green mandarin and spotted mandarin.

lazypinoy

lazypinoy

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are they safe to be together in a 125 tank? i bought a green mand. and had a spotted mand for like 6 months. the spotted is male and the green is female. any issues that might happen between the 2??
 
scotty37

scotty37

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elongated dorsal spine on males? having only ever seen one of these fish, how can I look at mine and tell male female.. i dont quite understand
 
renogaw

renogaw

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the male has a fin on it like a firefish does.
the glass bottle is because they are such docile eaters. did you see how his tangs were trying to eat the food? without the bottle they wouldn't have a chance to eat in peace
 
scotty37

scotty37

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sounds easy enough to tell... my tang doesnt interfere at all with my mandarins eating... not at all!
 
renogaw

renogaw

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they are territorial...hopefully you didn't just drop them in together without keeping an eye on them? and "they"? how many did you put in and how many were already in there?
 
lazypinoy

lazypinoy

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Originally Posted by renogaw
they are territorial...hopefully you didn't just drop them in together without keeping an eye on them? and "they"? how many did you put in and how many were already in there?
well there was just one spotted mandarin that has been in there since feb. i droped the green one in yesterday and the spotted one started nippin at it soon clinchin on it with its mouth. then the spotted dragged the green into the CBS cave. and the cbs tore it up. then all my nassarous snails went on it.
 
scotty37

scotty37

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good god. i wouldnt think with their mouth shape that they could even nip. I havent moved my mandarin in yet... if Im wanting 2, should I move them in together?
 
renogaw

renogaw

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Originally Posted by scotty37
good god. i wouldnt think with their mouth shape that they could even nip. I havent moved my mandarin in yet... if Im wanting 2, should I move them in together?
i'd definitely move them together, and make sure you have a male/female of same species
 
nygel

nygel

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i use to have a green mandarin with a scooter... they were fine, now i have a spotted with my scooter... not fine... maybe spotted mandarins are just bad news?
 
smoothie

smoothie

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Don't get 2 males together. Male and female or females if your tank is established enough (pods). If you have a wrasse he may pic at them bc of food competition. I have seen multiples in a seahorse tank that do awesome.
 
renogaw

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no, i think in another post that person said their mandarins are around 80 at the lfs, for sale at 20.
i paid 17 for mine.
 
lazypinoy

lazypinoy

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Originally Posted by renogaw
no, i think in another post that person said their mandarins are around 80 at the lfs, for sale at 20.
i paid 17 for mine.
what they go that high over there? then i guess i must be pretty lucky to live around here then. i mean i saw an achiles tang here once for just 40$. lots of other things too. people if u want aquariums but dont have a deep pocket. move to southern cali!
 
robdog696

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Male mandarins are very territorial... females you can keep in groups of about three with no problem. But unless one male is distinctly larger than the other they will fight for dominance. The way they fight is to attach themselves to the others tail and drag him around until he dies. So basically whoever gets the others tail first wins. If you see them do this separate them immediately.
 
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