Can I Have A Pair Of Green Mandarin Dragonets In a 55 Gallon With A Kicking Refugium?

WillLevantovsky · 02/26/2010, 05:28 PM

Hi!

i was wondering if i can have a pair of mandarins in my 55 instead of just one? it has a 10 gallon sump and a 5 gallon refugium with live rock and chaeto... not to mention the hundred pounds of live rock in the system! and my system is crawling with pods! they are everywhere day and night!

also, if i get a male now ( my tank is only 3 months old and i don't want to push 2 in yet) could i get a female in a couple of months and will they pair up?

sorry for the quick typing and bad grammar as i am on a touchscreen phone

thanks a lot!

Conesus_Kid · 02/26/2010, 06:41 PM

I wouldn't do it. I'd be nervous about adding one mandarin to that tank right now. Give it another 6 months before trying one.

snorvich · 02/26/2010, 07:57 PM

I tend to agree. With an older tank AND a producing refugium, one might work. Two is more problematical.

02/26/2010, 05:28 PM	#1
WillLevantovsky Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Posts: 67	Can I Have A Pair Of Green Mandarin Dragonets In a 55 Gallon With A Kicking Refugium? Hi! i was wondering if i can have a pair of mandarins in my 55 instead of just one? it has a 10 gallon sump and a 5 gallon refugium with live rock and chaeto... not to mention the hundred pounds of live rock in the system! and my system is crawling with pods! they are everywhere day and night! also, if i get a male now ( my tank is only 3 months old and i don't want to push 2 in yet) could i get a female in a couple of months and will they pair up? sorry for the quick typing and bad grammar as i am on a touchscreen phone thanks a lot! __________________ The Day That Government Accepts The Responsibility For The People; Is The Day That The People Lose Responsibility For Themselves.

02/26/2010, 06:41 PM	#2
Conesus_Kid Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Conesus, NY Posts: 3,897	I wouldn't do it. I'd be nervous about adding one mandarin to that tank right now. Give it another 6 months before trying one. __________________ Scott Friends don't give friends Kenya tree...

02/26/2010, 07:57 PM	#3
snorvich Team RC member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Outlander Posts: 40,953 Blog Entries: 46	I tend to agree. With an older tank AND a producing refugium, one might work. Two is more problematical. __________________ Warmest regards, ~Steve~