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03/17/2007, 02:41 AM
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Owner of Canada Corals
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Mississauga, Canada
Posts: 3,148
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Mandarin goby in bare bottom tank?
Is it even possible to keep a mandarin goby in my 90g bare bottom.
I have 100lb of LR and the amount of pods I have crawling around is insane! I mean there is not a single patch of LR that is not competely covered. I think I "need" a mandarin just to keep my pod population in check. I have just never seen any in BB setups and was wondering why. |
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03/17/2007, 04:57 AM
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Premium Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Long Island NY
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Even with loads of pods running around I would let that age a little more before getting a mandarin. In a 4 month old tank you may lose all of those pods tomorrow.
After saying that you should be able to keep a mandarin in a bare bottom with enough rock, the pods will crawl all over the bottom weather there is sand or not. Paul
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03/17/2007, 05:04 AM
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Registered Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Ohio
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Mandarin
You sure can! I moved mine from a sand 37G w/ sandbed over a year ago to a 75 BB and he is doing just fine! I have mass amounts of pods like you and he also eats MYSIS and Store bought Shrimp.
Good choice on the BB new2sea |
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03/17/2007, 08:00 AM
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Claris or Elliot?
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Nightopia
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Yeah they mostly live around the rock anyway so I would definitely give it a try. They won't quickly die from starvation... he will start getting thin if there isn't enough food in the tank.
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