mandarin gobys

[friendtothefish420]

just got my first mandarin goby at my LPS and he said that they are expert level fish, does anyone know why???

what should i feed him???
can he be in a tank with crushed coral or does it have to be sand???
non-compatable fish???
!!!help!!!

hes in a ten gal right now...
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crushed coral
1.5lb live rock
1white damsel
1bluetail damsel
1 clown
1 mandarin gobie
4 hermits
1brittlestar...
sounds kinda tight, but there all pretty small
the gobie and the clown will soon be in my 60gal reeftank i am hoping to get going this month!!!

 

[Equalizer]

They will only eat pods. Needs to be in a well established tank.If your aquarium is less than 1yr. old it will probably not make it.

 

[friendtothefish420]

thanks for the info...is there any way to put pod in the tank, where can i get them???

 

[ginamoore]

they are so prety and that's proubly why i made the mistake of getting one when i first setup my tank. of course he died but my lfs never told me that i needed pods to keep him. my tank is full of them but i dont want to try again it broke my heart the frist time.

 

[reefboy2002]

i ecco the above

your tank does need to be well esablished at least over 1 year old
it feeds on pods if you could have got 1 that feeds on frozen aswell
they are a lot hardier fish as they wont always rely on ur pod family
if you look on ur glass at night do you have like any tiny fleas on it
how long as your tank been set up
how bigs the manderin

cheers ritchie