dragonet

Hey everyone, I'm planning an IM 25g Lagoon specifically to support a pair of mandarins. My main goal is to build the ideal copepod habitat, NOT just a reef with some pods, but a full-blown pod engine-farm-machine. I’m already running phyto cultures (nanno and tetra) and copepod cultures...

I have seen many examples of Fluval Evo 13.5 tanks that have had a rear chamber turned into a refugium and am considering doing the same for my aquarium. I am not so interested in bringing nutrients down as nitrates are usually <10 and phosphates generally <0.1 in my tank but am interested in...

I'm having a hard time sexing this scooter blenny. The top fin seems taller than those of females I've seen in pictures but not quite as tall and showy as those of the males. The fin isn't fully extended in this picture but it's the best one I could get. I've never kept this scooter species...

I got a Ruby Red Dragonette about 10 days ago and I don't think it has eaten anything the entire time. It no longer moves much either. I love this fish and the color is incredible! The girl at the LFS was adamant it could be trained on flakes and after some research that is obviously not...

Hello all. I've been in the process of stocking my tank in the past month or so and had a question. I have a number of different macroalgae in my display and have noticed some accumulation of nuisance algae on their surfaces. My current cleanup crew (Tiger Conch, Trochus/Nassarius snails...

Hello everyone, some what new to this so forgive me. I currently have a male and female pair of Spotted Dragonets, I’ve had them for over a year now. They eat lots of copepods and peck all day, as well as have been trained to accept frozen foods. Recently, I noticed BOTH male and female fish...

I’ve had a 90 gallon display up and running for a year now. Started with a combo of live and dry rock. I’ve been interested in a blue mandarin but I’m very reluctant in putting fish in my tank that can’t thrive. I don’t have a refrugium in the sump but I have access to and feed baby brine...

So I just wanted to say my 2 cents for successfully keeping a mandarin dragonet. I'll make this as short as possible, but here is what I've learned. I've had mine probably 6 months now. 1. Buy a tank bred/raised one that eats frozen. Yes they are more expensive, but think about it, a lot of...

I’m trying to rehome everything I still have to a good home. Looking to get a $300-400 for all remaining fish and corals. Just trying to make sure they will go to someone who will take good care of them. Lost sps to fluconazole treatment so mainly just lps and anemones left. Have some hammer...

Hello! I noticed that ORA posted in 2016 that they had successfully bred Ruby Red Dragonets , but it doesn't seem like they have any available, and I haven't seen any other communication after that post discussing any progress. Has anyone heard any other updates? Thanks! Ps. I'm not referring...

cool video of my 1.5 year old mandarin eating some kind of worm from the rocks … what do you think it is ?

Hi everyone, I got a Scooter Blenny for a few months now, since October to be exact, in my 20gal waterbox. She is doing amazing, always hunting for food but eats also very well frozen artemia. She always even swims to the top by the spot I drop the artemia in. I also have tried to feed her...

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Our monthly Super Sale returns to loads of new fish, inverts, macroalgae and more now available with new items added daily. We offer free overnight shipping on orders $349.99 and over to the continental US via both FedEx and UPS. Govx ID users for military, veterans and first responders get 15%...

Hello all. There was a Ruby Red Dragonet at my LFS for a while, and unfortunately there aren’t many pods in the fish systems. I brought some baby brine from home as well as pellets (super small ones I feed my mandarin), to try getting him to eat, as he was extremely emaciated. I managed to get...

I threw around this idea way back before I setup my reef. I have a 16-gallon reef 11 months old loaded with coral. I set up some copepod breeding jars to dose the aquarium. I feed the copepods live phyto there are a lot of tutorials online on setting up copepod cultures. I really want a Green...

Hello all. So I’ve had a baby Mandarin Dragonet for about a year now. I recently added a clown to his tank, and watched the clown bite down directly on the dragonet. Obviously the clown has been removed, however the dragonets horn has been shortened down to about where the line is in the picture...

The tank is 122x58x70 (cm) or 48x22.8x27.6 (inches) or 4x1.9x2.3 (feet), 490 liters or 108 gallons and the sump is 110x33x38 (cm) / 138 liters or 30 gallons. Stocking list: 2x Multicolor lubbocks fairy wrasse (Pair?) 1x Yellowfin fairy wrasse Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis 1x Blue flahsher wrasse...

Hello Reef2reef, I have always wanted a mandarin dragonet, but I have yet to buy one because my tank might not have a stable enough copepods population. My DT is 80 gallons, while my sump is 11 gallons. At night, numerous amphipods crawl on the sandbed and rocks. Homeowners of the tank is as...

Good day all! Been reading forums and had just bought a ruby dragonet. He was eating frozen at the store but seems to not eat frozen in my tank. My current tank is 90 gallon aqueon reef ready(the one with the overflow) with plenty of live rock. Sump is a 40 gallon modified aquarium which uses...

I'm planning on culturing both phyto and copepods to dose into my 20 gallon cube tank and i was wondering if i could get both a mandarin goby and a 2 spot goby to it. I already have a clownfish, tailspot blenny, yellow clown goby, and banggai cardinal. None of these fish usually hang around the...

I don't want to start a dragonet war or anything but which dragonet is your personal favorite based on your opinions experience and difficulty. If you chose other please reply to this thread and explain which and/or why. Also if you have some photos and experience to share of your own that would...

Now hear me out, I am now culturing copepods and phytoplankton and have a hang on refugium and am getting tigriopus pods soon. I am hoping to get a baby mandarin dragonet that would be around 1.5cm long ≈ 0.5 inch and I will only have my tank for 10 months so I don’t think it will get too big. I...

I was at a local aquarium fish market a while ago and saw a super interesting type of "dragonet" as the person in the shop said, although they call anything they don't know what is a dragonet. It looked almost like a puffer fish mixed with a mandarin? It had the size and complexity of a mandarin...

Hello all! So I have a pair of mandarin dragonets, and I’ve had them for about half a year. I wanted them to get a big larger before introducing them into one of my other tanks (wow do they grow slow), so I currently have them in a 10 gallon quarantine/temporary tank. I say “Temporary” as if...