Newbe maderin Golby

[Namkcap]

My tank is a month old an I able to put a maderin Golby in my tank?

 

[carey]

They are actually not gobies. They eat pods usually not prepared fish food.

How big is your tank how much rock do you have? Do you have a refugium in your sump?

Most mandarin dragonets unfortunately starve to death, there are very few that survive in a home aquarium.

 

[Mike-words]

the tank needs to be well established with a huge pod population

 

[Mike-words]

Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Green Mandarin

check that link out

 

[thephillipi]

Mandarins are my favorites. I've always babied mine and supplimented the live rock with various copepods bought separately and fed through a baster. I know, way to much work, but I didn't want them starving and I never lost a one.
Anybody know anything about the reef pods and if you have to have a refugium?

 

[carey]

if you have a refugium you can add the pods to that and hopefully boost a colony. i tried it outside my tank in a separate 10g and it wasn't a huge success. I wouldnt' chance the life of a mandarin unless I was 100% sure I had enough pods. Buying the reef pods can get very very expensive.