mandarin

  1. marisp127

    Stocking List - Yay or Nay?

    Alright guys, thoughts on this stock list for a 75 gallon? - mandarin goby/dragonet - molly miller blenny - pair of ocellaris clowns - possum wrasse - flasher wrasse (linespot) - ruby head fairy wrasse - melanurus wrasse (or other Haliochores of similar size) - unsure about this one
  2. nycfreshreef

    What is this mandarin eating ?

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

    What kind of copepods are these

    Hi everyone! I have a 32-gallon display tank with a 10-gallon sump, 9 months ago I seeded Algaebarn Galaxy Pods into the display tank and refugium to support a mandarin. Since then the mandarin has been growing and live well so I didn't pay too much attention to the pods population, assuming...
  4. R

    Mandarin spawning

    Hi all, Yesterday, just after 10pm I had a pleasure watching my Mandarins’ mating dance. After about 40 mins, my mandarins swam together to the top of my tank and spawned. I wasn’t prepared for this occasion, unfortunately my wave makers have broken all the eggs to single pieces, which firstly...
  5. KateAtkins

    Two weird and terrible fish deaths. Help!

    I have had two large-ish fish die in a week. Both in weird ways. Cleaner wrasse I found curled up in a corner gasping. When I went to fish him out he tried to swim but couldn’t. He had a weird puff of flesh at the join on his fin and it wasn’t working at all. He’d been in the tank since the...
  6. reveriesh

    Hello Lessons from my 1st 9 months

    So I’ve been lurking here for nearly a year, often gleaning terrific information from the wise, seasoned veterans and occasionally something brilliant from a noob that they’ve self-taught. Today, I am officially joining the discussions because I feel like I finally have a little something to...
  7. eislekel

    Mandarin Dragonet feeding with Brine Shrimp Video

    Hello Reefers, I would like to share a video that I shoot 1 hour ago while feeding my Mandarin Dragonet. Everybody was asking about how I feed my Mandarin on social media. Here is the answer. Bonus:
  8. eislekel

    My new camera Sony RX100VI and some shots

    Hi all, After thousands of research, I bought Sony Rx100VI. I'm very happy with the results. My aim was to find the best point-and-shoot camera for my needs. Here are a few shots I made and cropped from the entire photo. These are not taken with a macro lens. I will keep this topic updated. It...
  9. TbSaysNo

    Would my reef tank sustain a mandarin dragonet?

    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...
  10. Pyrat80

    Florida NEED TO REHOME nearly naked clown, common clown, and Green Spotted Mandarin. Florida Pick Up only

    I am leaving the Hobby and need to rehome my 2 clowns and Green Spotted Mandarin. The. Mandarin eats frozen foods. I would like to move all three at once Pick up only. Located in Celebration FL.
  11. owsley

    Not your normal mandarin question.

    Looking for some help.. So I had what I thought was a pair of biota mandarin goby’s. Well turns out as they matured I have two males… I know the simple answer is to just separate them and take one out but my problem is we a 93 gallon and have built an extensive BRS hsna aquascape. So other...
  12. Gretchacha

    QT mandarin, or straight to DT?

    I’m evolving a mixed reef tank that currently has rock, sand, snails, conch, corals, coco worm, rock anemone, pom pom gracilarus macroalgae, phyto, pods, and brine shrimp. A large wild caught mandarin is on his way to me from Alyssa’s Seahorse Savvy next week slong with 2 small brittle stars and...
  13. Cayreefer

    Is my tank capable of growing copepods?

    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...
  14. 1epauletteshark

    Mandarin? Or something else?

    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...
  15. elm03

    Baby Blue Mandarin Disappeared

    I got this little fella (blue mandarin) the other day at PetCo. There was two but sadly the other one had passed away :// I ended up getting just him. He has been doing fine in the tank, got him copepods to eat and he was eating. This was 5 days ago that I’ve had him. I haven’t seen him since...
  16. Cole_Voeller

    Mandarin Dragonet Bloated

    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...
  17. F

    Mandarin

    Has anyone ever cultured pods to keep a mandarin in a small tank? I’m wondering how hard it is.
  18. J

    Feeding a Mandarin in a nano reef.

    I have a 16-gallon cycling. I am already dosing phytoplankton and when the cycle nears completion will begin dosing tisbe, tigriopus, apocyclops, and oithona. I am well aware that even if my tank is well established a mandarin would completely wipe them out very fast. If I dose pods and phyto...
  19. Salty_Taste

    Hello Gen Z Reefer!

    Hey Everyone! New to the page, looking to bring over my tank build to this forum as well :)! Here are some highlights of my livestock: - Wild blue/green Mandarin Dragonet Pair - Orange Molly - Biota Neon Goby
  20. ariellemermaid

    Need Help Feeding Mandarin!

    I ordered some fish about 2 weeks ago and the site I ordered from had a great deal on mandarins (we’ve wanted one for a long time now). I’m assuming it’s wild caught (yes, first mistake we know). We ordered some copepods at the same time to beef up the tank’s supply. We knew we’d have to train...
  21. H

    Tanaka Pygmy Wrasse + 2 Mandarin Dragonet!

    Who has experience and would be open to share about a tank rehoming multiple dragonets and a possum wrasse! Or multiple species competing for same food source (pods)? Context: Innovative Marine Peninsula 14 Gal I brought home 2 wild mandarins! Was able to get them to eat live + frozen brine...
  22. ManaReef

    Cube Build My first ever SW tank

    Hello all! Thank you for checking out my salt water journey! I have a lot to learn am excited to see what happens! I will be listing details in this thread of major events of the tank (dates of set up, new additions, w pictures!) Note that all equipment was cleaned prior to any use. Please also...
  23. F

    How long to breed copepods in 125G display tank for a mandarin?

    So I put over 65,000 copepods of varying species in my 125G tank in March, and they're literally everywhere. All over the glass, the filter, the refugium, the skimmer, and I have to assume the rocks and the sediment. I can see them moving. So do you guys think this had been enough of a breeding...
  24. J

    Could I feasibly keep a (captive bred) mandarin dragonet in a biocube 32

    I’ve seen things about them being able to destroy a pod population in a few days, but is this really true? I have an inTank Refugium comming in a few days so I’ll have a little fuge to support a pod population, but would also be willing to dose pods on a somewhat regular basis (bi weekly?) and...
  25. J

    Bioata Mandarin

    Hello everyone! I have a relatively new system that is 2 months old. A bioata mandarin is in my future fish list and I’m wondering if I need live copepods? Or can I just feed it frozen food and pellets since it’s captive bred?
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