Would you save a Mandarin Dragonet
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spiderwoman
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Call me crazy, but I'm absolutely in love with that little fish.
The way he moves around is so precise and he loves staying on the side of the tank where our couch is.
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kikithemermaid
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He's adorable! I'm so happy you saved him.
spiderwoman
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Me too, I just hope he will do OK.
As you can see his dorsal fin is almost completely gone and I'm hoping it will grow back. The way the other Mandarin was attacking this one makes me think both are males as I haven't heard that females fight.
This fellow eats way more than 200 pods a day as I'm seeing him constantly pick pods off the LR and glass. Hopefully he turns into a pig and my tank can support him. I have some dry Fiji sump rubble in a box that arrived last week and I'm planning on taking some and making a pod pile in the DT.
As you can see his dorsal fin is almost completely gone and I'm hoping it will grow back. The way the other Mandarin was attacking this one makes me think both are males as I haven't heard that females fight.
This fellow eats way more than 200 pods a day as I'm seeing him constantly pick pods off the LR and glass. Hopefully he turns into a pig and my tank can support him. I have some dry Fiji sump rubble in a box that arrived last week and I'm planning on taking some and making a pod pile in the DT.
crashbandicoot
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kikithemermaid
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Sorry, what's a dt? And a FOWLR? (that wasn't in your post, I'm just confused on so many abbreviations!)
spiderwoman
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Originally Posted by kikithemermaid
http:///forum/post/2593732
Sorry, what's a dt? And a FOWLR? (that wasn't in your post, I'm just confused on so many abbreviations!)
DT = display tank
FOWLR = fish only with live rock
http:///forum/post/2593732
Sorry, what's a dt? And a FOWLR? (that wasn't in your post, I'm just confused on so many abbreviations!)
DT = display tank
FOWLR = fish only with live rock
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kikithemermaid
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Originally Posted by SpiderWoman
http:///forum/post/2593741
DT = display tank
FOWLR = fish only with live rock
Okay, thank you!
http:///forum/post/2593741
DT = display tank
FOWLR = fish only with live rock
Okay, thank you!
redman1221
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Originally Posted by kikithemermaid
http:///forum/post/2593732
Sorry, what's a dt? And a FOWLR? (that wasn't in your post, I'm just confused on so many abbreviations!)
Display tank and fish only with live rock
http:///forum/post/2593732
Sorry, what's a dt? And a FOWLR? (that wasn't in your post, I'm just confused on so many abbreviations!)
Display tank and fish only with live rock
redman1221
Member
sorry did not see the other post
spiderwoman
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I'm afraid that this save process is going to fail :cry
The Mandarin has not eaten or at least I have not seen him eat for several days and I'm almost willing to bet anything that he is blind. He still moves around the bottom of the tank in a small area, but he doesn't react to my movements even if I put my hand against the glass. Last week he would move away from it.
The corner he likes to hang out is crawling with fat pods. They are basically at his face and he doesn't react to them in any way.
Also he is constantly acting like he has swallowed a larger object and tries to spit it out.
If he is blind, I guess there is nothing that I can do to help him?
The Mandarin has not eaten or at least I have not seen him eat for several days and I'm almost willing to bet anything that he is blind. He still moves around the bottom of the tank in a small area, but he doesn't react to my movements even if I put my hand against the glass. Last week he would move away from it.
The corner he likes to hang out is crawling with fat pods. They are basically at his face and he doesn't react to them in any way.
Also he is constantly acting like he has swallowed a larger object and tries to spit it out.
If he is blind, I guess there is nothing that I can do to help him?
spiderwoman
Active Member
:cry thanks Spanko. I just posted another thread as I think he has popeye, his eyes are really bulged out now that the lights are coming on and I can see him.
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kikithemermaid
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Fish can be born blind?
I hope he's okay. Can you treat popeye?
I hope he's okay. Can you treat popeye?