Do you have a Mandarin RIGHT NOW?

[revhtree Verified Admin]

How many of you have a Mandarin Goby in your tank right now?

Don't you just love how those little "feathery" looking fins move?

 

[Stuartmercer]

I have a Mandarin in my 29g sumpless, refugium-less tank. I rarely dose pods, and my mandarin doesnt eat prepared. It's been going strong for almost a year now! Trust me when I say I have a strong pod population... maybe a little to strong, eh? I'm thinking about starting a pod culture soon if something goes south but I should be good for a while longer!


I will say it is definately possible to keep one in a nano... Maybe not long term, but it's possible to keep one well fed for while in such a small tank.

 

[MichaelReefer]

sure do! The Fiance named her Leo, Like Leonardo Da Vinci lol.

 

[Auquanut]

My wife would love to have one in the 125, but I have other fish that keep the pod population in the DT to a minimum. With my aquascape, we'd probably never see it anyway. I could definitely keep one in the fuge, buuuut no.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Yes! His name is toothless (how to train your dragon).

My wife's absolute favorite fish in the tank. Going to be looking for a GF for him soon.

 

[Gtinnel]

I have a spotted mandarin in my 125. I don't think the spotted mandarin is quite as pretty but I like that's is slightly less common.

 

[karamreef117]

I have a mandarin in my ten gallon. Currently trying to seed my other tank with pods so I can place it in the bigger tank and take my time with the new build. Mandarins Are awesome!!!! They have a great personality as well!

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Not at the moment, bud down the road I will. Just want to make sure my tank has enough microfauna established to keep one happy and healthy

 

[Uncle99]

 

[Eagle_Steve]

I have 2 that breed like mad.

 

[Viva'sReef]

Not currently and it's taken every ounce of will to not buy one even at 6 months into this new tank. Giving it a few more months then I will probably add a pair

 

[reefinnewb]

yup, just a little one right now. Nice and fat in my 80g system. System is 3 years old with a nice refugium. Going to start culturing pods to make sure he is nice and fat.

 

[Neros503]

Yes! I have one in my biocube 29 with refugium. He's grown from around 3/4 inch, to probably more than an inch in the month that I've had him. As far as I know, he only eats pods even though he's captive bred and is supposed to eat frozen/dry foods. I've added one supplementary bottle of pods to the tank after 3 weeks, and the next day, I didn't see a single one. Not sure if he ate them that quickly or what.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

 

[DaneGer21]

We have one in our 220. A local reefer was tearing down his 90 for a job relocation. Wife and I took it in, and it’s been here for about two and a half years now. Happy and healthy.

 

[Paul B]

I do.

 

[jay06705]

I've had one for around a year now, don't see him quite often usually when I least expect it. He likes to hang around the back wall behind the rocks. I was originally skeptical about getting him was worried my pistol shrimp might get him, everything seems to behave.

 

[fishlover1478]

I do.

you can't say you have a mandarin and not post a picture or video of your feeder lol

 

[Dreamkiller]

I definitely do... Trained him to eat frozen food. Beautiful thing.

 

[Trouble1375]

Would love to have one but the wrasses (pair of Melanurus and a 6-line) seem to decimate the pod population in our 125. The boxfish loves pods too. We've dosed pods extensively in our 2 year old system and never see any