lemonpeel/mandarin help!

Jim_Leyland · 07/05/2007, 04:23 PM

my new lemonpeel won't leave my poor mandarin alone! Every time he swims by he bites at him no matter where he is in the tank. Any suggestions? I'm afraid he's going to hurt the poor lil guy!

thanks

papagimp · 07/05/2007, 04:25 PM

remove one or the other, that would be my suggestion.
I'd personally remove the Lemonpeel. Mandarins are kinda harmless.

Jim_Leyland · 07/05/2007, 04:26 PM

and do what with the lemonpeel? there supposed to be semi-aggressive.. didn't think it would bother a mandrian..

papagimp · 07/05/2007, 04:31 PM

Anytime you see a fish labled as "aggressive, semi-aggressive, peacefull" or whatever, consider that a "normal attitude" but not a gaurantee. It's always goin to be hit or miss with darn near any reef fish just due to the fact that you are taking them from a natural enviroment and sticking them in a much smaller confinded space....attitudes will change accordingly.

If he's nipping at your mandarin but not full on trying to kill it during every minute of the day...I'd consider that semi-aggressive.

loosecannon · 07/06/2007, 12:40 AM

pAPAGIMP: HAVE YOU EVER TRED TO NET A DRUFFANGLE. tHE MANDARIN WILL NOT BE A LOWED TO EAT AND HE WILL DIE. YOU MIT HAVE A CHANCE GETTING THE MANDRIN OUT, GOOD LUCK!

papagimp · 07/06/2007, 06:15 AM

Druffangel? do you mean dwarf? And yes I have. I'm not saying the lemonpeel would be an easier target to catch, I"m saying he's already proven to bother other inhabitants, while a mandarin will not. I"d get the trouble maker out and try a better specimen or different specimen. Afterall, if it picks on a mandarin, that's pretty much going to cut out any of the benthic fish and most gobies and similarly shaped and sized fish.

Jim_Leyland · 07/06/2007, 06:27 AM

the angel is out and it doen't look to good for the mandrain

.. if anyone wants to trade for a nice lemonpeel let me know

07/05/2007, 04:23 PM	#1
Jim_Leyland Moved On Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent, Ohio Posts: 924	lemonpeel/mandarin help! my new lemonpeel won't leave my poor mandarin alone! Every time he swims by he bites at him no matter where he is in the tank. Any suggestions? I'm afraid he's going to hurt the poor lil guy! thanks

07/05/2007, 04:25 PM	#2
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	remove one or the other, that would be my suggestion. I'd personally remove the Lemonpeel. Mandarins are kinda harmless. __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

07/05/2007, 04:31 PM	#4
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	Anytime you see a fish labled as "aggressive, semi-aggressive, peacefull" or whatever, consider that a "normal attitude" but not a gaurantee. It's always goin to be hit or miss with darn near any reef fish just due to the fact that you are taking them from a natural enviroment and sticking them in a much smaller confinded space....attitudes will change accordingly. If he's nipping at your mandarin but not full on trying to kill it during every minute of the day...I'd consider that semi-aggressive. __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

07/06/2007, 12:40 AM	#5
loosecannon Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: port kent Posts: 1,292	pAPAGIMP: HAVE YOU EVER TRED TO NET A DRUFFANGLE. tHE MANDARIN WILL NOT BE A LOWED TO EAT AND HE WILL DIE. YOU MIT HAVE A CHANCE GETTING THE MANDRIN OUT, GOOD LUCK! __________________ I like getting WET! Current Tank Info: 44gal. 40 gal. 75 gal. 30gal. and working on a 75gal. rigt

07/06/2007, 06:15 AM	#6
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	Druffangel? do you mean dwarf? And yes I have. I'm not saying the lemonpeel would be an easier target to catch, I"m saying he's already proven to bother other inhabitants, while a mandarin will not. I"d get the trouble maker out and try a better specimen or different specimen. Afterall, if it picks on a mandarin, that's pretty much going to cut out any of the benthic fish and most gobies and similarly shaped and sized fish. __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

07/05/2007, 04:26 PM	#3
Jim_Leyland Moved On Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent, Ohio Posts: 924	and do what with the lemonpeel? there supposed to be semi-aggressive.. didn't think it would bother a mandrian..

07/06/2007, 06:27 AM	#7
Jim_Leyland Moved On Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent, Ohio Posts: 924	the angel is out and it doen't look to good for the mandrain .. if anyone wants to trade for a nice lemonpeel let me know