A good reason to have a salt water tank
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They're not difficult at all. However, they require being introduced only into well established aquaria with lots of invert colonies (copepods, amphipods, etc) to graze on. Raising pods in a refugium will help in replenishing the main system. If the tank isn't well established, it's recommended to have cultures, in different development stages, of pods growing in culture bottles, jugs, vats, etc. to provide enough food for these constant grazers.
Meet the diet requirements and these mandarin gobys will give your tank a splash of colors hard to find in other species.
Meet the diet requirements and these mandarin gobys will give your tank a splash of colors hard to find in other species.
_Jessica_;4212672; said:ORA is working on captive bred, prepared food eating specimens...should be ready for retail sometime over the summer. I've a handful in my LFS that eat prepared as well.
I keep hearing about this!!!!
and let me say i will be first in line at my lfs to own one!!!
drool.................if it wasnt for the maintainance , id probably have a saltwatertank !
im still trying to convince myself everytime i see pics like these
im still trying to convince myself everytime i see pics like these
TheCanuck;4212826; said:
I keep hearing about this!!!!
and let me say i will be first in line at my lfs to own one!!!
Do you think it would be possible to keep one in a 10-20g species tank (maybe with inverts or something), if they are eating prepared foods?
Oh and a spotted mandarin to throw into this thread (drool). Imagine the color mutations they might be able to get if captive bred?
One of my favorite fish to look at is the Orange Spotted Filefish...near impossible to keep though, only eat coral polyps and even then never much luck. Will have to oogle them in the ocean I suppose.
