July, 2018 POTM Contest - Mandarin Fish

[Brew12]

I can't compete with some of these amazing picture but will post one anyway.. Was trying to get one with his top fin up. He had other ideas.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Right that’s it, I need to get me a Mandarin fish!! Lol

Clearly they are very pretty!

They starve easily. Assure there is regular food source.

 

[Sherman]

 

[Reefer Deez]

 

[fabutahoun]

Amazing Shot !!!

 

[fabutahoun]

Right that’s it, I need to get me a Mandarin fish!! Lol

Clearly they are very pretty!

Shaun, do you know what is better than a Mandarin fish ? a pair of Mandarin !!! they will look stunning in your tank.

 

[Richard Severns]

Copepods yes, but train them. A few days of live brine, then graduate to frozen brine, and then what looks like copepods- Mysis shrimp. Still feed copepods but this has worked more than once getting them on frozen.

Glad to see how someone is getting them to eat, I've tried but with no success, I've been waiting on tank raised ones, was told it would be awhile

 

[Richard Severns]

These are all great pictures, but it is the mandarin, I would hate to be the judge

 

[KMench]

Glad to see how someone is getting them to eat, I've tried but with no success, I've been waiting on tank raised ones, was told it would be awhile

Algaebarn has tank raised ones. Liveaquaria sometimes has the ones sourced from algaebarn on their website also. That’s where mine is from :)

 

[Richard Severns]

:D

Algaebarn has tank raised ones. Liveaquaria sometimes has the ones sourced from algaebarn on their website also. That’s where mine is from :)

Thanks very much, I'll definitely be checking those out

 

[PJ2]

Here’s mine! He’s a jumper...had to rescue him off my carpet last month.

 

[Moonfruit777]

 

[Squirtle42o]

 

[SPR1968]

Shaun, do you know what is better than a Mandarin fish ? a pair of Mandarin !!! they will look stunning in your tank.

I’m currently researching Mandarin fish, and now in pairs ! Lol

I think I have lots of what they eat anyway, but just want to be sure before I get one, or two!

 

[Cajunfishlady]

Baby mandarin [emoji16] He’s bigger now but I just can’t get a good picture of him like when we first got him.

 

[RICH'S REEF]

So beautiful! I want a mandarin so bad!

 

[Rico11mac]

Mr. Squiggleface in all his glory swimming near the edge of the galaxy

 

[Bookum]

This is my fat girl.... she is a eater lol

 

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