Roots
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I have been wanting A Mandarin Dragonet since I first got into the hobby a year ago. I have tried to be responsible as an aquarist and not purchase any fish that I didn't feel I was ready to or equipped to care for. I opted to wait and not put one into my first Nano Reef tank since it was freshly started and not mature. I quickly moved up to a 60 gal. Reef, which some of you have seen in my Tank Chronicle Thread. It's doing well, it's several years established and has a healthy refugium as well. So I decided I was ready for Mandarins. I have decided to get a male/female pair of them. It's been pretty epic trying to locate a pair anywhere locally, or even a female for that matter. I can not find a female Mandarin anywhere locally. I drove over 150 miles today looking for a female mandarin. I had 2 stores tell me they had females only to arrive and find males. So finally at the last store I went to, they were supposed to have female. I arrived and the guy was very apologetic as he informed me that he had been mistaken and that he actually had a male... :smack: Since he was mistaken he offered me a discount on the Male that he had and said he would hand select me a healthy female from the wholesaler when he goes there on Monday, and deliver it to me at home! I live over 50 miles from his store! Pretty cool of the guy. So I will post pics of the new Male later and of the female when she comes in later on in the week, probably around Thursday.
It was a SUPER EPIC MISSION that was only partially successful, at least in the immediate time frame. But I now have a Mandarin and he sure is pretty. Ohh and the guy says he has been eating frozen Mysis without any problems, so hopefully that is true for me now that I have him home. He will be staying in the QT tank for a few weeks and it will make things a lot easier if he will accept frozen foods. :smoking:
It was a SUPER EPIC MISSION that was only partially successful, at least in the immediate time frame. But I now have a Mandarin and he sure is pretty. Ohh and the guy says he has been eating frozen Mysis without any problems, so hopefully that is true for me now that I have him home. He will be staying in the QT tank for a few weeks and it will make things a lot easier if he will accept frozen foods. :smoking: