Mandarin Gobys

[panza]

Is it true that to house them they need at least 100 gallons of water or is it possible to be housed in any amount of water??

 

[OniTweak]

It will not survive in your 14g tank unless you buy copepods weekly.

 

[pat8you]

They need all the live rock that fits into a 100 tank. They are extreemly picky eaters. They only like live pods that they pick off your rock. You need that big of a tank for your pod population to keep up. If not the mandarin will wipe out all the pods and then just starve after seeming like its doing fine for a month or two. A large fuge with some macro and live rock rubble helps your pod population too. They have been succesfully kept in smaller tanks but i would recommend that you don't try it unless your really know what your doing. In a 14gal tank it would be nearly impossible

 

[Ziggy953]

This is absolutely not a fish your a 14g tank. This fish requires a LOT of LR and a larger tank. They feed almost entirely on live copepods and will not survive in a tank that small.

There are a lot of people who have the setup with a refugium and a great pod population that can't keep them alive. I am one of those. I have nearly 300lbs of LR in my system and a large refugium that has been running for almost 3 years now. I have a giant pod population and I'm not going to put that fish in my system at least not for another 6 months.

This is not a beginner fish.