So I am relatively new to saltwater aquariums, but one of my favorite fish from the time I was a kid was the mandarin goby, I have read just about everything out there about them (dragonets) and researching them off and on for 6months to a year and I have my copepods population up and vary strong. But recently I found out about ruby red dragonets, and now I want them both, can I do that? I have a 40gal breeder and a 20gal sump with 40-45lbs of was dry rock now live rock. Do you guys think it's possible?
Two dragonet's one tank
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Yes. I have a pair of reds and a male mandarin.
Please please be aware they eat a lot more then copepods. One reason folks say a mature tank is a mature tank has worms, isopods, amphipods and isopods and stuff we don't see..
Some if my go to frozen foods are baby brine gut loaded w spirulina, nutramar Ova, fish eggs, oyster eggs, and rotifers.
You do need to keep an eye on the tank at night to watch for bugs and I regularly move rocks and cheto back and forth from the display and the refugium to keep enough bugs in the DT.
Please please be aware they eat a lot more then copepods. One reason folks say a mature tank is a mature tank has worms, isopods, amphipods and isopods and stuff we don't see..
Some if my go to frozen foods are baby brine gut loaded w spirulina, nutramar Ova, fish eggs, oyster eggs, and rotifers.
You do need to keep an eye on the tank at night to watch for bugs and I regularly move rocks and cheto back and forth from the display and the refugium to keep enough bugs in the DT.
I learned how to cultivate bugs in tank and supplement them and supplemented frozen. My fish never took white or black worms.
The thing is there all different in how they eat. They're like cats.
So be reading melevs website. Wetwebmedia. And PaulB I made it work. The key was it was very species specific and I didn't sacrifice the fish health for the chasing numbers people do for thier corals. Like Seahorses somthimes you have to flood the tank with food.
Look into the feeders and feeding stations. .
nervousmonkey
LPS Lover, SPS Enabler
Just google it, there are a lot of ways to do it, but essentially you need a container of some kind. I used to use an Aqua Medic phytoplankton reactor to grow pods in. You need some way to aerate the container (container can be a 10 gallon tank, just some way to "contain" the pods), you need saltwater and you need what pods eat - phytoplankton. Get the Reef Nutrition concentrated phyto. Add the phyto to your "container", and when the phyto has been eaten, or the water gets more clear, add some more phytoplankton. Take out what you want and let the rest keep multiplying. The Aqua Medic reactor makes it really easy; aerating the pods is easy, taking them out is easy, adding more phytoplankton and/or fresh saltwater is easy. Take a look at it if you want to culture pods.
so start there!
Ldogg
Zoa Addict
If you don't want to go through the trouble you can get a subscription from AlgaeBarn and they will ship you pods every month. Yes it costs money but if you supplement your existing population and use their phyto they will breed in your tank. Key would be to add an hour after the lights go out or into your fuge so that the fish don't have a buffet on them and they can settle into the rocks. They sell several types including a combo bag.
Sharvey103
ReefAddicted
I have a pair of reds and a male mandarin in a 300. Plenty of pods in the tank and supplement nutramart ova, oyster eggs and rotifers similar to saltyfilmfolks. They are very happy and healthy.
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