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Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone who owns mandarins has had one with an injured fin. My dragonet swims perfectly all over the tank and is constantly hunting. I cultivate my own tisbe pods and add tigger pods every so often to the display, and my dragonet also eats frozen brine/live brine when they sink down the tank during feeding days/times. The dragonet does not seem bothered by it and it has a big appetite. It is the big display fins that they use to perch with(they have nice coloration and open up pretty wide), the pectoral perching fin on my mandarins left side is always closed and never opens even when perched it only uses its right fin. When it "crawls" around my rockwork its always slanted because its only perching on one. Any ways i can help my dragonet? Will it heal up? No other fish in my tank pick on it, I have a list below of the fish I have. I bought it from a local fish store and it seemed fine there but it wasnt opening either fins and i put it off as it was stressed and well see them open later.
Fish List
2) Clownfish (Oscellaris)
1) Firefish Goby
1) Bangai Cardinal
1) Mandarin Dragonet ("Ruby Red")
Tank Info
- 5 Months Old
-78.6-79.3 Temp
-1.026 Salinity
Every other param is zero except for 10PPM Nitrates and somewhere between 0-0.25 Phophates on API test which is probably off a bit and id say they're on the lower end but still there.
I do not dose anything and all I run for filter media is filter floss. Weekly 5 Gallon Water Changes are done religiously.
Thanks for the help! Ill post a picture of my Dragonet in the next post.
Just wondering if anyone who owns mandarins has had one with an injured fin. My dragonet swims perfectly all over the tank and is constantly hunting. I cultivate my own tisbe pods and add tigger pods every so often to the display, and my dragonet also eats frozen brine/live brine when they sink down the tank during feeding days/times. The dragonet does not seem bothered by it and it has a big appetite. It is the big display fins that they use to perch with(they have nice coloration and open up pretty wide), the pectoral perching fin on my mandarins left side is always closed and never opens even when perched it only uses its right fin. When it "crawls" around my rockwork its always slanted because its only perching on one. Any ways i can help my dragonet? Will it heal up? No other fish in my tank pick on it, I have a list below of the fish I have. I bought it from a local fish store and it seemed fine there but it wasnt opening either fins and i put it off as it was stressed and well see them open later.
Fish List
2) Clownfish (Oscellaris)
1) Firefish Goby
1) Bangai Cardinal
1) Mandarin Dragonet ("Ruby Red")
Tank Info
- 5 Months Old
-78.6-79.3 Temp
-1.026 Salinity
Every other param is zero except for 10PPM Nitrates and somewhere between 0-0.25 Phophates on API test which is probably off a bit and id say they're on the lower end but still there.
I do not dose anything and all I run for filter media is filter floss. Weekly 5 Gallon Water Changes are done religiously.
Thanks for the help! Ill post a picture of my Dragonet in the next post.