mandarin

I'm looking for a mandarin goby that is trained on eating things other than copepods. Ideally one that is eating frozen foods like mysis, pellets, and/or flakes. Can be a blue or green mandarin, but blue is preferred. Price is negotiable within reason. Must be able to be shipped to Fairfax...

Hello all, I recently purchased a captive-bred mandarin, and was wondering how big they will grow. Anyone here have experience with growing CB mandarins out? I've seen huge ones at LFS before. Does sex affect size? (i.e males are biggger than females?)

So anyone who's seen my first build thread or read any of my several posts about planning this upgrade may already know this, but while this is my second reef tank, it's my first one with a sump, so the learning curve has been steep this time around as well. I've been planning this upgrade...

I've seen a series of articles on Synchiropus Splendidus by Terry D. Bartelme mentioned on forums but the links no longer work. Wondering if anyone here might happen to have copies they could share? Thanks in advance!

I have a spotted mandarin who has been happily eating frozen food for a while now, but I've always wanted her to have live food as well. I have a 32 gallon tank, which cannot sustain a pod population, so I starting trying to raise tigger pods. It has been tough, I did everything I was supposed...

I have 4 dragonface pipefish that have been doing great in my 75g for months. I feed frozen brine/mysis/cyclopods and they eat a bit of frozen but mostly forage for pods. I want a pair of mandarin dragonets but I wonder if they will outcompete my pipefish. My pod population is booming and I keep...

Hello, I'm looking to get a mandarin fish as my last fish when my tank is completely established and filled with copepods in the refugium. I'm interested to see which type of mandarin are your favorites. The dragonets I've included in the poll are all from Liveaquaria.

i have an infamous 20 gal cube with a flasher wrasse(temporarily i promise, and he is healthy with good weight and no deformity), a mandarin dragonet and a masked goby. could i add another fish like a small blenny(tail spot, two spot, pictus), shrimp goby(randall, yasha, yellow)or a spriger...

We Have a MASSIVE update on the website for y'all this week. I've added all of the following species captive-bred as always: Colin's Angelfish (Centropyge colini) Goldflake Angelfish (Apoloemichthys xanthopunctatus) Labyrinth Angelfish (Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus x Chaetodontoplus sp.)...

I have a. mandarin that’s currently eating copepods and brine shrimp, nothing wrong so far, except i want to train it to eat mysis shrimp and my rockwork is very extensive… when i say extensive i mean 2/3 of my tank is rockwork. any advice on how to catch the bugger? i have a mantis shrimp tramp...

Hi I was wondering if anyone knew of any lfs in the Miami Florida area that sells Mandarin Dragonets? I try to avoid buying fish online when I can but my lfs never seems to have any Mandarins.

Please help! I'm scratching my head and worrying about these little guys. Really needing some solid advice here... I've been able to keep a Scooter Blenny and a Mandarin in my 20g dosing Pods every month or so, without any issue. AIO tank with middle column as a lit refugium. Well over the last...

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I started my first saltwater tank a little over a month ago slowly perfecting it. I have: (Equipment) 40 Gallon breeder VIPARSPECTRA lighting Fluval skimmer Aqueon QuietFlow 30 Hydor 565gph wavepump This is where I started to upgrade after 2 weeks of learning for what I want I needed at least a...

Hello all! I'm new to the hobby and I'm currently in the process of cycling my 40G NUVO from IM. I'm trying to plan for eventually getting a Mandarin and I'm looking into my best options for establishing a healthy pod count for the fish. I plan on getting a captive bred Mandarin, but I still...

Hey everyone, second time posting in here and everyone has been so helpful. I have recently purchased (2 weeks ago) a female spotted for my male, my male has been great with her there has been no fighting (fingers crossed ) other than the beginning for 20 sec or so I’m assuming that was...

I'm sorta going mad trying to find fish I like that aren't gonna compete for pods with a mandarin. I realise any wrasse except for the fairy wrasses and their relatives will generally feed on pods, but would the Tanaka's Pygmy Wrasse / White Banded Possum Wrasse specifically compete with a...

Back when I was first looking into getting a mandarin I wish there had been more documented "case studies" of people keeping them. My research in early 2020 and now pretty much leads to the same conclusions: 1) People who say they cannot be kept in an aquarium under 75 gallons and less than 2...

Hi everyone, new to r2r hopefully i posted in the right forum and whatnot. I just got this Green Mandarin a couple of days ago, looked fat from the front but now i noticed a line through his side, is that normal or a sign of him being too skinny? Not worried about his food source in the tank...

I watched a YouTube video on the Swissguard basslet, and it said that a Swissguard basslet would compete for pods with a mandarin. Is it true? Or can I safely introduce one in my 50G together with a mandarin? I intend to keep a Mandarin in my 50G eventually, and I don't want to keep any fish...

The Finicky Fish: My intention is to introduce at the same time: a male blue mandarin; a female spotted mandarin; a female red ruby dragonet to my LPS/softie-only bare bottom 50G. It only has 2 ocellaris and 1 helfrichi firefish - I won't add any aggressive eaters that could stop the mandarins...

Everyone knows us for our captive-bred mandarins and for great reason! Our mandarins are fed a diet of pellet and frozen foods so when they get into your tank they're already acclimated and ready to thrive. Check out this video of a group of them chowing down on some TDO B2 and PE hatchery...

The summer is finally over and I feel more confident stocking my 50G. It's 29 x 24 x 20 (high) bare bottom. I'd love if someone experienced could comment on my stocking list. Underlined fish are the ones, I'm really determined to keep, but I obviously accept comments. The other fish are the...

Have had my mind on getting some dragonettes sometime soon, is it alright to get two different kinds? Like one of the green spotted ones and a red Mandarin? And would they be ok in a 90?

I have a 30 gallon frag tank, I have a healthy supply of brine shrimp and copepods , I breed them in my garage. I've successfully kept a Mandarin dragonet alive for two years now, first in my 50 gallon tank, and now it's doing well in my upgraded 100 gallon. Keeping pods has never been a problem...