Will Mandarin dragonet eat amphipods

[Rechelle Fleck]

I have a well established, healthy population of copepods and amphipods. I recently added a Mandarin dragonet and she is happily to gobble up the copepods. Do you know if madarins eat amphipods as wrll? I couldn't find too much on this. I have a ton of them living and breeding in my sand bed.

Thank you!!

 

[WV Reefer]

I have a well established, healthy population of copepods and amphipods. I recently added a Mandarin dragonet and she is happily to bring up the copepods. Do you know if madarins eat amphipods as wrll? I couldn't find too much on this. I have a ton of them living and breeding in my sand bed.

Thank you!!

They will eat them if they are not too big.

 

[jsvand5]

I have a well established, healthy population of copepods and amphipods. I recently added a Mandarin dragonet and she is happily to gobble up the copepods. Do you know if madarins eat amphipods as wrll? I couldn't find too much on this. I have a ton of them living and breeding in my sand bed.

Thank you!!

They will eat the very small young ones. A large full grown madarin may be able to eat large amphipods but I haven’t seen it happen.