Green Madarin Goby

[Buzz1329]

On 7/29/15, I bought a healthy–looking Green Mandarin Goby from fine looking store on Long Island (forget the name).

I put the Goby in a 3.5 year old 75 without QTing it. Lots of pods crawling around tank.

On 8/15/15, I added a bag each of copepods and amphipods purchased from place other than Reefs 2 Go into the tank.

I also started feeding live brine shrimp naupli 3-4 times a week – directing flow of BS with syringe in area of GMG.

Tonight, I saw the GMG eating defrosted mysis shrimp. So yay. Looks like this one is a keeper.

Mike

 

[Mark9]

Congrats!

 

[ThRoewer]

One of my favorite fish. Good luck!

Just one thing: Mandarinfish are not gobies, not even remotely. They are dragonets.

 

[Bent]

Good luck. Mine won't eat jack but pods. Kudos to you.

 

[ThRoewer]

Good luck. Mine won't eat jack but pods. Kudos to you.

just continue feeding frozen foods like Mysis to your other fish. Sooner or later the mandarins will learn that those "white sticks" are edible.

 

[Buzz1329]

Thanks.

I feed my tanks a cube a day of one of 4 different Ocean Nutition FFs – Formula 1, Formula 2, Prime Reef, and Mysis Shrimp. Once I saw MG scarfing down a mysis, I added a chunk of frozen mysis to each feeding. I also feed Nori to herbs and a squirt of BBS for smaller fish. MG seems to pick off BBS is they are resting on substrate in front of his face, but not if they are floating. So I squirt the BBS into substrate in front of MG. When BBS run low I substitute pinch of Blue Zoo mix, which contains a mix of 13 different foods – all the non Tangs/Rabbitfish love the stuff but I can’t say I’ve ever seen the MG eat any of it.

Mike