Mixing mandarin gobies with others?

[Krystal.]

Not sure where to put this but my question is can i mix a mandarin goby with a scooter blenny and a orange spotted shrimp goby that I already have? Feeding it will not be a prob because I have pods in the tank and the refugium and I have a problem getting more.

Thank you, Krystal

 

[wonderz]

I don't think mixing is the concern here. Your scooter blenny gonna compete with the mandarin for food. And I am pretty sure other gonna ask how big is your tank and when did you set it up?

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

I don't think mixing is the concern here. Your scooter blenny gonna compete with the mandarin for food. And I am pretty sure other gonna ask how big is your tank and when did you set it up?

+1 The issue I see is food competition between the scooter blenny and the mandarin.

 

[pinnatus]

I think both the scooter blenny and the mandarin are not blennies or gobies at all, but are in the dragonet family. They get along fine, but do compete for the same food supply as stated above.

 

[Krystal.]

45 gal tank, up for 6 months. I got 250 pods 2 weeks ago and still see alot when the lights go out, ordered 250 more for the refuge and they should be here tuesday. I have 2 small occ. clowns, the scooter and the goby as well as 3 fire fish, and a royal gramma and that is all fish wise

 

[RayL]

The scooter or mandarin will eat 250 or more each in one day, I would recommend one of those at most, and even then it might not live for long

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Agreed - I dont think a 45 will hold enough pod population for the mandarin OR the scooter, let alone both.

 

[Brian5280]

You shouldn't add any more fish at all. You've got plenty.

 

[Ambition]

Mandarins and scooter blennies will consume 8x that amount in a day. IIRC, the calculations on the number of pods eaten is around 2000 per day. That is more pods than you have added. Unless they both eat prepared foods and you can feed them almost constantly, I think you should skip getting another member of the dragonet family.