I want one

[aaronfeeney]

 

[sidekicking]

I saw one of those at midway a couple of days ago
What's the name of it?

 

[Gosu]

some reason emerald goby comes to mind but honestly have no idea - wicked colors

 

[Spyral]

Green Mandarin. read up on this fish, not an easy fish to keep. You need a good amount of coepods or they will starve. I would not suggest one unless you have an established tank with a real good, established system.

http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/mandarinfish.htm

 

[Spyral]

This is my first-on-the-list fish once my 75 is set up. I have wanted one before I wanted an anemone! lol,..,

 

[aaronfeeney]

I can wait , but i still want one

 

[protocl]

It's a betta on steroids.

 

[lilfishie]

It is a green mandarin dragonet. It is a fish rated as difficult care level. It will eat only live foods, so your system has to be mature and stable to keep a continuous population of pods for it to eat.

 

[Spyral]

You mean one of these?

Yeah, they're pretty cool..lol

 

[aaronfeeney]

did you run out and buy one today?

 

[Spyral]

no..



























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I drove.

 

[aaronfeeney]

how much?

 

[Spyral]

$16

 

[aaronfeeney]

not bad

 

[Jacko]

I've seen them weened onto live brine and NLS pellets before, after that's done keeping them alive isn't as difficult, don't have to worry as much about a fuge with a healthy population of copepods...

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

this kind is pretty cool too

 

[lilfishie]

This is a spotted mandarin
Same goes with it in the case of care. It needs a continuous population of live reef pods for food.

this kind is pretty cool too

 

[lilfishie]

These mandarins may be an inexpensive beautiful fish, but they are difficult to keep alive if they are not supplied with the proper food. 99% of them will not eat frozen or flake or pellet foods. Some have been trained to eat frozen, but must be fed in a specific way so that they actually get the food and the other fish do not eat it first. Some have built feeding boxes that they put the food into for them. If you rely on food floating around in the water column they will not get it and they will starve to death. IMO Don’t get a fish that you may just starve to death just because it’s beautiful and cheep. Wait until your system is mature enough to sustain it. Then you will be able to enjoy it for its entire lifetime.

 

[Spyral]

If I have issues keeping mine, he will go back to the store. However, he has been eating and I have a secret weapon..a copepod breeding station.

 

[lilfishie]

If I have issues keeping mine, he will go back to the store. However, he has been eating and I have a secret weapon..a copepod breeding station.

Get some small rock rubble and pile it in a back corner behind a bigger rock. It will give the copepods a safe place to breed on their own in the tank and help keep up the population.