Apr 30, 2010 · "Goby" is not entirely correct- they are both mandarin dragonettes, commonly called "green", "red", psychedelic, and "target" mandarins. You cannot have two males in the same tank, unless the tank is very large.

Jan 23, 2025 · some fish that are traditionally known to only eat a specific food(i.e mandarin), have been conditioned within being captive bred to eat other foods like pellets or flakes. that goby, perhaps one bought from ORA/BIOTA may have been conditioned to eat prepared foods.

Sep 21, 2024 · Can you put just a clownfish and mandarin goby together in a nano tank and mandarin goby diet and clownfish diet doe both need to be live in ro/dI system or... Home New posts Marketplace Build Thread Updates Trending Today's Posts Search forums Unanswered

Aug 28, 2020 · Mandarins are a hard to keep fish that need constant food supply of live pods and multiple feedings a day with supplement foods.

Nov 12, 2024 · I am currently doing some research on adding an anemone to our 35g cube tank. I have one mandarin goby + 2 clownfish. I do have corals (9). My tank is establish 6+ months… Any recommendations on what type of anemone is safe for my tank?

Apr 4, 2020 · A 150 gal reef tank, if run 1/2 way normal should have enough food for a Mandarin. There are fishes that would compete for food against Mandarin, but I think it should be fine. I have a 65 gal reef and it is enough to keep my Mandarin fat. What are the fishes in your tank? BTW, what you have there is a fat MALE Mandarin with his spike broke off ...

Jul 26, 2016 · I have a velvet outbreak, looking to treat mo sailfin tang, Coral beauties, mandarin, lawnmower blenny, pajama cardinal, filefish, gladiator clown, and spotted hawk. What are we referring to with "CP"? I'm planning remove my rock and inverts to do a slow ramp with Cupramine or similar but also know I'll kill my pods which my mandarin lives on.

Jan 6, 2021 · I am currently in the process of setting up a Fluval Flex 15gal nano reef tank and I eventually want to get a Mandarin Goby. Problem is, they are super finicky so I get that I basically have to culture live copepods and constantly dose so that it stays alive. I was thinking of getting a hang on the back refugium.

Jan 13, 2025 · is there a tank size that could support a copepod population that could repopulate enough to survive and maintain a single mandarin goby? in this scenario there would be no other fish in the tank, just a clean up crew. last question, what is the expected lifespan for mandarin goby in the reef...

May 25, 2015 · I would guess that a mandarin could handle 10 days of cupramine (slowly increased to .5 ppm) and then two or three transfers of the ttm method. That's minimal copper exposure and should take care of velvet, ich, and several others.