July, 2018 POTM Contest - Mandarin Fish

tenurepro · Jul 29, 2018

Portrait of a Mandarin
thanks @WallyB for letting me photograph your beauty

p.s. i took many pictures of this fish, but this one is my favourite; it has a bit of a mona lisa quality - a hint of a smile

tenurepro · Jul 29, 2018

double post

cycled123 · Jul 30, 2018

Not a good pic but I'm sharing because I finally got a mandarin :)

Scurvy · Jul 30, 2018

Was tough to decide between this pose and another of him snacking on a chunk of LRS but better shot here.

Stonekeg · Jul 30, 2018

Not gonna lie about the fact I saved a bunch of these pictures for desktops while I'm at work. I don't have a mandarin yet, but I want one bad enough that I'm willing to plan my first tank entirely around its needs.

dnyceli · Jul 31, 2018

zartan40 · Jul 31, 2018

Eagle_Steve · Jul 31, 2018

Well I finally got a pick of my mandarin without the clowns photo bombing. Sadly I cannot get the mandarin without the tailspot (at least not with an iPhone). They are never apart and roam around together. It is kind of funny though. The mandarin goes low, the tailspot is perched up high watching. The mandarin goes to the top of the rocks and the tailspot watches out from the bottom of the tank. Crazy little critters they be lol.