mandarin dragonet

[stumpy277]

Adopted a mandarin dragonet ...see how he does. Plenty of copepods for him.

 

[Max447]

Nice dragonet! I'm working my way up to one too.

 

[40B Knasty]

That is a she. Males have a pointy fin

 

[stumpy277]

Yep she is a she!. I always refer to my fishies as he for some reason....

 

[stumpy277]

That is a she. Males have a pointy fin

Nice and plump!

 

[40B Knasty]

Nice and plump!

Yeah man he was easy to target feed in my 20g as a juvenile. Now that he is a year older and in an upgrade to a 40B. I was worried about flow being a problem pushing frozens around. Well he is older now and a way better of a hunter. Before he wouldn't eat anything if it wasn't 1-2 inches away from him or hit a dead spot. Now it is 4-5 inches and he swims his butt off to attack it floating by.

 

[stumpy277]

Yeah man he was easy to target feed in my 20g as a juvenile. Now that he is a year older and in an upgrade to a 40B. I was worried about flow being a problem pushing frozens around. Well he is older now and a way better of a hunter. Before he wouldn't eat anything if it wasn't 1-2 inches away from him or hit a dead spot. Now it is 4-5 inches and he swims his butt off to attack it floating by.

Awesome! Well this little girl is in my nano helping me combat a massive copepod outbreak...she won't stay...but for now she has her work cut out for her...seems happy..

 

[40B Knasty]

Heard it takes like 2 weeks for one to decimate a smaller tank. She is a beaut though. That was and still is the first fish I ever wanted. Settled with the spotted, because they eat like pigs if you care for them right.

 

[stumpy277]

Can I ask you a few questions?
She has been quite active in the day and seems happy...but sometimes at night she looks like she wants to jump out ...she porpusing up and down at the surface..not fully jumping out just popping her head out like a bobber...any ideas

 

[tvu]

I've had 3 spotted gobies over the past 15 years and maybe it's luck but mine always seem to take to frozen foods. They even chase the frozen mysis and brine. I've never tried the psychedelic ones prob because I've had good experiences with the spotted ones.

 

[40B Knasty]

Can I ask you a few questions?
She has been quite active in the day and seems happy...but sometimes at night she looks like she wants to jump out ...she porpusing up and down at the surface..not fully jumping out just popping her head out like a bobber...any ideas

She is just being a fish. They don't eat 24/7. I have heard of a few jumper stories. Mine likes to bob at the top now being in the 40B. Always a swim up and down fish. He does pop the top of the water during moonlight hour. Just keep a tight lid.
I do not have experience with green or red mandarins. I go buy one rule of thumb that has been given to me by several LFS. If you don't have a populated refugium of a minimum of 1 year. Your chance of success for survival is 0. Unless you can train them to eat frozens or can be bought eating them. Then they have a chance. They can also turn away from eating frozens I heard too even when bought eating them. So you need that backup plan.

 

[Doostur]

How is your dragonet doing? Very curious on your journey. Been debating on adding one to my 45g for a while. It would be the last fish I add.

Still active and eating? Adding copepods seems like a pain. And eating frozen foods seems hit or miss with them.