mandarin fish

Picked up this guy at my lfs. Concerned about its stress level as it’s been hanging in the back of the tank since Sunday breathing like this. Haven’t noted him pecking at anything. Per lfs he was doing well and even eating Pac Pods. Moved him to this acclimation box today. How long do they...

So I just wanted to say my 2 cents for successfully keeping a mandarin dragonet. I'll make this as short as possible, but here is what I've learned. I've had mine probably 6 months now. 1. Buy a tank bred/raised one that eats frozen. Yes they are more expensive, but think about it, a lot of...

I am starting a tank and have a couple things but I'm not sure if what I want will work together with my equipment. I have a 55G tank with a Fluval 407 aquarium I have 2 ocellares clowns to stay I have 1 blue hippo tang that I'm going to give to Paul Cuffaro when it gets too big I have 1 powder...

Can I keep two black storm ocellaris clownfish with 2 mandarin fish? My tank will be 30 Galllons and the mandarin fish I’m buying are trained to eat pellet/frozen food already. I haven’t yet setup a tank and any advice as to what I would need in there and what to avoid would be great , thanks

I have a biocube 32 led. It’s been running for a year but I transfered everything from a previous tank I had running for 3 years. I have so many pods the ground comes alive after lights out. Can I support a mandarin in a tank this small? I know I will likely have to supplement pods and would...

Hello, I'm looking to get a mandarin fish as my last fish when my tank is completely established and filled with copepods in the refugium. I'm interested to see which type of mandarin are your favorites. The dragonets I've included in the poll are all from Liveaquaria.

Hey everyone, second time posting in here and everyone has been so helpful. I have recently purchased (2 weeks ago) a female spotted for my male, my male has been great with her there has been no fighting (fingers crossed ) other than the beginning for 20 sec or so I’m assuming that was...

Hey everyone, second time posting in here and everyone has been so helpful. I have recently purchased (2 weeks ago) a female spotted for my male, my male has been great with her there has been no fighting (fingers crossed ) other than the beginning for 20 sec or so I’m assuming that was...

Hey everyone, I have this baby mandarin dragonet, and I’m wondering what gender it is.

Ive been researching good ways to fatten up my mandarin dragonetts as their weight is going up and down a lot lately I know I will need to find another method of feeding them. I tried Paul B's brine shrimp feeder however I couldn't get all the exactly correct materials and my clownfish decided...

essentially I’ve been looking into Paul B’s mandarin feeder which I’m pretty sure I can make however I now need to find a way to breed brine shrimp as in Australia it’s not a stable supply to buy eggs so I was thinking of doing this. 1. Hatch some eggs 2. Let the shrimp grow to adulthood 3...

Mandarin fish that I have had for about 3 months has lost part of its left front pectoral fin. his swimming ability does not seem to be impaired at all. Photos below, does anyone know what caused it and how to treat other fish are 1x coral beauty 1x bicolour blend 2x occelaras clown (small) 2x...

so yesterday I got a mandarin fish about 1.5 inches and chubby My question is how do I tell if he is eating and if he isn’t how can I encourage him to When I put him in yesterday he swam and sat on my clam then perched on a rock, moved into a cave and has barely come out since, he is breathing...

So I've heard of people training their mandarin fish to eat frozen foods and or flakes, have any of you guys had success with doing so, if so do you have any advice or techniques that seem to work? (there are two mandarin fish I'm eying at my LFS but I'm not sure if they will eat frozen food)...