Can these live with mandarin goby?

[LAA]

Hey! So I have a 125 reef tank, sunset wrasse, damsel, hippo tang, clownfish, can these live with sailfin tang and mandarin goby.

 

[sfin52]

Hey! So I have a 125 reef tank, sunset wrasse, damsel, hippo tang, clownfish, can these live with sailfin tang and mandarin goby.

Yes

 

[LAA]

Yes

Great thanks!

 

[LAA]

Heard that mandarin are hard to keep tho? How long until I should put one in and what makes them hard?

 

[Dave1993]

They need lots of pods that's what makes them hard otherwise they are easy

 

[LAA]

Alright thx

 

[sfin52]

Agree lots of pods. It really helps if you have a refugium. The wrasse probably will eat pods to.

 

[neonreef3d]

having a refugium will benefit you greatly, as the pods have a place to constantly breed and make their way to the display eventually..

 

[LAA]

Agree lots of pods. It really helps if you have a refugium. The wrasse probably will eat pods to.

Yes have a refugium

 

[nereefpat]

A 125 with rock and a fuge should be plenty for a mandarin. I would wait until the tank is at least 6 months old, or until you can see tiny copepods crawling on the glass.

The only fish that concerns me, compatibility wise, is that specific wrasse. I haven't kept any Thallasoma genus wrasses with a mandarin. It worries me a little, but it might be totally fine.

 

[sfin52]

A 125 with rock and a fuge should be plenty for a mandarin. I would wait until the tank is at least 6 months old, or until you can see tiny copepods crawling on the glass.

The only fish that concerns me, compatibility wise, is that specific wrasse. I haven't kept any Thallasoma genus wrasses with a mandarin. It worries me a little, but it might be totally fine.

Let's call a wrasse expert. @Crabby48 we need your expertise and advice.

 

[nereefpat]

Let's call a wrasse expert. @Crabby48 we need your expertise and advice.

@SaltyT also.

How are Thallasoma spp wrasses with dragonets?

 

[Paul B]

Heard that mandarin are hard to keep tho? How long until I should put one in and what makes them hard?

Mandarins are one of the easiest, no maintenance fish we keep but they won't live in a new tank no matter how many pods you buy. They need an older tank (years) and they will take care of themselves with no help from us. They will even spawn constantly but not in a new tank.

2 or 3 years old is a new tank.

 

[Crabby48]

Are you looking at adding a mandarin to the list of fish? If so it should be ok. Not familiar with temperament of sunset wrasse with mandarins though. They can get big and mandarins are small. Wouldn’t think it would see mandarin as food.

 

[SlugSnorter]

they eat pods, and need lots of them, meaning they need more mature and large tanks with large amounts of pods

Heard that mandarin are hard to keep tho? How long until I should put one in and what makes them hard?

 

[SaltyT]

I agree with @nereefpat. I worry about mixing a Thalassoma spp with a slow moving mandarin. Thalassoma spp wrasses are capable of bashing and tearing apart small fish. I wouldn't risk it.

 

[LAA]

The sunset wrasse is very gentle with the other fish I have, small damsel less than a inch is fine. So is clown

 

[LAA]

Mandarins are one of the easiest, no maintenance fish we keep but they won't live in a new tank no matter how many pods you buy. They need an older tank (years) and they will take care of themselves with no help from us. They will even spawn constantly but not in a new tank.

2 or 3 years old is a new tank.

You got them to breed?! How did you go upon doing that?

 

[SlugSnorter]

many fish will breed if they have a mate and are healthy

You got them to breed?! How did you go upon doing that?

 

[SaltyT]

The sunset wrasse is very gentle with the other fish I have, small damsel less than a inch is fine. So is clown

If your wrasse is a thalassoma lutescens its gentle behavior will change over time. It's not the most aggressive of the thalassoma spp but it's still a thalassoma. This genus of wrasse has an aggressive reputation for a reason.