scooter blenny vs mandarine dragonnet, compatible or not ?

[david p.]

hi,

are these compatible ?
i have a scotter blenny (a female i think) in my 85g i love her, fat and healthy. but i always loved the mandarine for there colors.
i read that dragonet can be agressive toward conspecific. is it a no go ?
if no go, i might try to find a male scooter blenny

 

[kacrocorals581]

I had that combo before and they never acknowledged each other , I had the green Mandarin and tried a psychedelic Mandarin an they where always fighting so long as there not similar colors it seems they don't care .

 

[Maritimer]

I keep a pair of ruby scooters in my tank, along with a target (psychedelic) mandarin.

No worries. As far as I can tell, the scooters don't know the mandarin exists - and vice versa.

~Bruce

 

[mr11]

With 3 heavy pod feeders do you have to supplement pods?

 

[david p.]

i have 1 pod feeder with my scooter blenny, either i add 1 mandarine or 1 scotter to get a pair.
for pods supply, i have a 40b sump with more then half with cheato that is full of pods + my DT with plenty of rock. do you think it's enought ?? don't want them to starve

at night, i see tons of pods in DT

 

[eatbreakfast]

Mandarins and scooters are congenerics, not conspecifics. There shouldn't be any issues besides pod competition.

 

[Maritimer]

With 3 heavy pod feeders do you have to supplement pods?

I haven't yet - they're in a 65gallon with a HOB refugium and an in-sump 'fuge - but I am considering an order of the mixed pods / phyto from Algae Barn. The target mandy, from what I've gleaned, isn't quite as fussy as the blue/green/red, and will feed on flatworms (I've got red planaria) as well as 'pods.

~Bruce

 

[Bob Escher]

i have 1 pod feeder with my scooter blenny, either i add 1 mandarine or 1 scotter to get a pair.
for pods supply, i have a 40b sump with more then half with cheato that is full of pods + my DT with plenty of rock. do you think it's enought ?? don't want them to starve

at night, i see tons of pods in DT

That looks like a coralvue icecap PK skimmer? The big brother of my old 50. I like them

 

[david p.]

That looks like a coralvue icecap PK skimmer? The big brother of my old 50. I like them

it's a IceCap K2-160 Protein Skimmer w/ Sicce PSK600

 

[Bob Escher]

I think they're nice skimmers. Sold mine and went to a bubble magus curve 5