Mandarin in a 10 gallon? Read on for my reasoning

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Thanks! I will let you know if I need it!

 

to be honest u can keep a dragonet goby in a 10g with lots of rockwork solo long as u have a 50g refugium or better yet a refugium that produces high levels of pods and it would be happy .i am not to sure about trained gobies.also they dont really swim around they hunt lol also i dont think they have a high metabolism i believe its the complete opposite

 

It's possible to train mandarins to eat prepared foods. I'm not looking for a fish that swims around. Just something that kind of scurries about. Some reason they are more fun to watch. Possibly put something slow moving like a cardinal if I were to add another fish. I might go with a 20 long and set it up with a pod pile of some sort .

 

a good idea would be somthing like this: http://www.3reef.com/forums/fish-food/going-start-pod-farm-65860.html

just in case ;D ;D ;D

 

mandarins are always a touchy subject. but i wouldnt put one in a small tank like a 10 gallon. i had one in my 16 gallon nano that ate frozen foods but i had to feed it constantly and even then it never seemed to thrive, only when i transfered it to my 90. but when you get to that small a tank it isnt a worry of eeding it its more the amount of swimming space it will have.

 

If you're going to keep a mandarin in a small tank like that, expect to do lots of water changes to keep nitrates down, and have an autofeeder drop in pellets multiple times per day.

I don't like the idea anyway, because you still have to pray that they won't ever stop eating the pellets...

 

That would be me.8)

 

a Mandarin can be kept in a 10G fuge with reserved safe spots for the pods to breed. this means you will never see the mandrin because he is in between the clupera and cheato.

i have a "bull's eye" mandrin that is currently taking mysis but thats every 2 days. he gets 90%(yay, made up statistics!) of his nutrition from pods regardless.

 

like i said its not a matter of it eatingi n that small of a tank as much as it is the size, its too small these fish get like 3-4 inches long. it could work but not long term and i would advise against it