Dragonets
Colorful, slow-moving Dragonets are some of the most interesting fish for the marine aquarium. Dragonets have special feeding requirements and should be housed in an established aquarium with large amounts of live rock and sand.
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[BM] These are the fish I think I want, what do you pros think?
by rader/sleaze.ssec.wisc.edu (Steve Rader) (15 Jul 92)
[BM] These are the fish I think I want, what do you pros think?
Dragonets
Ocellated Dragonet, Scooter Dragonet
Primarily eats pods so an established live sand bed and live rock will help with feeding them. You may also need to grow your own pods or have an attached refugium to keep these fish long term.
Dragonets are also one of the three most colorful fish species. These beautiful fish with an array of colors are very peaceful and non-territorial. They make a beautiful addition to a large tank adding lots of color without the tension.
Dragonette species graze constantly on small, live crustaceans, and seem to do well only in larger, very well-established reef aquaria. Dragonettes are often mistakenly called Blennies or Gobies in aquarium stores.
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Common name Taxonomy Reef safe Care Level Description
Mandarinfish
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Mandarin Dragonetts rise to mate at dusk. Photo by Richard Ross.
A field of staghorn coral that seems to go on forever. Photo by Richard Ross.
Dragon pipefish on a brain coral in one of the 'cleaning stations'. Photo by Richard Ross.
Mandarin Dragonets
These are sometimes called Mandarin Gobies even though they are not gobies.
Mandarin Dragonets (Synchiropus picturatus, S. splendidus)
Sometimes called Psychedelics, gobies, scooters etc.
Step 1 Choose a Species coral shrimp anemone tangs damsels angels dragonets gobies cardinals batfish wormfish grammas blennies boxfish wrasses butterflys clowns groupers stingrays eels sharks triggers ...
Synchiropus picturatus "Green Mandarin Dragonet"
The Green Mandarin, also known as the Psychedelicfish or Picturesque Dragonet, has a tan body, with dark green spots edged with orange and lighter green.
Family Callionymidae The Dragonette family includes the colorful Mandarin "gobies" and the drab Scooter "blennies".
Blennoid & Gobioid - All blennies, gobies and dragonettes.
Labroids - Wrasse & parrotfish.
Chaetodontids - Butterfly fish.
Percoids - Cardinal fish, basslets, jawfish.
Basses - Pseudochromids, marine bass.
Mandarin Goby : Care And Requirements Of The Breathtaking Mandarin Dragonet
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Copepods are a great food source for many species of fish and invertebrates. To control their numbers, consider getting some of the many fish that are natural predators of the Copepods. These include species of gobies, dragonets, wrasses, ...
 See also: Species, Aquarium, Fish, Wrasse, Shrimp
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