Finally 20 Gallon Setup
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UPDATE
Got a few thing to mention..
Coral I got last week and is doing good.
Today I got a mandarin goby and he/she is already eating pods. I read many things about this fish and people say it is very hard to take care off. Lets see how it goes. pics below. Sorry this is the best I could do.
Coral Can anybody identify it!
Do not hesitate to reply!!
Got a few thing to mention..
Coral I got last week and is doing good.
Today I got a mandarin goby and he/she is already eating pods. I read many things about this fish and people say it is very hard to take care off. Lets see how it goes. pics below. Sorry this is the best I could do.
Coral Can anybody identify it!
Do not hesitate to reply!!
Small Update!
Update!!
Lost a clown to one of the powerheads. Poor guy just got sucked in. Today will go a get a new one with some copepods for the mandarin. Found a LFS that sells copepods in 6 oz bottles specially for mandarins. which makes things much easier.
I will post full tank shots a little later. Having some problems with the camera.
Katie217 said:
Mandarin looks like hes doing great! still waiting for that full tank shot tho 
Update!!
Lost a clown to one of the powerheads. Poor guy just got sucked in. Today will go a get a new one with some copepods for the mandarin. Found a LFS that sells copepods in 6 oz bottles specially for mandarins. which makes things much easier.
I will post full tank shots a little later. Having some problems with the camera.
I have tried but he is a very selective eater. The LFS were out of the pods so I got some cyclops. Hope he eats that other wise he will go to heaven soon. I did not get another clown cuz I am going to upgrade to a 72 gallon bow front tank. So be sure to see a new 72 gallon build up thread by next month. I got a good deal from an LFS. So I can't wait.
Pic of the torch!
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good luck, but those bottles of pods get expensive as a mandarin can blow through the population in that bottle in a few days. This is one of the main pitfalls of keeping a mandarin, as some do accept prepared foods, but some do not, and need a large very established tank simply to support one mandarin.
I recommend you do everything possible to encourage the pod population to be able to establish itself, which is extremely difficult with a hungry mandarin around.
1. build rubble piles that the mandarin can not get into so the pods have somewhere to hide
2. add this bottle of pods, but purchase another and start a "pod farm" in a large jar of some sort.
3. Follow lordroads example..put sponges in the "podfarm" and once a week transfer the sponges to the main tank.
4. Read lordroads entire sticky...realize how much of a commitment you have gotten into, but with alot of work you can be as sucessful as he has been, going on 2 years now with a mandarin in a 10 gallon tank.
I recommend you do everything possible to encourage the pod population to be able to establish itself, which is extremely difficult with a hungry mandarin around.
1. build rubble piles that the mandarin can not get into so the pods have somewhere to hide
2. add this bottle of pods, but purchase another and start a "pod farm" in a large jar of some sort.
3. Follow lordroads example..put sponges in the "podfarm" and once a week transfer the sponges to the main tank.
4. Read lordroads entire sticky...realize how much of a commitment you have gotten into, but with alot of work you can be as sucessful as he has been, going on 2 years now with a mandarin in a 10 gallon tank.
