Sand dwelers fishes

[symon_say]

I had problems with sand dwelers fish, all of died, and i suspect of a coral banded shrimp as the killer, i have remove the coral banded and want to try some sand dwelers fish, tank is 140g with 45 sump and 1.5 years old.

I will like to add mandarin dragonet, red scooter blenny, lawnmower bleny and some shrimp goby with its shrimp.

Is there any problem with compatibility with this fish??

An I gonna need supplement pods for the mandarin and scooter blenny??

 

[TL1000RSquid]

Do you have a large pod population now? Your sump include a fuge area with rock and macro's? With the two dragonets you may have to supplement pods, I have a scooter in a 40b and buy pods every couple months to make sure my population stays up.

My scooter gets along fine with watchman and his tiger pistol, and a couple types of blennies, not sure how a scooter and mandarin will get on though.

 

[symon_say]

yes, sump have a fuge are with rocks, but no macro, i run an algae scrubber.

 

[rpjaws74]

I would say mandarins are hard to sustain for long periods cause of there diets but if your supplementing the pods every other month aleast you can have success and a happy fat mandarin for years to come

 

[symon_say]

I don't have any problem supplementing pods, 10-15 a month for food for the fish that get me into saltwater is nothing.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

I would choose the mandarin OR the scooter blenny, they both eat pods and they will compete for a limited food resource. I dont like to rely on supplementing pods for feeding a mandarin, it usually costs $10-15 for the amount of pods a mandarin could eat in a single day.

 

[namxas]

I agree with Lobster...the fish you're speaking of will all be in direct competition for food. Best to keep one only.

When you say "sand dwelling fish", which fish are you referring to, or did you mean dragonettes?

I kept a mandy for over 8 years, however, besides hunting pods, it also ate prepared foods.

 

[symon_say]

With sand dwelers i'm talking about fish that spend most of the time in the sand or rockwork, an rarely swim in the open water.

 

[brubakron]

With sand dwelers i'm talking about fish that spend most of the time in the sand or rockwork, an rarely swim in the open water.

How deep is your sand bed? Many sand dwellers need a deeper sand bed, otherwise they can become stressed out.