Official Mandarin and Dragonet Show off thread

[metrokat]

There's something wrong with Tangerine, she's in full color, but since yesterday afternoon has been sitting at the front of the tank not moving much. She's not breathing heavily and shes alert, she's just, well, sitting. She'll move from one spot to another occasionally but for the most part she just sits. Edit: I knew I shouldn't have told people she was fat and healthy, I jinxed myself.

I hope she recovers.

[crazyfishgirl]

 

I hope she recovers.

I hope so too, but it doesn't look good, she hasn't eaten in 3/4 days and that ridge line along her body has shown up again so she's getting skinnier and skinnier. She absolutely refuses to eat, I shower her head with food and all she does is move out of the way.

[crazyfishgirl]

So Tangerine is more active now, swimming around the front of the tank, around the rocks in the front and up the glass. Still not eating that I can see but that ridge line seems to be gone. Weird. My Bangaii cardinal seems to have adopted her and hangs around her all the time.

[xzeror]

Mandy see, Mandy do.

 

[xzeror]

+1

 

The only photo I managed to get of him in the back corner peering at the scary black camera.

Eats formula 1 pellets and Nutramar ova

 

 

This thread got me Googling mandarins.. and I came across this:

Didn't know there was another kind. "Synchiropus occidentalis" Guess they are rare but there are some pairs now that people are trying to breed. Neat!

 

any updates on what happened with this?

[Tamberav]

any updates on what happened with this?

 

What do you want to know?

[xzeror]

When I can be getting one for my tank lol

[Tamberav]

any updates on what happened with this?

 

http://www.mbisite.org/Forums/tm.aspx?m=79015&mpage=1

 

No update since Feb 2013 Looks like he was waiting for taller tanks to be made.

[metrokat]

Mandy see, Mandy do.

 

http://youtu.be/YSACGV8QVdI'>http://youtu.be/YSACGV8QVdI

I love the size difference between these guys. I'm looking for a large male for Bella.

[JoeDigiorgio]

He's been busy with his hippo tang project I imagine.

 

 

Sorry I've been absent on here guys. The twins have been sick and running fallow since my last update when ick made its way in. The fish were all in qt for the past several weeks and not much has changed until about now.

 

I picked up a pair of blue stripe pipefish about 3 weeks ago and they're doing awesome. Now that everybody is back in the displays and it appears that things are returning to normalcy, I'll start snapping some more pics of everything. I also traded my pair of tomentosus files for a pair of harlequin files, got them both eating and had the male drop dead on me. He was super skinny when I got him so I'm not super surprised. The female is in qt still because I thought I saw a couple of white specs on her but well see. If she is ok I'll pick up another male and try again.

[xzeror]

http://www.mbisite.org/Forums/tm.aspx?m=79015&mpage=1

 

No update since Feb 2013 Looks like he was waiting for taller tanks to be made.

 

Those mandarins are so beautiful x_x

[Tamberav]

Those mandarins are so beautiful x_x

 

I personally wouldn't expect them to be available for a few years at best.

[JoeDigiorgio]

Yea I'd say like another year or 2.

[metrokat]

Does anybody else mandarin go to the very top of the tank and poop? Bella loves to do that right by the output nozzle of the pumps too.

[JoeDigiorgio]

You know...I only rarely see mine poop...?

 

I'm not home much lately though between school and work.

[xzeror]

How much do you guys think they would cost or how much that guy paid for his pairs?

[Tamberav]

How much do you guys think they would cost or how much that guy paid for his pairs?

 

There prob won't be many for awhile.. if they even get sent to the states or even successfully bred. That breeder is in Australia.

 

Don't hold your breath

[xzeror]

 

There prob won't be many for awhile.. if they even get sent to the states or even successfully bred. That breeder is in Australia.

 

One can dream

Don't hold your breath

[Tamberav]

 

 

There prob won't be many for awhile.. if they even get sent to the states or even successfully bred. That breeder is in Australia.

 

One can dream

Don't hold your breath

 

Found it.. they were $280 each in Australia. Not here The collector does not plan to get them often due to the cost of collecting.

[Toprharley]

Got some better pictures of my little guy today. He's getting more competitive for brine now. He'll come off the rocks, chase down and beat out the Pygmy Angel for it. It's pretty funny.

 

[crazyfishgirl]

Got some better pictures of my little guy today. He's getting more competitive for brine now. He'll come off the rocks, chase down and beat out the Pygmy Angel for it. It's pretty funny.

 

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He looks nice and healthy, I love seeing nice fat, healthy looking mandarins. Especially in our smaller tanks

[Toprharley]

He looks nice and healthy, I love seeing nice fat, healthy looking mandarins. Especially in our smaller tanks

 

Thank you.

I know, right! After reading all about how it's impossible and extremely difficult to keep them. I got lucky and picked out one that was eating frozen foods when I bought him. I think that's the key.

[metrokat]

Got some better pictures of my little guy today. He's getting more competitive for brine now. He'll come off the rocks, chase down and beat out the Pygmy Angel for it. It's pretty funny.

look at that cutie.

[Toprharley]

look at that cutie.

 

Thank you! I couldn't say no to him.

 

Do the Spotteds get as big as the green and red ones?

 

[metrokat]

I saw a 4+ inch spotted at my LFS