Mandarine Goby
gerona: My Saltwater Marine Aquarium 1: "1 mandarin goby {US $25}"
Let me post another comment that I thought would be good for most people who are interested in keeping Mandarine Gobies!..
I saw that Air Milkay had this on his list of fish he had, and this comment is for people with newer tanks... or may not know much about the Mandarines
First off, Mandarines are very, VERY delicate fish. They are extremely difficult to keep happy in a tank without the right environment.
One of the most difficult things that makes them so hard to keep is their diet. They won't eat the fish food that you would buy! - if they do it's only a small amount but will never eat it as a staple! They will only eat the little inverts that are found living on 'live' rock and the such.
Because they only eat the little critters that live on the 'live' rock, Mandarines need to be in a tank with at least 60 lbs of 'live' rock each for an ample supply of food!!
Once you get enough 'live' rock it may take a little bit of time a month or a few for the live rock to be adequately cured and enough of a population of the little inverts to develop before getting a Mandarine Goby would be something you could consider - but not until that point... just work towards creating the right conditions first!
Because of these facts about the Mandarine's diet requirements and the fact that they are quite delicate animals, they don't make good fish to get within the first couple months of starting your saltwater aquarium, at least.
If you don't want to learn a tough lesson that will literally cost you $25 or whatever the price of a Mandarine Goby is in your area, you shouldn't get one until you have the environment and conditions they need - as described briefly above!
Let me post another comment that I thought would be good for most people who are interested in keeping Mandarine Gobies!..
I saw that Air Milkay had this on his list of fish he had, and this comment is for people with newer tanks... or may not know much about the Mandarines
First off, Mandarines are very, VERY delicate fish. They are extremely difficult to keep happy in a tank without the right environment.
One of the most difficult things that makes them so hard to keep is their diet. They won't eat the fish food that you would buy! - if they do it's only a small amount but will never eat it as a staple! They will only eat the little inverts that are found living on 'live' rock and the such.
Because they only eat the little critters that live on the 'live' rock, Mandarines need to be in a tank with at least 60 lbs of 'live' rock each for an ample supply of food!!
Once you get enough 'live' rock it may take a little bit of time a month or a few for the live rock to be adequately cured and enough of a population of the little inverts to develop before getting a Mandarine Goby would be something you could consider - but not until that point... just work towards creating the right conditions first!
Because of these facts about the Mandarine's diet requirements and the fact that they are quite delicate animals, they don't make good fish to get within the first couple months of starting your saltwater aquarium, at least.
If you don't want to learn a tough lesson that will literally cost you $25 or whatever the price of a Mandarine Goby is in your area, you shouldn't get one until you have the environment and conditions they need - as described briefly above!
