They are very peaceful and can be housed with other peaceful fish in a reef tank setting but may become territorial towards other blennies gobies or. Likewise having the lawnmower blenny in the tank before any of the other fish can make them territorial.
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While commonly known as the mandarin goby and the mandarin fish its true name is the mandarin dragonet.
Mandarin blenny. Due to its natural beauty this fish is heavily collected from throughout the indo pacific. See more ideas about marine fish salt water fish saltwater aquarium. This means if no target feeding is done each mandarin scooter blenny will need a 50 gallon with sump set up or 100 gallon tank.
Blennies are also able to eat small invertebrates such as new born shrimp snails and crabs. Stellatus and scooter blenny s. Cohabitation blenny mandarin.
The red mandarin synchiropus cf. Splendidus is a variation of the striped or psychedelic mandarinfish synchiropus splendidus. Blennies tend to fight with other fish that are similar to them including some gobies.
Fueled by curiosity and the observations and success of fellow hobbyists before me i succeeded in raising four species of dragonets. Male red dragonets may be distinguished from females by their extra elongated first dorsal spine. Blennies in smaller tanks will quickly wipe out the entire pod population.
Given that the dragonet is a goby i m wondering if there will be any problems. If you plan on keeping multiple blennies it is highly advised that you add the lawnmower blenny second. I have a jet black blenny possibly comb toothed that i m attached too i would like to acquire one or two really nice dragonets mandarin.
The green mandarin dragonet synchiropus splendidus features a vibrant green scaleless body with orange and blue wavy lines across the body and tail highlighted in blue edging. Picturatus red scooter blenny s. Male green mandarin dragonets also have a large pointed dorsal fin.
The green mandarin synchiropus splendidus spotted mandarin s. It is similar to the scooter blenny synchiropus occelatus in this respect. If you are seeing more serious aggression such as bullying of non related fish or excessive clam nipping try this process.
The head and body of the red mandarin dragonet are a mazelike combination of blue orange and red. Jun 20 2019 explore dave s board blennies gobies mandarin on pinterest.