Talking Fish: A Deeper Dive into Mandarin Gobies, Scooter Blennies, and Dragonets! 

Great in-depth look at a specific fish. I especially liked how you discussed old school husbandry practices vs todays’ reefers as many of us only get to read about the struggles of the past as there is more of that content that bubbles up on a web search.

Those closing comments were well said. We need more responsible fish breeding in the hobby. Great vid!

This guy is amazing !!

By far the exact video I needed thank you

To help the algorithm I will subscribe, love the simple format and info I need cheers meng.

Did I mention I didn’t just 👍 like this video I loved 🥰 it ?

Thanks for helping keep this hobby sustainable!

It's crazy how they eat. Someday, I'll get one. You guys are so smart it's crazy good. I wish I lived closer to seeing your amazing store.

Great host for such videos! He's a great presence, more of this pls. :)

Great video! So much good information! One day I hope to have a tank suitable for a Dragonet

Hey Guys! Thanks for the upload!

I used to have them backing the eighties, the industry has grown and we have earned a lot since then

In other words, one needs to make a microecosystem first before introducing a dragonet. So add brine shrimp and other tiny crustaceans and other animals that spawn constantly. Also, allow for algae to grow to feed the crustaceans. Also need an underground filter bed so that the water flow doesn't suck away the small critters. Got it.

Wonderful sentiment! I'd love to hear how to transition them onto frozen.

A very passionate dive into the fascinating world of the amazing mandarin fish. 👍

I have always wanted one of these fish. I don't trust myself to keep it alive. Loved the video, it was very informative. Thank you.

We needed this one!

Would love to a video on transfer from Biota to your home . Maybe get a couple from biota . One Green male , One spotted female . Put in 10 gallon tank . Feed the same as Biota did . Try to get them to eat a variety of nutritious pellets . & The most nutritious flake you can think of . Maybe a mixture of pellets , freeze dried copepods & stuff you can put in an auto feeder . I don't know it you would have to supplement with frozen . If so what would be best . Frozen copepods ? Froze Enriched brine ? Frozen finely cut up Mysis . Frozen Fish eggs ? Go for it & sell the foods with the Mandarins 😊 A real Smogasborg . I'm getting hungry just thinking about it . Yummy 😊

The mandarin dragonet is my absolute favorite marine fish!

I love biota manderins and Top shelf aquatics.

Wonderful discussion. Especially the comparison of evolving husbandry and the highlight on sustainable aquacultured. I know the desire to keep a Synchiropus splendidus was one of the driving forces behind my original change from planted aquariums to reef tanks, that and the amazing corals. And that desire was also the reason I first started keeping and home culturing phytoplankton. Having kept a wild caught one successfully for several years now, I attribute it in large part to the vibrant copepod population in the tank sustained in part by that algae creating a food web. And if I were to do it again, I’d go with an aquacultured one in a hear beat. I also continually debate if I should get my wild male Dragonet an aquacultured female, but it’s not without some risks. But I love and adore how far aquaculture practices have come along, for me to have that option. It’s fantastic. The advantage of a tank raised fish, can not be understated.

What a great video this was fantastic, I have a nice fat green mandarin and always making sure I add live copepods and raw and he eats both and frozen brine.

Got a captive biota bred male. He eats brine regularly

Yes for every alive mandatin dragonet about eight died along the way. Very inportant to captive bred these fish in particular

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Greate video about a beautiful fish! But I start to wonder if it realy fits in a small 30 gallon tank as some has suggested.

Mine wild, caught one eats , great eat pellets, frozen, not fussy at all. Had it for several years fat and sassy.

Taras. wintergreen or coolmint? Love the vids ty TS for these.

I’m planning on buying a captive bred mandarin. I’m transferring my current 50 gallon to 100. I’ll be using florida live rock along with my current old rock. The sand will of course be florida as well. After some time, this should become a rich area of pods for him to hunt all day long and I’ll be ready to purchase him down the road

Does Top Shelf sell mandarins that are tank raised?

my favorite fish. sadly mine loves to hide in the rocks all day and comes oit at night or early morning

This dude is both very smart and handsome. I would like his autograph.

What's his name? Frost Buckskin?