what fish can be kept with a mandarin goby

your tank looks pretty full now, will they co-exist, yes. In your case, I dont know. I dont see why not...but thats just my opinion.

 

you are very lucky that yours eats frozen foods. most wont, what size is your tank.

 

I have a 55 gallon tank. I have had a mandarin for around 7-8 months.
when I first got him he did not eat frozen but now he does and he also likes pellets
I just recently got a HOB fuge (in the last 3 weeks) but before then I did not have one and he seemed to be thriving.

 

definatly need atleast a 55g tank. if you do end up getting one( i hope you dont) some frozen foods that you can try are brine, mysis, blood worms, cyclopeeze, fish roe

 

it is very hard to get them on frozen. mainly just luck of the draw with mandarins and getting them on frozen. i wouldnt do it.

 

I don't know if I can believe that or not.....I worked at a lfs for nearly 3 years and very few......i mean VERY FEW will eat frozen. I mean maybe 5 percent out of all of the mandarins that came through our store would eat frozen and a fish store can't just go order "frozen feeding mandarins". Maybe you got lucky, maybe your store has a supplier that no one else in the nation has access to but.......I am doubtful of that second one.

 

What, you need video. I just fed an hour ago. He ate 4 blood worms while I was watching. The store, WWW.aquatouch.com ,had five of them in the tank. I watched all five eat frozen brine and blood worms before I made my decision. As I have a 24 gal tank I wouldn't make an irresponsable purchase. Oh, and these are also aqua cultured fish. I'm sure you have a hard time believing that too.

 

i said i doubted that the store will not sell a mandarin that isn't feeding frozen. don't take offense. I've been around the business and know how it works. I don't doubt that you have one that is feeding on frozen and that's awesome. lucky draw for ya

 

This place won't even sell difficult corals to the public. Once you establish a rep with them they will order you stuff if they approve of your set up and water condition. They have a Harliquin Tusk there that has been there for 5 weeks and has'nt sold, not bc no one wants it, but bc not the right buyer wants it. Sorry, I thought you were doubting it ate frozen.

 

i didnt think mandarins could be bred in aquaria yet? lfs seems a bit shifty to me. but if you saw with your own eyes that the mandarins are on blood worms then i guess i can belive that. i just cant believe the aquacultured mandarin though.