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on the way to getting a green mandarin goby(drangonet)
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:21 pm
by robertshear
thanks to pinkrblu, i desperately want to get one. saltwater depot had some copepods, so i bought some and put them in my tank. i have to wait for them to reproduce and spread(might take awhile), then i can get the dragonet.
rob
Re: on the way to getting a green mandarin goby(drangonet)
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:30 pm
by pinkrblu
Remember, the fastest way to heartbreak with Saltwater is to rush things. Patience, grasshopper!
Re: on the way to getting a green mandarin goby(drangonet)
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:11 pm
by gm333
I have a couple of questions before you decide to venture down the mandarin highway.
First, what size tank are you thinking of keeping this guy in? Also what are the other fish you have in the tank?
I would not suggest keeping a mandarin in a tank less than 75 gallon tank with no small wrasse species that will compete for pods. Even after all these requirements are met you may still have to resort to buying pods more frequently than you would like.
Re: on the way to getting a green mandarin goby(drangonet)
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:36 pm
by robertshear
only have a 55 gallon, with 2 blue damsels, a maroon clown, and a scooter blenny.
Re: on the way to getting a green mandarin goby(drangonet)
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:27 am
by gm333
You would have to get rid of the scooter blenny as he is currently eating your pod population as we speak. Your best bet would be to make absolutly positive the mandarin is eating frozen mysis before purchasing. This is the only wa you could have both of those fish in a 55 gallon.