Hello, so I'd really like to be able to keep a mandarin in my E-170 45 gallon AIO Red Sea max... I'm pretty confident that I could sustain copepod population for one mandarin in my tank... But do you all think with the following plan I could keep a pair alive and happy??
Current stock: 1 pair ocellaris, 1 royal gramma, 1 Midas blenny
Next I would add mandarin pair (or single mandarin based on recommendation)
And finally in the future possibly a flame hawk.
Open to suggestions to my plan, or telling me that any part of it is overkill
1. My tank is pretty full of live rock, so lots of hiding space
2. Going to dose Tommy's Phytoplankton at 15ml/day, possibly a little more in the future.
3. Going to add 1 jar each of Tisbe and apocs this month, and another jar tisbe in 1 more month. (As it is I have a small population just from live rock, and could probably grow it with Phyto. But would prefer to jump start)
4. Going to keep a pod hotel in my media rack in sump.
5. Around time I throw second jar in tank, buy the mandarin. Looking at ORA mandarin pair, that they say is trained to eat pellets, flakes and frozen. Going to use turkey baster at feeding time to get some in their direction so they have little competition
So with this plan think I can keep a pair? or just stick to 1?
Current stock: 1 pair ocellaris, 1 royal gramma, 1 Midas blenny
Next I would add mandarin pair (or single mandarin based on recommendation)
And finally in the future possibly a flame hawk.
Open to suggestions to my plan, or telling me that any part of it is overkill
1. My tank is pretty full of live rock, so lots of hiding space
2. Going to dose Tommy's Phytoplankton at 15ml/day, possibly a little more in the future.
3. Going to add 1 jar each of Tisbe and apocs this month, and another jar tisbe in 1 more month. (As it is I have a small population just from live rock, and could probably grow it with Phyto. But would prefer to jump start)
4. Going to keep a pod hotel in my media rack in sump.
5. Around time I throw second jar in tank, buy the mandarin. Looking at ORA mandarin pair, that they say is trained to eat pellets, flakes and frozen. Going to use turkey baster at feeding time to get some in their direction so they have little competition
So with this plan think I can keep a pair? or just stick to 1?