Mandarin Goby

[Sly Element]

Hello fellow reefers,

For years i have been in love with the LSD mandarin goby, but never had the tank to keep them.

At this point i have a tank that has been running for 2 years, and it has been pretty stable.
The only "problem" i have for keeping the goby is the tank size.

My tank i 80cmx35cmX25cm.

Everyone always talks aboiut gallons/liters, but for a fish that just creeps between the rocks, isn't "rock surface" more important than the amount of water?

Cause if you rais my tank from 25cm to 40cm i have a lot more water in the tank, but the same amount of rocks..

So my theorie is that a mandarin goby would have enough "space" in my tank to creepy crawler tru my rocks.

I have a little refugion with Chaeto and about 10kg of rock in the tank. ( 2 year old rock )


I would also add live copepods every week.

 

[Hats_]

I think you will be fine keeping a mandarin in a mature tank like that! Kept mine in a year old reefer250 with no copepod feeding and he was fat

 

[1epauletteshark]

Hello fellow reefers,

For years i have been in love with the LSD mandarin goby, but never had the tank to keep them.

At this point i have a tank that has been running for 2 years, and it has been pretty stable.
The only "problem" i have for keeping the goby is the tank size.

My tank i 80cmx35cmX25cm.

Everyone always talks aboiut gallons/liters, but for a fish that just creeps between the rocks, isn't "rock surface" more important than the amount of water?

Cause if you rais my tank from 25cm to 40cm i have a lot more water in the tank, but the same amount of rocks..

So my theorie is that a mandarin goby would have enough "space" in my tank to creepy crawler tru my rocks.

I have a little refugion with Chaeto and about 10kg of rock in the tank. ( 2 year old rock )


I would also add live copepods every week.

I have my mandarin baby in a 60x40x35 and she is quite small and loves freshly hatched BBS and I have a HEAP of live rock. IMO&E you should be completely fine, however I am not sure I know what species an LSD mandarin is?

 

[Sly Element]

I have my mandarin baby in a 60x40x35 and she is quite small and loves freshly hatched BBS and I have a HEAP of live rock. IMO&E you should be completely fine, however I am not sure I know what species an LSD mandarin is?

sorry, LSD is what we use for the synchiropus splendidus.

And thnx for the advice!
Will be getting one this weekend if i can find a good fat one

 

[1epauletteshark]

sorry, LSD is what we use for the synchiropus splendidus.

And thnx for the advice!
Will be getting one this weekend if i can find a good fat one

Make sure to update us!

 

[Hats_]

sorry, LSD is what we use for the synchiropus splendidus.

And thnx for the advice!
Will be getting one this weekend if i can find a good fat one

Oh i thought you meant a Pterosynchiropus picturatus. Thats the one i own, dont think it matters much since they arent that different