Ruby red dragonet

[CJRIZZOTTI]

Just picked up this lil guy from the lfs i think he's stressed out cause he hasn't moved much just sits in the same spot for a moment thought he was dead got close with a net he bolted is this normal I'm not very familiar with this fish my parameters look great temp is 79.3

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[Wesley]

Dragonet only eat live pods. He probably have already been starving the whole time in the LFS. Dragonet eat hundreds of pods a day. If you don't have an old tank that have that much pods population, you'll likely continuously starving it to death as well.

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[CJRIZZOTTI]

Dragonet only eat live pods. He probably have already been starving the whole time in the LFS. Dragonet eat hundreds of pods a day. If you don't have an old tank that have that much pods population, you'll likely continuously starving it to death as well.

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Yeah your probably right i heard they could eat frozen food guess i should've researched it better now i feel bad but lesson learned thanks wesley

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[smallreef]

I've had 2 over the years that only ate pellets and flake food, no frozen food. They can be trained to eat other foods

 

[CJRIZZOTTI]

I've had 2 over the years that only ate pellets and flake food, no frozen food. They can be trained to eat other foods

I have pellets and flake with garlic i think the ride over and the acclamation put him in shock

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[theMeat]

Order some pods from reefcleaners.org , or get some from lfs. Gotta be live pods. Get a population going in tank or it will starve to death. Once acclimated you can try to get it eating other foods, but not usual

 

[CJRIZZOTTI]

Order some pods from reefcleaners.org , or get some from lfs. Gotta be live pods. Get a population going in tank or it will starve to death. Once acclimated you can try to get it eating other foods, but not usual

Thanks for the link I'll order some and aren't pods beneficial for certain anemone

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[theMeat]

They're beneficial for many reasons. Many types of livestock will eat em. And they eat crap in the tank to help keep it clean. Usually you need about 50 gallon tank wit live rock per dragonet. So if you have less add more regularly. If you have more than 50 gal per then the pods will likely reproduce faster than the dragon can eat em. But you should add some every year or so so they don't stop breeding from inbreeding. Need to keep the Dna diverse or they die off.

 

[CJRIZZOTTI]

They're beneficial for many reasons. Many types of livestock will eat em. And they eat crap in the tank to help keep it clean. Usually you need about 50 gallon tank wit live rock per dragonet. So if you have less add more regularly. If you have more than 50 gal per then the pods will likely reproduce faster than the dragon can eat em. But you should add some every year or so so they don't stop breeding from inbreeding. Need to keep the Dna diverse or they die off.

Thanks again the meat im ordering them

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[Reef Trends]

Dragonets and Mandarins while can be trained to eat prepared foods prefer and often only eat pods. I would recommend Tisbe or Apocyclops pods and Tigger pods are more cold water species. The Meat as offered some good suggestions unfortunately many of these fish already are starved by the time they are sold. Before purchasing a good indication is to look at their belly and see if it is pinched in which is a sign its probably too late. I always recommend when people inquire about these fish to purchase pods a couple weeks in advance to seed the tank but if you order some pods could still have a chance, good luck.

 

[Wesley]

Dragonets and Mandarins while can be trained to eat prepared foods prefer and often only eat pods. I would recommend Tisbe or Apocyclops pods and Tigger pods are more cold water species. The Meat as offered some good suggestions unfortunately many of these fish already are starved by the time they are sold. Before purchasing a good indication is to look at their belly and see if it is pinched in which is a sign its probably too late. I always recommend when people inquire about these fish to purchase pods a couple weeks in advance to seed the tank but if you order some pods could still have a chance, good luck.

big thumbs up. I really hope more people realize this.



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[salpet]

dragonnets and mandarins are pod eaters why would you want to get rid of your pods especially when just starting a tank, first there are no pods present unless you introduce them, and if you did have them i would leave them alone since they would probably help the cycle process, stick to damsels for the first 3 or 4 months

 

[theMeat]

Damsels are hardy and a good choice for first fish but bad because very territorial and you'll probably want them out once stable which won't be easy.
If the tank is big enough and/or you add enough pods to be eaten then what gets eaten is not a problem

Pods can be introduced to tank with rocks, corals ", macro, whatever, but putting some in guarantees it

PaulB, a member here, has created a feeder which breeds babies and feeds fish such as this

 

[rich]

Damsels are hardy and a good choice for first fish but bad because very territorial and you'll probably want them out once stable which won't be easy.
If the tank is big enough and/or you add enough pods to be eaten then what gets eaten is not a problem

Pods can be introduced to tank with rocks, corals ", macro, whatever, but putting some in guarantees it

PaulB, a member here, has created a feeder which breeds babies and feeds fish such as this

do you have a quote to paulb's feeder descripton would be interested in reading about it

 

[theMeat]

http://www.saltwatersmarts.com/diy-target-feeder-mandarinfish-pipefish-2804/

There's a thread or two up in this forum too

 

[rich]

thanks

 

[CJRIZZOTTI]

Haven't seen him since this morning he's been hiding in my rocks but added 2 bottles of this and i have more on the way

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[CJRIZZOTTI]

Happy to say after adding copepods my man is ok and looking good he's a weird little guy stays in the rocks mostly but comes out sits on one here and there very fast but he's cool thanks once again for all the input guys

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[LongIslandAndy]

I have 9 red and gray scooter blenny's in 2 tanks. He looks like a red scooter blenny (right ) . The ruby red dragonet (left side) ship terribly and are usually all pinched in and don't make it. I have attached a couple of photo's below showing the difference. If it is a scooter blenny he should eat any tiny sinking pellet, I use Sustainable Aquatics pellets . Good Luck with him

 

[CJRIZZOTTI]

I have 9 red and gray scooter blenny's in 2 tanks. He looks like a red scooter blenny (right ) . The ruby red dragonet (left side) ship terribly and are usually all pinched in and don't make it. I have attached a couple of photo's below showing the difference. If it is a scooter blenny he should eat any tiny sinking pellet, I use Sustainable Aquatics pellets . Good Luck with him

Thanks bud i think he's great now was lil stressed probably starving but i see him doing his thing in my rocks very cool looking little guys they are i have pellets and flake with garlic and frozen mysis shrimp

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