want to add mandarin dragonets!

[pezza50]

just wondering if it was possible to keep 2 mandarin fish in a 250litre system, also would i need to feed copepods into the tank on a regual basis??? could anyone shed some info on what gobys are good for a 250 litre setup interested in keeping some sand sifters on some kind!! and any other small interesting fishes??? thanks

 

[humaguy]

mandarins need a very healthy tank with a huge pod population...they are very slow eaters thus cannot have tankmates that will eat everything...they are very tough to keep alive for a long period of time...even the ora mandarins are tough to keep...

 

[snorvich]

In that sized tank, two will be unlikely to survive long term.

 

[pezza50]

even with a weekly supply of copepods

 

[olemiss reb]

even with a weekly supply of copepods

everything in the tank eats pods, not just the mandarins.

Also, that would be quite the expensive endeavor-- http://www.essentiallivefeeds.com/Prices.html