mandarin dragonet

Hi everyone, new to r2r hopefully i posted in the right forum and whatnot. I just got this Green Mandarin a couple of days ago, looked fat from the front but now i noticed a line through his side, is that normal or a sign of him being too skinny? Not worried about his food source in the tank...

Hello, I recently got this spotted mandarin, and I thought it is a female because of its small dorsal fin. However, a couple of days ago I noticed that the dorsal fin has a small spine. I took this picture, it is not a good one but it shows the dorsal fin. So, can anyone tell me is it a male...

Hey, I recently bought a fiji cube aio 22.4 gal and was wondering if I could run a refugium in my return pump chamber? I’d like to run filter media in the first chamber. I would also like to run bio media, a skimmer and a heater in the middle chamber so that doesn’t leave me with much room left...

Hi awesome people! So I’m wanting to start my tank off right, and I want to make sure it has a good supply of pods. What’s the best way to make sure they’re are tons in there for my tank, and for my mandarin gobbies I wanna add eventually! Again, just getting back into it so I wanted to know if...

Hey everyone, I have this baby mandarin dragonet, and I’m wondering what gender it is.

Hello all! I got a small Aquacultured blue mandarin goby/ dragonet 2 days ago and I can not tell if it looks too skinny/ malnourished. I have looked at other threads and pics. I see my Mandarin pecking pretty often throughout the day and in some angles she looks ok, but I do see that lateral...

So I want to keep a pair of mandarins in my planned 125 gallon w/ 55 gallon sump, but I’m afraid that they would devastate the pod populations. Could a tank this size support 2 mandarins? 5 inch sand bed, 180 pounds of live rock, and ~30 gallon refugium.

Disclaimer: This is not a build thread, there aren’t any pictures yet. My dad has finally caved and decided to help me build a 125 gallon tank with 55 gallon sump around Christmas. I’ll give you the details. So first, the stocking list. 20 Ocellaris Clowns and 3 LTAs: I’ve decided to attempt a...

I heard that they might compete for pods is this true

So I bought a GMD from my lfs 2 days ago. I have a well established 15g reef tank, I’ve been doing thorough research for about 2 years on how to keep them and actually owning one is stressing me out lol. Even though I populated my tank with a bottle of tiger copepods 2 days ago, I cannot tell if...

I introduced a male to my female a couple of days ago to see if they would pair up. I got a male that was bigger than the female cause I heard that females may kill males that are smaller than her. Well today I found my male dead. His mouth of wide open and he has pale spots spots like he lost...

I have had a mandarin goby for six months that I trained to eat pellets and frozen foods right now it’s probably around an inch and it is female. I recently bought another mandarin online where I asked if they could send me a male but when I got it it turns out it may be a female since it too...

I bought a tank raised female mandarin a month ago and she was eating frozen cyclops and small pellets. So then I felt like I really wanted a pair but it was cheaper for me to buy a wild caught one then captive bred so I bought a male caught and since I don’t have copepods in my tank to my...

Hello,I have had successfully owned a green mandarin goby for over a year in my 50 gallon reef tank. However, a buddy of mine offered me one of his fish from his 40 gallon reef.. a longnose hawk fish. I have loved these fish and always seen them to Be an interest, and have considered purchasing...

Ive been researching good ways to fatten up my mandarin dragonetts as their weight is going up and down a lot lately I know I will need to find another method of feeding them. I tried Paul B's brine shrimp feeder however I couldn't get all the exactly correct materials and my clownfish decided...

Hello guys, I have a 30 gallon tank with a pair of clown fish and a baby Mandarin from Biota. Recently the clowns started to become aggressive towards the Mandarin, he has plenty of hiding spaces, but he keeps getting close to the clowns and getting bullied. Any tips in what to do to get them to...

Mandarin fish that I have had for about 3 months has lost part of its left front pectoral fin. his swimming ability does not seem to be impaired at all. Photos below, does anyone know what caused it and how to treat other fish are 1x coral beauty 1x bicolour blend 2x occelaras clown (small) 2x...

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