mandarin dragonet

Hi, I have a mandarin dragonet who recently developed a single white lump on the side of his face. I have not been able to identify what this is. Any suggestions on what it could be would be greatly appreciated. He is eating and behaving normally as far as I can tell. There have not been...

I don't want to start a dragonet war or anything but which dragonet is your personal favorite based on your opinions experience and difficulty. If you chose other please reply to this thread and explain which and/or why. Also if you have some photos and experience to share of your own that would...

Now hear me out, I am now culturing copepods and phytoplankton and have a hang on refugium and am getting tigriopus pods soon. I am hoping to get a baby mandarin dragonet that would be around 1.5cm long ≈ 0.5 inch and I will only have my tank for 10 months so I don’t think it will get too big. I...

I got this little fella (blue mandarin) the other day at PetCo. There was two but sadly the other one had passed away :// I ended up getting just him. He has been doing fine in the tank, got him copepods to eat and he was eating. This was 5 days ago that I’ve had him. I haven’t seen him since...

I have two baby dragonets from Biota, that I’ve had for about 5 months. Currently eating pellets and copepods. I had an ich a problem a while back, and while I treated all my other fish with copper, I did TTM with these two. Afterwards I put them into a temporary tank, where they still are...

Hello, I have a problem it seems and my skills at research are failing me. I found one other thread on this forum with a similar title but no real resolution so I figured I should ask. My Mandarin Dragonettehas an odd growth coming from her left side gill hole, or I would assume it is a gill...

Hey Everyone! New to the page, looking to bring over my tank build to this forum as well :)! Here are some highlights of my livestock: - Wild blue/green Mandarin Dragonet Pair - Orange Molly - Biota Neon Goby

Who has experience and would be open to share about a tank rehoming multiple dragonets and a possum wrasse! Or multiple species competing for same food source (pods)? Context: Innovative Marine Peninsula 14 Gal I brought home 2 wild mandarins! Was able to get them to eat live + frozen brine...

Do I own a male or female Mandarin? I recently rehomed 2 mandarins and the one in the pictures below has been picked on a little by its male counterpart. They are about 1.5-2inches. I believe I have a female but I just wanted some assistance with this. Does anyone else have this experience of...

Curious if any of you have experience in keeping Biota Mandarins. I have been feeding them xsmall TDO pellets, and they have grown quite a bit since receiving them. My question is at what stage do they graduate to larger pellets like the small instead of xsmall? They seem to be grabbing mysis...

I’ve seen things about them being able to destroy a pod population in a few days, but is this really true? I have an inTank Refugium comming in a few days so I’ll have a little fuge to support a pod population, but would also be willing to dose pods on a somewhat regular basis (bi weekly?) and...

Will a mandarin dragonette eat these guys? I have pods bothering my zoas. They’re larger and I believe they’re amphipods. Maybe 1/4”. Visible to the naked eye but not huge. Or would a scooter blenny work? I know a wrasse will but it’s a biocube and I only have two small clowns in there now. Only...

Hi all, I’m new to the forum and looking for someone with some experience. I got a wild Blue Mandarin from my local LFS last week. I understand they eat copepods which isn’t an issue in my tank (30 gal). Tried feeding the Mandarin frozen Brine. I put it on the substrate in areas he hides. I...

Hello all, I recently purchased a captive-bred mandarin, and was wondering how big they will grow. Anyone here have experience with growing CB mandarins out? I've seen huge ones at LFS before. Does sex affect size? (i.e males are biggger than females?)

I am considering getting a Molly Miller Blenny, but I am determined to get a Mandarinfish someday. If I got a MM Blenny would it compete with the Mandarinfish for copepods? Thanks!

Hi everyone, so I had noticed something weird with my mandarins mouth today, it looks like he doesn’t have an upper lip! He’s eating fine still, but I was wondering if it was because of a disease, or injury? Can it regrow? Here’s a few pictures of him that I tried to get.

I have a biocube 32 led. It’s been running for a year but I transfered everything from a previous tank I had running for 3 years. I have so many pods the ground comes alive after lights out. Can I support a mandarin in a tank this small? I know I will likely have to supplement pods and would...

Hello all! I (fairly) recently added a mandarin dragonet to my system and while he is fattening up nicely off of my pod population, he has shown little (if any) interest in eating BBS off of my Paul B feeder. Does anyone have advice on how to get a mandarin to take to the feeder or is it just a...

This is mostly copied from my introduction meet and greet post, but I wanted to consolidate the information here in my build thread! Below is an overview of my current setup: Display Tank (DT) Tank: Innovative Marine Fusion Pro 25 Gallon Lagoon (w/ overflow protection and hightide risers)...

Hey guys, I’m Bean, a sarcastic, gimpy, old broad-combat veteran turned shepherdess with a whole lot of sass and not nearly enough spare time. I used to be deep into reefing, from the late eighties through the early 2000’s, but I had to break down my reef and give my corals to locals when I...

So, I'm relatively new to the hobby, I have 32 biocube that's about 2 years old. My livestock includes 2 ocellaris clowns, a spotted mandarin, 2 damsels, Mexican turbo, bunch of blue hermits, a coral banded shrimp, and a lot of corals. I didn't know anything about aquascaping when I first got...

Pair of mandarin dragonets sleeping

Hi everyone, I'm looking for any advice on breeding Mandarin Dragonets. I want to get a pair and cultivate my own copepods for their food. Would love to hear tips and tricks that other people have found as well as how much they food they needed to keep their fish and fry happy! Cheers to all!

I have a huge and I mean huge colony of munnids on every surface area in my tank.. they are literally everywhere including my refugium and filter area. Not one spot that doesn’t have dozens crawling in one singular area. Since I have so many, growing over months, would it be safe to say that I...