Here's a pic of my mandarin about 2 days after redoing my tank. He seems to be showing everyone that this is his territory.
Mandarin Posing
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Excellent picture!
Wow - looks cool! I would LOVE to get a beaut of a male like yours, for my female mandarin!
My mandarin is REALLY nice and fat - BUT, I must spend more time practicing taking pics of my life-stock, as this is the area where I lack the most at this stage
Good luck with yours. BTW: After "re-doing" your tank, do you have enough pods to keep the fella happy??
I re-did the aquascaping this weekend on my tank, and got rid of a LOT of hair-algae (manually), but all this action seemed to have had a negative effect on the number of pods in my tank......
My mandarin is REALLY nice and fat - BUT, I must spend more time practicing taking pics of my life-stock, as this is the area where I lack the most at this stage
Good luck with yours. BTW: After "re-doing" your tank, do you have enough pods to keep the fella happy??
I re-did the aquascaping this weekend on my tank, and got rid of a LOT of hair-algae (manually), but all this action seemed to have had a negative effect on the number of pods in my tank......
That is one stunning fish and awesome photo!
Thanks, all. I recently got a Sony A100 DSLR, so I'll be practicing a bit in the near future
Well, jacquesb, I'm hoping the pod population increases quickly since I left the sump untouched, but I may be getting some critters from a very friendly LFS owner this week, just to be sure. Luckily, it's a 2m tank, so there should be enough hunting ground and growing ground for the mandarin and a sixline wrasse te be able to make it through the next 2 or 3 weeks, until the pod population increases.
Hair algae was the reason for redoing my tank, and I had large crushed coral as substrate, so the tank was positively teeming with pods - at least the fish would have been very heathly, giving them some fat to live off in these less-fertile times ...
BTW, jacquesb, if you ever need to let your mandarin go - I'm looking for a female for my male. Any idea where I can get one?
Well, jacquesb, I'm hoping the pod population increases quickly since I left the sump untouched, but I may be getting some critters from a very friendly LFS owner this week, just to be sure. Luckily, it's a 2m tank, so there should be enough hunting ground and growing ground for the mandarin and a sixline wrasse te be able to make it through the next 2 or 3 weeks, until the pod population increases.
Hair algae was the reason for redoing my tank, and I had large crushed coral as substrate, so the tank was positively teeming with pods - at least the fish would have been very heathly, giving them some fat to live off in these less-fertile times ...
BTW, jacquesb, if you ever need to let your mandarin go - I'm looking for a female for my male. Any idea where I can get one?
Mekaeel
Moderator
nice pic man
wow great pic wow
Mike
Retired Moderator
Wow awesome pic, my favourite fish too
This is a really stunning pic.
Hi there abg...
See my new thread in "Member's Setups" - one of the pics (I think the 2nd or 3rd one from the top shows my mandarin at the bottom of the tank, on her permanent quest to find food
Pic is not is nice as your - though, so please bear with it ;-)
See my new thread in "Member's Setups" - one of the pics (I think the 2nd or 3rd one from the top shows my mandarin at the bottom of the tank, on her permanent quest to find food
Pic is not is nice as your - though, so please bear with it ;-)
leslie hempel
Professional Aquarist
wicked pic dude... cant wait to get a pair of mandy's again... lovely docile creatures.....