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    Breeding Mandarin Dragonets first go

    in Reef Keeping

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    At the moment the pair is in a 10g tank with heater, rigid airline, HOB biological power filter with active carbon, live rock, macro algae and hair algae... loaded with pods. I also have two additional HOB filters running that I removed the filter media from and added live rock rubble to cultivate pod colonies and act as a cryptic fuge. In addition I also add live rotifers each night and a few drops of phyto.

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    Currently doing small 1/2-1gallon water changes each evening.
    SG: 1.020
    Temp: 79

    Breeding Mandarin Dragonets first go

    in Reef Keeping

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    Thanks guys!

    Woods, I purchased them as "Red" but have thought they look green as well from the pics. My light over the tank is a wavepoint LED and makes everything look very blue. In person they look like reds. Once I feel they are settled in and nice and fat I will pull them out and take some better shots to determine if they really are Red or Green. I also plan to purchase another pair for reference.

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    Breeding Mandarin Dragonets first go

    in Reef Keeping

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    We are off to a great start so far. After about 8 tries over the last 2 days big papa is eating frozen brine shrimp from the seahorse trough! The female is also eating but has not gone into the trough yet. She stays near by and picks off the stuff that the male kicks up out of the trough.











    Thanks for the comments and support, we are pretty excited about the pair,
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    Breeding Mandarin Dragonets first go

    in Reef Keeping

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    We just got a pair of breeding Blue Mandarin Dragonets (came in as "reds" but they look like blues) (Synchiropus splendidus)

    The female is about 2" and the Male is a big papa at around 4". Opposite of clownfish.. the male gets to be the big dominant one with these fish.

    I'm going to use this thread to document our progress on breeding them. At the moment we are pretty clueless but thanks to google, all the information we need is a search away. We have started researching a bit but our first priority is beefing them up! Priority one: FOOD!

    The plan is to keep a steady supply of live pods while trying to get them on frozen. I'm adding live rotifers each time I add frozen. Also using a Wet Acrylic seahorse trough for introducing frozen foods. I'm feeding in the same location each time and turning pumps off right before feeding. I'm hoping that once the pumps go off they will begin to recognize that as feeding time and head over to the trough.

    Anyways, chime in if you have any info to share smile.png or questions.

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    Clownfish for sale, buckshot, snow onyx, onyx picasso

    in Mr. Cob's Corals

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    We have the following fish for sale:

    1) Buckshot black snowflake 1.75" male $150




    2) Premium snowflake 1.75" male $60 (has a dot on both sides and nice blue lines)




    3) Premium picasso male 1.75" $125
    4) LRG Snow Onyx female 3" $250




    5) sold
    6) sold
    7) sold


    8) 2" Black Ice $150




    Don't forget about our 48hr guarantee... Return any purchase within 48hrs for store credit for any reason. Not happy, changed your mind...whatever the case just bring it back and get something else.

    Credit cards, cash, checks and PayPal are all accepted.


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