green mandarin goby

[joander123]

hey guys, this fish (green mandarin goby) was recently spotted by me at the LFS. It was absolutley beautiful.... about 1.5-2 inches long and about 2 inches from dorsal fin to anal fin i would say. My question was would a mandarin goby be ok for my 14g nano??? the tank has 12 lbs of LR and is not ready for life yet, still being cycled but when its ready i plan on a cleaner crew,(snails a shrimp maybe some hermits possibly a clam?) a clown, and maybe 2 or 3 gobys?.... for corals i really like the zoos and button poylps, i guess my question is does this sound like a suitable idea???

-thanks
Jay

 

[Reefscape]

Mandarin goby's rely on pods for food, i would not put one of these into a tank that is less than a year old and that does have a fuge..The fuge will be used to cultivate copepods..

Review this article about keeping a manadrin in a nano..

http://joshday.com/mandaringoby.htm

your only really looking a three medium ( 2-3 inches adult size ) fish in that size of tank to be honest...

Niko

 

[Squawkbert]

eg the answer isn't really "No" as much as it's "Heck, No."

 

[joander123]

wow, i had no idea they were so complicated, maybe i will stay away 8)

 

[Reefscape]

There will be another time Jay....Just bide your time mate..

Niko

 

[joander123]

There will be another time Jay....Just bide your time mate..

haha will do

 

[FreddytheFish]

Yeah, unfortunatley, mandarins are really one of those fishes that shouldn't be sold to the average fish keeper.

A lot of people say that unless you are constantly adding copepods from a different source, mandarin's need at least around 100lbs of live rock in a well-established (running for over a year) reef tank.

 

[cullyisgully]

need some pic of the fish man i want 2 c it ight.:bowing: :bowing: :bowing: :bowing: :bowing: :bowing: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog:

 

[Reefscape]

just do search on www.google.com for mandarin goby....there will be loads of pictures on there...

Niko

 

[Germanman]

yea mandarins are a bit tricky and i would agree with freddy they arnt good for a beginner or a newer or small tank. if u get lucky the will eat frozen foods like mine do in my tank and they ones i sell at my work but usually they dont.