[dave00gt]

I have noticed i have quite a bit of these running around and i dont even have 2 months with this 1st saltwater 55g aquarium.I have crushed corral and some purple rock substrate.

[Reefland]

Yes those would be the type of livefood that a Mandarin Dragonette would eat however a single fish can quickly wipe out the live food population except in tanks that have a very large amount of liverock and plenty of places for the 'pods to reproduce.

[dave00gt]

Originally Posted by Reefland

Yes those would be the type of livefood that a Mandarin Dragonette would eat however a single fish can quickly wipe out the live food population except in tanks that have a very large amount of liverock and plenty of places for the 'pods to reproduce.

cool! im still going to wait some more time until i get alot more of pods in my tank.

Then ill get a mandarin.

As for rocks , i got about 70-75 lbs of live rock in my 55g tank.


wow! a single fish... can wipe out the pods, good thing i got a lot of live rock.

[The R/C Man]

Most people recommend a 75 gallon tank or larger for one Manderin Dragonette. However, I believe if you buy a large hang on the back refugium to house plants and pods away from their preditor you should be ok. Just be sure to add the refugium first and allow it to populate the pods before you add the Drogonette. I would say a few months....

[dave00gt]

Originally Posted by The R/C Man

Most people recommend a 75 gallon tank or larger for one Manderin Dragonette. However, I believe if you buy a large hang on the back refugium to house plants and pods away from their preditor you should be ok. Just be sure to add the refugium first and allow it to populate the pods before you add the Drogonette. I would say a few months....

so all fish eat these pods, and if i add the mandarin in there ..., the other fishes will be competing for the pods as well

[Reefland]

No, not all fish will eat pods. What Greg said was that most people recommend a 75 gallon stocked with rock and a refugium for a Mandarin but he feels like you'll be fine with one down the road as long as you have a refugium.

[dave00gt]

Originally Posted by Reefland

No, not all fish will eat pods. What Greg said was that most people recommend a 75 gallon stocked with rock and a refugium for a Mandarin but he feels like you'll be fine with one down the road as long as you have a refugium.

so the pods will travel from the refugium tank to the main display tank.
cool!

[Reefland]

Yup. And the refugium gives them a place to flourish without being preyed upon in the display.

[dave00gt]

Originally Posted by Reefland

Yup. And the refugium gives them a place to flourish without being preyed upon in the display.

ooooooooohhhhhh!

thanks!

[Something Fishy]

I would agree about the 75 or bigger with a bit of live rock, i got my manderine about 3 months ago and he was skinny when i got him(lfs said he was eating frozen) stupid stupid stupid......... Anyways he is doing awesome, he's fat and happy and he even shares a tank with the watchman gobe/orange spotted goby(same thing) and they both have tons of food, plus i make my own live rock just so i can add peices here and there for more breeding ground for the little bugs...... Pods..... Whatever..... IF you want to make your own live rock e-mail me and i will explain or i can fax you instructions... EASY PEEZY

[Something Fishy]

Ohhh

[Something Fishy]

Ohhh sorry again i forgot to give you my email address lizzyk69@yahoo.com

[sihaya]

I've noticed that if you want a lot of pods in your tank, hair algae can actually be your friend.... they seem to reproduce like mad in that stuff.

[Something Fishy]

Yes that is true, we had caulerpa algea covered in hair algea in our 75 and we took it out and stuck it in a 5 hex with a little filter and a heater and light and is now currently a pod farm plus many more critters.....