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04/09/2016, 01:52 PM
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Male or female mandarin
Could some please there me if these two mandarins is a female and male. I want to pair them up in the same tank 20gallons be established for a year and half.
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04/09/2016, 01:57 PM
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they won't last in a 20g tank, much too small and they will starve to death. they should go in big tanks, that have been established for at least 8-9 months. one year is even better.
you can't possibly keep up the pod population in a 20g tank it would take to sustain 1 mandy, let alone 2.
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04/09/2016, 02:46 PM
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I see the pic of a male there, spike dorsal, but I agree w/ Nina, not big enough for one let alone two, not w/out doing a ridiculous amount of extra work like cultivating or buying pods and dosing pretty much daily, which for most would get real old or expensive fast.
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04/09/2016, 04:35 PM
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100 gallon tank with a good fuge for a pair, and even that is chancy.
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04/09/2016, 04:49 PM
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They will be in a 220 gallon tank with about 250 lbs of live rock. Thank has been established for over a year and half ibjustvfontvwant to put two males in it
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04/09/2016, 05:09 PM
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Good. You left out a zero.
The male has a spike on a conspicuous dorsal fin. The female top fin is much smaller. But get them AS a pair from the start---ie, buy one sworn to be a pair, or one may kill the other. These are the most non-aggressive fish in the world, except with each other.
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Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%. |
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04/09/2016, 05:19 PM
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04/09/2016, 07:44 PM
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