Dragonet compatibility

Aboynamedsous2

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
May 20, 2021
Messages
267
Reaction score
171
Location
United states
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Hi, I was have a 30 gallon set up. With a six line wrasse and a canary blenny. I really have my heart set on a dragonet but don’t wanna make that purchase if they don’t get along. Would they be peaceful if I add one? Thanks In advance!
 

Jekyl

GSP is the devil and clowns are bad pets
View Badges
Joined
Jan 15, 2019
Messages
12,484
Reaction score
16,937
Location
Michigan
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Hi, I was have a 30 gallon set up. With a six line wrasse and a canary blenny. I really have my heart set on a dragonet but don’t wanna make that purchase if they don’t get along. Would they be peaceful if I add one? Thanks In advance!
Aggression isn't the issue. Mandarin need a habitat large enough to support the copepod population that they use for food. Make sure you have this covered before going further.
 
OP
OP
A

Aboynamedsous2

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
May 20, 2021
Messages
267
Reaction score
171
Location
United states
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Aggression isn't the issue. Mandarin need a habitat large enough to support the copepod population that they use for food. Make sure you have this covered before going further.
Thanks, in the process of setting up a refugium. Plan to let it mature for a month or two to get the copepod population up and then buy one.
 

James M

.
View Badges
Joined
Jul 6, 2018
Messages
9,265
Reaction score
12,822
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Even if you set up a fuge you would still need to dose pods or set up something like a pod hotel
 

Lost in the Sauce

BANGERANG!!!!
View Badges
Joined
Feb 10, 2021
Messages
18,889
Reaction score
91,596
Location
Southern California
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Thanks, in the process of setting up a refugium. Plan to let it mature for a month or two to get the copepod population up and then buy one.
Depending on how much live rock in your cube, that may not be enough time. Wait until you've got pods all over the glass when you clean it. Then you'll know the Mandy will come in and have enough to eat too ward off travel stress and get settled it.

They literally hunt and eat all day and need to iot stay healthy.
 

New&no clue

2500 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
May 11, 2019
Messages
3,557
Reaction score
12,225
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I believe Algae Barn says theirs eat mysis. The one thing to consider with “trained” ones is while they do eat mysis they eat very slowly, which means other fish in the tank will most likely get the food before the mandarin. For that reason they need multiple feedings a day.
 

Jekyl

GSP is the devil and clowns are bad pets
View Badges
Joined
Jan 15, 2019
Messages
12,484
Reaction score
16,937
Location
Michigan
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Is it easy to find ones that eat mysis shrimp or do you know of a place where I could get one?
Even "IF" they eat other things it's not natural to them. You will have to manage a way to directly feed them without the pressure of other fish.
 

TheShrimpNibbler

Valuable Member
View Badges
Joined
Sep 28, 2019
Messages
1,735
Reaction score
2,602
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
There are a couple issues that I can see. As previously mentioned, six line wrasses do eat a lot of pods. Even if you could find a trained one, you still can’t feed it once or twice a day and expect it to not still need pods. A mandarin only stays full for a very short time, so you would have to constantly be supplying whatever food it is eating. While this isn’t really attainable with mysis, if you are willing to make one, Paul B’s Brine shrimp feeder could work much better.
 
OP
OP
A

Aboynamedsous2

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
May 20, 2021
Messages
267
Reaction score
171
Location
United states
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
There are a couple issues that I can see. As previously mentioned, six line wrasses do eat a lot of pods. Even if you could find a trained one, you still can’t feed it once or twice a day and expect it to not still need pods. A mandarin only stays full for a very short time, so you would have to constantly be supplying whatever food it is eating. While this isn’t really attainable with mysis, if you are willing to make one, Paul B’s Brine shrimp feeder could work much better.
Cool I’ll look into it thanks!
 

ThRoewer

Valuable Member
View Badges
Joined
Jul 16, 2016
Messages
1,251
Reaction score
1,953
Location
Fremont, CA
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Aggression will be an issue. Sixlines are known to kill mandarins, and I had it happened a few times before I realized it. And my tank at the time was 750 liter (roughly 200 gallon). In much larger tanks they may get along but if the Sixline takes the mandarin as food competitor it will pick it to death. And in a 30 gallon that is almost guaranteed to happen.
 
Back
Top