Everyone tells beginners to stay away from this one but i say go for it if you follow the simple steps i provide, you will have one of the prettiest fish in your aquarium.
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@hildy22227 жыл бұрын
Good tips and nice fish! Here's another great tip for all dragonet owners- Nutramar Ova! It's a frozen food that makes this type of fish super easy to keep. I have tons of pods in my nano but my green mandarin dragonet was getting skinny after a few weeks of being introduced and now he is fat and happy! If you are daily feeding prawn roe I don't think you even need any pods.
@BrockLeonard7 жыл бұрын
hildy2222 great info!! Thank you so much. Pinned it for future viewers
@addisonstupp23525 жыл бұрын
where can you buy this?
@MDHasan-rj7ct5 жыл бұрын
hildy2222 THANK U!!! I was thinking of getting this for my first fish, but the pods were worrying me.
@leel64293 жыл бұрын
That is awesome advice. Now i am definatly adding a male and female to my 90 gallon tank.
@i_cant_think89473 жыл бұрын
You still need pods though, and just with frozen food you still need to feed it atleast 10 times a day for it to thrive
@whiskeytangofoxpot47073 жыл бұрын
I love the diversity in content in this channel keep up dope content my dood!
@BrockLeonard3 жыл бұрын
So glad you came to watch!! means a lot to me
@undeadCantBeKilled4 жыл бұрын
wow, pods are the only reason they are marked as difficult? I thought I wouldn't be able to keep one because I am just starting out, but shoot. It ain't hard to keep buying and adding pods. Just difficult to consistently keep paying for those pods lol
@bettinico4 жыл бұрын
Exactly what i thought and then my LFS recommended it to me after only having my tank running for a few months and said the only reason they can be difficult is if they starve all the pods lol. May be picking one up tomorrow! :D
@joshuacayea78104 жыл бұрын
Only buy captive bred Mandarins! So much healthier and easier to keep fed.
@ROTTERtube6 жыл бұрын
beautiful fish. i've had mine for 2 years
@NoLurp4 жыл бұрын
Rotter Tube Reef do you have to replenish your pods a lot?
@Menibor14 жыл бұрын
Exotic Aquatic most nowadays are captive breed they eat flakes and pellets as well...
@leeandmandybattersby59586 жыл бұрын
I just got one of these there beautiful and really fun to watch
@parodyspoiler2 жыл бұрын
Our mandarin is 2 weeks old from our tank. Never eaten the pellets we had nor the sea weed thing but I do see him eating sumn in the sand...
@brettdubose49792 жыл бұрын
I just subscribed. Your videos are very helpful. Thanks very much. ✌
@BrockLeonard2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for stopping by! Let me know if you ever have questions in the future.
@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын
1:19 Difficult Philippine Carnivore 1:53
@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын
0:33 It's BROCK
@1982Jigsaw3 жыл бұрын
I used to have a Mandarin Goby in my previous tank and I never dealt with pods. I threw frozen brine shrimp cubes in the tank and he loved those
@BrockLeonard3 жыл бұрын
That's the best! And what everyone hopes for theirs to eventually eat
@kimmcneely25764 жыл бұрын
Welp I was told that he ate what everyone else was eating by my aquarium store I've been lied to I guess that's why mine died at a week....
@dtejsy4 жыл бұрын
bought 1 and he ate pellets right off the bat.. i feed my fishes tdo chroma boost.. the x-small pellet size
@BrockLeonard4 жыл бұрын
Jy俊颖 You are so lucky!!!
@francisjobes59907 жыл бұрын
+Brock Leonard Whats the best way to establish the Bacteria level for a new non-reef tank? Live rock? Damsels? If a fish store is nice a used filter pad?
@BrockLeonard7 жыл бұрын
Francis Jobes those 3 are perfect. Live sand is also another thing to consider. And we will even put a piece of raw shrimp in the tanks too, to begin that cycle.
@intergalacticbigboi70884 жыл бұрын
Could you make a video of them sleeping because my mandarin almost changes a color when it sleeps and doesn’t move at all... he’s alive tho I made sure by tapping on the glass a lil.
@BrockLeonard4 жыл бұрын
Yeah they will camouflage themselves when sleeping making them look really pale.
@intergalacticbigboi70884 жыл бұрын
Brock Leonard ok thank you for telling me...
@josephcraig7652 жыл бұрын
Treat that parasite he’s got brother! Looks good though love the video
@shamnen81174 жыл бұрын
My local store fish feed this dragonet mandarin with mysis shrimp.
@abelcorona10609 ай бұрын
Found that they enjoy frozen blood worms !!!
@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979 Жыл бұрын
Cardinalfish will Do great.
@aritosoto7 ай бұрын
Hellooo! I recently found one in the store and they mentioned it is eating frozen food. Do you think it would be easy to care when they eat frozen?
@BrockLeonard6 ай бұрын
It takes a lot of the headache away haha. The other piece is keeping up with your water parameters. They can be very weak to spikes in the tank.
@aritosoto6 ай бұрын
@@BrockLeonard Thanks for the answer, love your videos. Taught me a lot!
@BrockLeonard6 ай бұрын
@@aritosoto can’t thank you enough for watching, means a lot!
@mynorroldan9294 Жыл бұрын
NICE..I WILL ATTEMPT TO AIRBRUSH HIM BEGGINER LEVEL..
@minnielaroo60415 жыл бұрын
Just a thought, might be a little safer to highlight the care level 1st before the price point... people watching only saw the dollar sign and not necessarily the fact that most people kill their mandarins off rather quickly....
@NinjaSushi22 жыл бұрын
If they're stupid enough not to watch a 4-minute video on how to keep a difficult fish then there's no helping them. Put the price at the beginning or the end is no difference. Stupid is as stupid does.
@LegendaryKingston3 жыл бұрын
Do they eat amphipods...my amphipods are only active at night
@daveninjaneuro70896 жыл бұрын
how would this fish do with a crab?
@BrockLeonard6 жыл бұрын
Dave Ninjaneuro what kind of crab are we dealing with?
@mathewjam81446 жыл бұрын
Neopetrolisthes maculatus. For a ruby red dragonet please 👍
@BrockLeonard6 жыл бұрын
Jerry Cat they’d be fine together🤙🏽
@MudLifeCito5047 жыл бұрын
great video
@BrockLeonard7 жыл бұрын
Allen East thanks for watching🙏🏻
@wyqbaudbjzsgjaahshabshaban10012 жыл бұрын
Can you use garlic to train them to eat frozen foods?
@pikachulikeketchup68923 жыл бұрын
Can i keep mandarin goby with emperor angelfish?
@Boleniana6 жыл бұрын
Somebody requested me to sketch a green mandarin dragonet mermaid; so that's how I got here, looking for refs.
@BrockLeonard6 жыл бұрын
Boleniana awe, that’s awesome! Well if you need more pictures, let me know and I can dm you any that I’ve taken of em over the years.
@melo53353 жыл бұрын
This is. My favorite fish
@BrockLeonard3 жыл бұрын
They are amazing
@Trooperishim422222 жыл бұрын
What do you think would be some good tank mates for it?
@BrockLeonard2 жыл бұрын
Things that are peaceful. Gobies, wrasse, clownfish!
@william9685 жыл бұрын
Got mines today ^_^
@loochmoore22075 жыл бұрын
i know this is a little late but would they be fine with a dwarf angel?
@BrockLeonard5 жыл бұрын
Looch Moore Yes! :)
@melvin399711 ай бұрын
Hey Brock, I've put about 6 bottles of tigger pods in my 180 gallon with 20 gallon refugium, over the last 4 weeks. I feed phyto plankton to my system 2-3 a week. How many bottles should i load in this tank before i'm ready for 1 mandarin goby? You say 1 bottle last you two months?
@BrockLeonard11 ай бұрын
That’s in a tank without a refugium. With as much as you’ve added, they should be reproducing at this point. How old is the tank?
@melvin399711 ай бұрын
The tank is about 10 years old. it does have a 20 gallon refugium. I'm just not sure if I can put too much Tiggerpods in the system, and when would it be ready to start putting in Manderine Gobies... kzbin.infoK_PNAG9L7Zs?si=Ep3IlTCluSP9cyXe@@BrockLeonard
@NinjaSushi22 жыл бұрын
Do you put the entire bottle in at once?
@XxpoplocksxX2 жыл бұрын
I know they are poisonous ☠️ can they kill a human?
@BrockLeonard2 жыл бұрын
No
@DevonThomas12044 жыл бұрын
Can I keep one with a bicoloir angel
@BrockLeonard4 жыл бұрын
Dweebozoid 456 YES
@LuisEduardo-rf1ek3 жыл бұрын
Which brand of pods you give them ?
@BrockLeonard3 жыл бұрын
REEF NUTRITION
@shekinass6 жыл бұрын
Just get a biota mandarin from liveaquaria they eat frozen
@robertneeley4605 жыл бұрын
Algae in fish tank
@wesleysceilingfanjoint52556 жыл бұрын
I have a question and the reason why I'm asking I heard somewhere that it's not actually a goby or is it not a goby
@steliosjaj6 жыл бұрын
yes it is a dragonet not a goby
@betsybalchbarker5 жыл бұрын
Well they have several names... Mangarin, Mandarinfish (not to be confused with Mandarin Fish), also known as Mandarin Dragonet, is a small-sized, bright and multi-colored sea fish, mostly nocturnal, belonging to the dragonet family. It is a popular saltwater aquarium fish. Synchiropus splendidus, also known as the mandarin goby and the mandarin dragonet, native to the Pacific Ocean. Picturesque dragonet or Synchiropus picturatus, also known as the spotted mandarin, psychedelic mandarin or target mandarin, native to the Indo-West Pacific. I hope I didn't confuse you!!!!! lol
@emma-louisedimond13165 жыл бұрын
No it's not a Goby, dragonet and Goby are different species. They're similar in behaviour etc which is why people get confused and think dragonets are gobys x
@jkbruno11616 жыл бұрын
Can he eat baby brine shrimp? I heard he only eat live foods
@BrockLeonard6 жыл бұрын
Jk Bruno pods are what they are used to eating in the wild so there’s a chance you could train him to eat brine, but you never know if it’ll work.
@pale_profile72372 жыл бұрын
Not bad
@anessaseayiao99533 жыл бұрын
I guess I got lucky my mandrian goby eats brine shrimp
@BrockLeonard3 жыл бұрын
Can't ask for anything better than that!
@englishfishkeeper2007 Жыл бұрын
It's not a goby...
@Brotarlo6 жыл бұрын
Does your fish have ich? I see the white spots from the video
@ROTTERtube6 жыл бұрын
ich only lives on fish not walls
@willdanielak47013 жыл бұрын
Mandarins have an extremely thick slime coat, so it’s hard for them to get ich. It’s probably just sand stuck to the slime
@porsche911lover93 жыл бұрын
fish
@gtbana8057 Жыл бұрын
i just fed this fish to my cat for his bday he enjoyed it just didnt know i could of sold it for 25 bucks