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January 15th, 2008, 04:07 AM
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keeping a mandarin goby?
We all know its difficult to keep these beautiful fish unless you have healthy pods population and refugium. But Im wondering if anybody has sucessfully trained them to eat frozen foods? any suggestion and thanks!
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#2
January 15th, 2008, 04:19 AM
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Re: keeping a mandarin goby?
Thats one fish that dont train very well.Either they will take frozen or they wont.If it dont eat at the LFS,99.9% of thime its not gonna take frozen in a home tank,It'll starve to death first.
If you really want a mandrine,watch them at the store.See it eat frozen more than once,I would suggest to go to the store every day for a week and have them feed it every one of those day.If it misses one time eatting,look for another one.
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January 15th, 2008, 10:05 PM
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Re: keeping a mandarin goby?
I agree with Yote, they can be hard to "train". Usually they will just waste away. Make sure it's eating frozen before you buy it. Then you can avoid the problem altogether.
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Current Aquarium(s) Description: 240-gallon reef with a 55-gallon sump and 35-gallon refugium Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 7 years
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January 16th, 2008, 05:24 AM
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Re: keeping a mandarin goby?
Best to just wait til your tank is very well stocked with pods. My mandarin won't touch frozen, but he must be eating well because he's fatter than when I got him!
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January 16th, 2008, 06:25 AM
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Re: keeping a mandarin goby?
It will take time and patients to train a mandarin to eat frozen.It took nearly 6 months before mine would accept frozen in my old 72g.It took a lot of turning the pumps off squirting mysis in her face.Eventually she came around and actually became more and more enthusiatic.Even hovering over the goniopora waiting for me to feed it with the turkey baster.That one stayed with me for over 5 years and my current one is nearly a year old and is fat as heck.
Giving enough time they may come around so start with a very mature tank with at least 100lbs of live rock.A refugium would be a big plus.I know others recommend people to find one thats eating frozen,I never could.
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January 17th, 2008, 03:52 AM
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Re: keeping a mandarin goby?
Mandy the mandarin has been MIA since the day I got her
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Current Aquarium(s) Description: 240-gallon reef with a 55-gallon sump and 35-gallon refugium Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 7 years
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January 17th, 2008, 07:41 AM
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Re: keeping a mandarin goby?
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January 17th, 2008, 07:50 AM
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Re: keeping a mandarin goby?
Dunno. Two, three weeks?
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Current Aquarium(s) Description: 240-gallon reef with a 55-gallon sump and 35-gallon refugium Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 7 years
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January 17th, 2008, 08:15 AM
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Re: keeping a mandarin goby?
I had one for about three years but the pods went from many to almost none. but the poor guy died when my tank got to hot. and i could not get it cooled down.
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January 19th, 2008, 03:17 AM
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Re: keeping a mandarin goby?
I have found it difficult to keep them even with a lot of pods, a refugium and plenty of live rock. I have tried two of them, and they both died with two weeks. I just don't think they adjust well to tank life. or at least mine didn't. I have swore them off, even though they are one of my favorite small reef fish.
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