Mandarin Goby

Dmb092182 · Sep 22, 2018

Tank transferred and watched 2 weeks. Added to the tank and now he is somewhere in the rock work. Have any of you had this problem and then he shows up? Thanks

James M · Sep 22, 2018

If you just added the mandarin it’s getting use to its surroundings.
Do you have a stable pod population ?

Dmb092182 · Sep 22, 2018

Yeah I should. Live rock is probably 10 years old. Tank has been going for like 2 years or so now.

Dmb092182 · Sep 22, 2018

It just makes me nervous I have not seen him

James M · Sep 22, 2018

Dmb092182 said:
It just makes me nervous I have not seen him

When is the last time you have seen it ?
Do you have a Fuge ?

Dmb092182 · Sep 22, 2018

I have not seen it so nice I placed in tank on Thursday night.

Dmb092182 · Sep 22, 2018

Only thing it could of been maybe ph shock due to display being dosed with alkalinity. I made sure salinity matched.

Dmb092182 · Sep 22, 2018

I do not have fuge

James M · Sep 22, 2018

How big is your tank ?

Michael Naegeli · Sep 22, 2018

I have 2 in my 180. I go days maybe weeks without seeing them. Just saw them both last night so they ok

Dmb092182 · Sep 22, 2018

Ok I have a 75 gallon not quite a 180 but I guess they could hang out in one spot for a while if they had ample pods in a spot.

Michael Naegeli · Sep 22, 2018

Dmb092182 said:
Ok I have a 75 gallon not quite a 180 but I guess they could hang out in one spot for a while if they had ample pods in a spot.

Gotta have pods. Lots of pods. I would quadruple check that u have em.

James M · Sep 22, 2018

Having no Fuge isn’t going to help , you might end up buying pods

Michael Naegeli · Sep 22, 2018

Ya I never was able to keep a mandarin too healthy without a fuge. I have so many pods it’s gross. Heaven for my gobies.

Dmb092182 · Sep 22, 2018

I always find them in my sump sock and sponge. The last one I bought was hiding and then eventually he cane out. This one just makes me mad because I went through qt which was tank transfer then observation for 2 weeks. I think if this one does not make I am done trying because that month of qt is hard work.

Ian M · Sep 24, 2018

Depends on how you scaped the tank, I have a pair in a 75G tank and I see them both everyday. The way I have placed the rocks with hiding spots forces the mandarin's more in the open as the larger fish have made claim to them.