looking for food and is just an awesome fish, I'll leave some pics.
bojik
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Pretty much just dump them in. A good idea though is to have a nice pile of really small LR rubble. (think pod Condo).
I have seen full grown scooters go after frozen squid pieces and drag them off and gnaw on them. Rather amusing to watch. A trick to get them to eat frozen is to have it near them in a light current eddy or something. Basically it needs to be moving for them to strike it the first few times. Then they will eat it most whenever. At least in my experience with dragonets. I got my mandarain that I had ,before my filter malfunctioned and partially crashed the tank, to eat it readily. (was sicker than a dog for a week and did not notice it failing.
) She was fat and happy in my 15L. Had just really started to eat the frozen. I also supplemented her diet with gamarus shrimp I harvested off the LFS filters when I was helping him out. That and I bought some Tigger pods offline to boost the populations. And had a 'pod pile' in there. Also If you keep a few in the container with tank water in it you can use DT's pytoplankton (or something similar)to sort of farm them. Basically every day or two put a couple drops in the water they are housed in.
Good luck with your endeavor!
I have seen full grown scooters go after frozen squid pieces and drag them off and gnaw on them. Rather amusing to watch. A trick to get them to eat frozen is to have it near them in a light current eddy or something. Basically it needs to be moving for them to strike it the first few times. Then they will eat it most whenever. At least in my experience with dragonets. I got my mandarain that I had ,before my filter malfunctioned and partially crashed the tank, to eat it readily. (was sicker than a dog for a week and did not notice it failing.
Good luck with your endeavor!
nygel
Active Member
BlueRam, you've asked me about my scooter/mandarin combo before. Like Bojik said, just pour em in, i turn off one of my filters first then do it, i have hidden pvc pipe in the back and also a rock rubble pile covered in plants (perfect place for pods to hide and grow). Its like a dragonet buffet. The scooter eats frozen, mandarin is only a month or 2 in my tank so hes not yet to eat. I'll try to get better pics soon, actually... right now...
nygel
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what size tank? a scooter can handle a nano much better than a mandarin imo at least, (most others too). I plan on eventually (different tank) trying to cross breed a spotted with a green mandarin. Some people say they WILL fight, so i would advise against if they arent in a big tank
bojik
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Originally Posted by nYgel
what size tank? a scooter can handle a nano much better than a mandarin imo at least, (most others too). I plan on eventually (different tank) trying to cross breed a spotted with a green mandarin. Some people say they WILL fight, so i would advise against if they arent in a big tank
I thought it was mostly the males that fought?
what size tank? a scooter can handle a nano much better than a mandarin imo at least, (most others too). I plan on eventually (different tank) trying to cross breed a spotted with a green mandarin. Some people say they WILL fight, so i would advise against if they arent in a big tank
I thought it was mostly the males that fought?
fishy head
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i had a problem with scotters once. i got 2 males
, long story short, they killed each other.
also i never knew that you could but live pods before,,,, i wanted one of those colored guys so bad, but i never saw any pods in my tank,,,,so where do you buy them :thinking:
also i never knew that you could but live pods before,,,, i wanted one of those colored guys so bad, but i never saw any pods in my tank,,,,so where do you buy them :thinking: