My newest arrival

[grovey]

I just love these little guys. so much personality in a little package

 

[grovey]

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[grovey]

3

 

[joker_ca]

NICE looking mandarin fish :yes: :yes:

 

[alohami]

Gorgeous! What size tank is he in?

 

[nm reef]

They are sweet....but require a sustainable food source in most cases. I finally added a green one to my reef......

 

[grovey]

i've never been able to find a psycadelic like that at any LFS
Very nice

 

[jimmy g]

Is that ick on his head?

 

[grovey]

no it was water spots on the tank i've since cleaned those off so i'm getting a little clearer shots

 

[grovey]

3

 

[grovey]

4

 

[justphong]

special food you guys feed them?

 

[grovey]

they need live rock to pick at
some say they'll eat live brine and mine
eats the frozen shrimp and pellet's
but main stapple is lots of live rock

 

[moraym]

Originally posted by justphong
special food you guys feed them?
Used to feed mine live brine, he'd pick pods off the LR, but I also fed him Kent ZooPlex, it's a suspension of whole bio-engineered marine zooplankton. I have a huge jug of it in the basement, I wonder how long it lasts, b/c I havent used it in a couple years. Not sure if you could sustain a Mandarin on only ZooPlex though, you'd still want a large tank with LR.