Oh kk, goign back to the dragonet, say I set up a 10 gallon fuge as well as set up a few bottles, it is doable, cause it’s my dream fish and like, this is the biggest tank I could get where my mom wouldn’t kill me
Maybe - but you'd need to be producing a lot of pods. I picked up a mandarin dragonet today - but he went into a 160-gallon system with about 125lbs of live rock - so he won't be starving. I've also owned a pair of wild caught mandarins that were trained to eat frozen. Even still I realize it's at best a 50-50 proposition.
Ah ok. What if I bought captive bred trained to eat frozen. Along with that, keep a pods poputlation would that work?
understood, will keep that in mind. And you said that the Harlequins would get eaten, but I don’t plan on putting any predators like wrasses
But wouldnot be bad for my tank, yes? Feeding will be tough but up for the challenge
Mandarins tend to do better in larger tanks, I would maybe hold off on them.
Yellows may be a bit too big for the tank, maybe go with the red banded/high fin watchman and a candy cane/Randall's pistol shrimp.
even captive bred mandarins won't always eat frozen as they age, and when you get them they are super tiny. Mandarins do best and live longest in larger, mature tanks with a fuge so they can feed on pods and other micro fauna.
If you are dead set on getting them, at least wait until your tank is older. the tank will need frequent pod doing from your cultures to sustain the mandarin and the tank will likely need a lid since mandarins (and firefish) can be jumpers
Those gobies are really rare to come by, and for the 2 years I've been in saltwater, i haven't been able to find a high fin or a red banded. And for the pistols, normally they sell tiger pistol shrimp and they sell out on the same day so for me, it feels like the stars have aligned. I know it sounds stupid but it's the truth, besides it's not every time where you don't have exams and what you want comes.
Rocks are beneath the sand and I have a 45mm sand bed that is higher and lower in some places.
should be alright, might benefit from a tad more sand. Also, look into cerith snails to help stir the sandbed, stocky ceriths are somewhat large but are amazing sand stirrers.
if you really really want it, you could do it. There may be issues in the future though, so keep that in mind.
make sure the other clown is male, and watch for aggression from the female.
mmmm k
Yup, got that, the designer im looking at is a male and my clown is a female so yea got it, thhanks
. Before that time comes, do some digging into the Paul B Mandarin Feeder, and also a Baby-Brine-Shrimp hatchery (links to these below):
