Species profile

Mandarin dragonet

Synchiropus splendidus

ai-generated confidence: high

AI-generated aquarium-care values from common marine hobby consensus; feeding success depends heavily on tank maturity and should be expert reviewed.

Care table

Water type	saltwater
Care level	advanced
Minimum tank	75 US gal / 284 L
Minimum group size	1
Adult size	8 cm
Temperature	24-27 C
pH	8-8.4
Hardness	Not applicable or not reviewed-Not applicable or not reviewed dGH
Salinity	33-35 ppt
Temperament	peaceful specialist
Aggression notes	Peaceful but difficult; needs a mature pod-rich system unless trained to prepared foods.
Diet	copepod specialist carnivore
Swim zone	bottom/rockwork
Activity level	moderate
Bioload	low
Reef safe	Yes
Plant safe	Not applicable or not reviewed
Invert safe	Yes
Compatibility tags	saltwater, reef-safe, peaceful-community, pod-specialist, mature-tank, timid, bottom-dweller
Avoid with tags	new-unstable-tank, pod-competitor, very-aggressive-fish, boisterous

Tank mate compatibility

Generated same-water-type pair checks for Mandarin dragonet.

Can Mandarin dragonet and Banggai cardinalfish live together? compatible
Can Mandarin dragonet and Blue tang live together? caution
Can Mandarin dragonet and Firefish goby live together? compatible
Can Mandarin dragonet and Green chromis live together? not recommended
Can Mandarin dragonet and Ocellaris clownfish live together? compatible
Can Mandarin dragonet and Royal gramma live together? compatible
Can Mandarin dragonet and Yellow tang live together? caution

Sources and attribution

Source links are verification references for taxonomy and identifiers. Aquarium-care values are AI-generated from common hobby consensus and need expert review before launch-quality advice.

Wikidata search - Taxonomy/identifier verification lead only.
GBIF species search - Taxonomy verification lead only.
WoRMS taxon search - Marine taxonomy verification lead only.