Mandarin in a 30 G tank

[JorgeS]

I have a well established 30 G tank. Lots of copepods and amphipods, I can see them at night, hundreds stuck in my glass tank and amphipods running all over my rock work (not sure Mandqrin eats them but thought I mention it). Would it be a good idea to get a Mandarin dragonet? Or my established pod colony won’t suffice in the long run and I will certainly have to add copepods? It would be the only fish that consumes pods as my other fishes at a pair of percula, a helfrichi and a watchman goby. Thanks for any advice.

 

[reefer024]

Ive owned one since it was very small and got him eating frozen spirulina brine with a coral spot feeder. Yours would eventually eat up the pods population. So you would want to continually stock your tank with tigger pods if you can't get it to eat frozen. Mine still grazes through out the day but I also feed him the brine 3 times a day. He's healthy and happy

 

[JorgeS]

Ive owned one since it was very small and got him eating frozen spirulina brine with a coral spot feeder. Yours would eventually eat up the pods population. So you would want to continually stock your tank with tigger pods if you can't get it to eat frozen. Mine still grazes through out the day but I also feed him the brine 3 times a day. He's healthy and happy

Ok. Thx. Good to know

 

[nereefpat]

Do you have a refugium?

 

[JorgeS]

Do you have a refugium?

No. Just back sump. It’s a Red Sea max 130

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Amphipods might out compete the mandarin for pods. Consider a chaeto reactor or HOB fuge.

 

[JorgeS]

Amphipods might out compete the mandarin for pods. Consider a chaeto reactor or HOB fuge.

Ok. Didn’t know that. Thx