Getting 2 new fishes today.

[HiepNotik]

I'm picking up a mandarin goby and a big percula today will these two fish get along or not?

 

[ChangDriX]

will get along...how long has your tank been set up?

 

[zhonk]

Your tank needs to be 60 gal+. Your tank can't just be rich with pods. It needs to have a wealth of them.

 

[Catpicklesdog]

If these are to go in your 10 gal tank, then I definately wouldn't recommend the Mandarin (and it's a dragonet not a goby!). There won't be enough live rock in your tank to support the pods that support the mandarin. Plus your tank isn't really old enough yet.

 

[HiepNotik]

my madarin is doing fine plus it eats mysis and pellet so food for it is not problem for me

 

[Catpicklesdog]

Unfortunately prepared foods don't sustain them long term.

 

[mcsassy]

Yup. Mine ate frozen foods too but ran out of pods. = X

 

[alpha123]

I thought once they eat other stuff, you are home safe...this is tough. I am setting up a 75G (90#LR) with 20G refum to get a mandarin. What else can I do to make sure there will be enough pods? (can't afford weekly pod bottle.)

 

[Horchata]

Of course that is text book answer. But you can always get lucky. My buddy has a mandarin goby that eats flake and nothing else.

 

[mandy21]

I don't tend to take risks with live animals.

I agree with the posts that you need a large pod population and pretty much have it set in your head that they won't eat other foods. Most of these fish die, so why take them out of the wild to think you'll be one of very few people that will have them eat other stuff?