Green mandarin - Synchiropus splendidus

Luukosian

Luukosian

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Well yeah I figured it was a microscope....I meant are you hatching these out in a dish or what, you'd think they would be hard to capture safely.
 
tektite

tektite

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Oh, sorry...no, right now they're in a small 1 gallon tank. I just wait for one to stop swimming and suck it up very slowly into a pipette.
 
surfzone

surfzone

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What are you feeding them? When i was working with the spotted mandarin i used a small rotifer, and an assortment of wild collected plankton that i collected from the near creeks and Ocean. I don't know if you have read these two threads but one is my Matt Wittenrich and the other is my personal thread

Marine Ornamental Fish & Invert Breeders Association • View topic - Spotted Mandarins

Marine Ornamental Fish & Invert Breeders Association • View topic - BC2008 - Mandarin - Witt - I'm in the game!
 
tektite

tektite

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I actually haven't tried raising them yet. Been crazy busy with work. I'll try again when I can get my larval breeding station up and running. I have s type rotifers I'll try feeding them, I'm also going to get a few kinds of copepod cultures to feed them as well. The parents are still very fat and healthy, breeding regularly.
 
surfzone

surfzone

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that's good i was told that the better verity of foods that you feed the better chance you are to have higher survival rates and reach metta sooner.
 
Darkwrym

Darkwrym

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I'm gonna tag along with this one. I've had a happy male for about 2 months eating frozen foods just waiting for my LFS to get a nice female in. Those are really cool pics!
 
Roots

Roots

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Awesome thread and very cool pics! I'll be following this closely. I am planning on getting a pair of Mandarins in the future and want to start learning about breeding and rearing the babies.
 
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biss

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hey guys, just got another tank up and running, in between my main tank and sump. 30 gallon. i hope you keep posting your info, thinking of breeding something, mybe mandrins, already have one in my main tank,i have plenty of pods in my system,good luck guys,
 
intricateart

intricateart

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I envy your camera. My mandarins breed all the time but only release about once a week. I don't have a clue how to capture the eggs though.
 
tektite

tektite

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In preparation for redoing my aquarium I found them a new home. Didn't want them to go through a podless period with the new tank, even though they ate prepared food.
 
DianaKay

DianaKay

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tektite said:
In preparation for redoing my aquarium I found them a new home. Didn't want them to go through a podless period with the new tank, even though they ate prepared food.
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Good to see an UPDATE as this is an AMAZING THREAD! Sorry you had to part with your BEAUTIFUL MANDARINS.
My RSM 250 tank is near 10 months old (has a very good population of pods) and I'm adding a LifeReef sump/refugium this week or next. The Mandarin fish is my "dream fish"...starting a white worm culture & preparing hopefully :fingerx: a good home for a pair someday soon.
Thanks for your initial post here...L:heart:VE those pictures!!
 
tektite

tektite

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It was so hard to find them a new home! I was really attached to them, but wanted the best for them. I'm on the lookout for a new pair, taking my time though and looking for exceptional males/females.
 
lbiminiblue

lbiminiblue

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Beautiful fish you have. My ultimate goal is to get one of those, or two. I'd hope that my 120 would be enough to support them with pods, and a little training for frozen food eating.
 
Akshay

Akshay

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I was wanting to get a female for my male... but am kind of hesitant.
The last time I tried this a few years ago they fought like crazy.
What do you look for when you want to have a mandarin couple pairing off?
 
DianaKay

DianaKay

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Akshay said:
I was wanting to get a female for my male... but am kind of hesitant.
The last time I tried this a few years ago they fought like crazy.
What do you look for when you want to have a mandarin couple pairing off?
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I'd also like to have a pair but fear they might kill each other. Maybe adding them both at the same time would help? I notice at Blue Zoo (I like the fish & service from there) they have male & female with sizes listed separately. I thought about calling them and asking for best options.
I did get my DSB refugium added so I'm going to wait until I start seeing a pod population in it.
It is scary to add any fish or coral to my tank when they are listed as "Difficult" :bouncebox
 
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