merredeth
Active Member
Hi. About a month ago ago I ended up with a mandarin from my LFS' personal tank.
It is a beautiful one with great markings.
However, this damn strawberry pseudochromis ended up picking on the mandarin and he lost the back fins.
I immediately relocated the strawberry pseudochromis by donating it to my LFS and it's been quite a few days now.
I have sat on the floor watching the tank for hours since this occured and feel conofident that the culprit was the strawberry as everyone else seems to get a long and everyone leaves the mandarin to himself.
The mandarin is still eating and going all over the rocks like crazy. He seems to have survived the strawberry. However, I'm wondering if the tail fin will grow back? It appears like it has started to regrow. However, I have not had a mandarin before and want to make sure what I THINK I'm seeing is actually happening.
Thanks in advance,
Denise M.
It is a beautiful one with great markings.
However, this damn strawberry pseudochromis ended up picking on the mandarin and he lost the back fins.
I immediately relocated the strawberry pseudochromis by donating it to my LFS and it's been quite a few days now.
I have sat on the floor watching the tank for hours since this occured and feel conofident that the culprit was the strawberry as everyone else seems to get a long and everyone leaves the mandarin to himself.
The mandarin is still eating and going all over the rocks like crazy. He seems to have survived the strawberry. However, I'm wondering if the tail fin will grow back? It appears like it has started to regrow. However, I have not had a mandarin before and want to make sure what I THINK I'm seeing is actually happening.
Thanks in advance,
Denise M.