NEW MANDRIN !!!!! (pics)

pnsnowboard · 06/21/2006, 06:54 PM

i just got a new mandrin and she is beautiful

she was a pain in the butt to get a picture of her

she costed 50 at the LFS i know thats high but it was for her coloring and that is a true picture of her it is not photoshoped i think people should be kicked off for photoshoping that ****es me off so much well enjoy

LBCBJ · 06/21/2006, 07:17 PM

does it have anything to eat? I hope so. She's a beaut though

RobbyG · 06/21/2006, 07:19 PM

Lovely Mandarin, the colors are different from the rest, I hope you got a lot of Pods in your tank? it won't live more than 2 - 8 months without a good food supply.

pnsnowboard · 06/21/2006, 07:20 PM

yea she definantly has lots of pods to eat

jimbo045 · 06/21/2006, 07:36 PM

Nice one. I tried over 6 of them, and all past away. But the one spotted one is still surviving for years. JD

LBCBJ · 06/21/2006, 07:39 PM

Well they'll wipe out your pod pop. very quickly, so have a backup plan.
jimbo- I really hope you dont try 6 of everything.

The Reefer91 · 06/21/2006, 07:42 PM

do you have a refugium? how much rock? any competition? like a six-line Wrasse? other than that, it's very beautiful.

pnsnowboard · 06/21/2006, 07:49 PM

there is no competition there is only 2 other fish (both blue green chromis) in the tank it has been set up a year that whole year i dosed DT's everyday and i have a 10 gallon fuge every night you can see the pods out swimming like crazy there must be millions in there oh yea there is about 125 pounds of live rock

E-A-G-L-E-S · 06/21/2006, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LBCBJ
Well they'll wipe out your pod pop. very quickly, so have a backup plan.
jimbo- I really hope you dont try 6 of everything.

...a 'healthy' population will reproduce enough to keep ahead of a single mandarin

pnsnowboard · 06/21/2006, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by E-A-G-L-E-S
...a 'healthy' population will reproduce enough to keep ahead of a single mandarin

thank you everyone is beating me up telling me i wont be able to keep her alive and im 99% sure that i will keep her alive

The Reefer91 · 06/21/2006, 08:29 PM

with your plan i have high hopes. sounds like you've done your research. it's just every time i hear someone got a mandarin, i ask the basic questions, just to be sure. but i think you'll have success. just stay one step ahead of that little beauty

pnsnowboard · 06/21/2006, 08:34 PM

thank you Reefer91 and everyone else who supports me

Lpabsolute · 06/21/2006, 08:36 PM

Nice looking fish

LBCBJ · 06/21/2006, 08:48 PM

I'm not beating you up at all, and I doubt anyone else here is. I'm really excited for you, mandarins are beautiful fish. I was just making sure you were aware of this, which it seems you are, so congratulations for doing your research. I just can't tell you how many people get these without knowing and wind up starving them. Best of luck!

pnsnowboard · 06/21/2006, 09:07 PM

yea when i read that jimbo has gone through 6 it really made me mad because thoes are the people that make fish like these go endangered

physicslord · 06/21/2006, 09:09 PM

So where are the other "pics"?

I only see one. Keep us updated on how the fish does. I have heard so many failure stories that I would like to hear some nice success stories.

My LFS told me the only way to keep a mandarin is to train it to eat frozen food.

pnsnowboard · 06/21/2006, 09:22 PM

i just took more im uploading them right now

Sk8r · 06/21/2006, 09:40 PM

She's gorgeous. And I'm absolutely sure you can keep her healthy with the system you describe.

pnsnowboard · 06/21/2006, 09:44 PM

here is some more pictures for your viewing pleasure sry some of them arnt that good she has only been in the tank for a day

pnsnowboard · 06/21/2006, 09:46 PM

sry i posted the last one twice

The Reefer91 · 06/21/2006, 09:47 PM

that's an amazing color. i've never seen one with purple and green in that variety. truely stunning. keep us updated

pnsnowboard · 06/21/2006, 09:50 PM

yes she is very small probobly the smallest mandrin i have ever seen but her coloring is amazing this is why i waited 6 months after my tank was ready for a mandrin because i wanted to find one with perfect coloring

pnsnowboard · 06/21/2006, 11:29 PM

what do you think ?

Skrymir · 06/21/2006, 11:35 PM

Amazing. Well worth the wait.

pnsnowboard · 06/21/2006, 11:38 PM

i agree

06/21/2006, 06:54 PM	#1
pnsnowboard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: aurora CO Posts: 867	NEW MANDRIN !!!!! (pics) i just got a new mandrin and she is beautiful she was a pain in the butt to get a picture of her she costed 50 at the LFS i know thats high but it was for her coloring and that is a true picture of her it is not photoshoped i think people should be kicked off for photoshoping that ****es me off so much well enjoy

06/21/2006, 07:17 PM	#2
LBCBJ Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Richmond, Va Posts: 1,332	does it have anything to eat? I hope so. She's a beaut though __________________ Brent

06/21/2006, 07:19 PM	#3
RobbyG Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 600 Ft From the Reef Posts: 2,099	Lovely Mandarin, the colors are different from the rest, I hope you got a lot of Pods in your tank? it won't live more than 2 - 8 months without a good food supply. __________________ The Optimist says the glass is half full, the Pessimist says it’s half empty, an engineer only see's a glass that’s twice as big as it needs to be! Current Tank Info: Insanely Automated Low Power Consumption 90 Gal Oceanic Bow System/Aquatronica Touch Controller/AQ Dosing Pump/AQT LEDS/AQ SMS/Seq Dart Pump/ASM G3/Ozotech Ozonizer/Koralin 1502/Chiller/Typhoon3 Ro/S.Squirt /Phos React/Rmt DSB

06/21/2006, 07:39 PM	#6
LBCBJ Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Richmond, Va Posts: 1,332	Well they'll wipe out your pod pop. very quickly, so have a backup plan. jimbo- I really hope you dont try 6 of everything. __________________ Brent

06/21/2006, 07:42 PM	#7
The Reefer91 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 1,250	do you have a refugium? how much rock? any competition? like a six-line Wrasse? other than that, it's very beautiful. __________________ Dan "Every day we fade little by little, 'till there's nothing left of us but the lies we've sown." Current Tank Info: 20g L display: 2x65watt Coralife light, Octopus 150 needle wheel protein skimmer, 1 Koralia 2 and 2 powersweeps, and a DIY sump/fuge.....120G in the works!!!

06/21/2006, 07:20 PM	#4
pnsnowboard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: aurora CO Posts: 867	yea she definantly has lots of pods to eat

06/21/2006, 07:36 PM	#5
jimbo045 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Aiea, HI. Posts: 1,788	Nice one. I tried over 6 of them, and all past away. But the one spotted one is still surviving for years. JD

06/21/2006, 07:49 PM	#8
pnsnowboard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: aurora CO Posts: 867	there is no competition there is only 2 other fish (both blue green chromis) in the tank it has been set up a year that whole year i dosed DT's everyday and i have a 10 gallon fuge every night you can see the pods out swimming like crazy there must be millions in there oh yea there is about 125 pounds of live rock

06/21/2006, 08:29 PM	#11
The Reefer91 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 1,250	with your plan i have high hopes. sounds like you've done your research. it's just every time i hear someone got a mandarin, i ask the basic questions, just to be sure. but i think you'll have success. just stay one step ahead of that little beauty __________________ Dan "Every day we fade little by little, 'till there's nothing left of us but the lies we've sown." Current Tank Info: 20g L display: 2x65watt Coralife light, Octopus 150 needle wheel protein skimmer, 1 Koralia 2 and 2 powersweeps, and a DIY sump/fuge.....120G in the works!!!

06/21/2006, 08:34 PM	#12
pnsnowboard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: aurora CO Posts: 867	thank you Reefer91 and everyone else who supports me

06/21/2006, 08:36 PM	#13
Lpabsolute Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Johns Island, SC Posts: 2,021	Nice looking fish __________________ "Do not float above me when I'm drowning in the abyss......float away from me.........float away" Current Tank Info: 54g Corner Reef Tank......and......5.5g Nano Reef Tank......and......20g Long Reef Tank.......and......27g Cube

06/21/2006, 08:48 PM	#14
LBCBJ Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Richmond, Va Posts: 1,332	I'm not beating you up at all, and I doubt anyone else here is. I'm really excited for you, mandarins are beautiful fish. I was just making sure you were aware of this, which it seems you are, so congratulations for doing your research. I just can't tell you how many people get these without knowing and wind up starving them. Best of luck! __________________ Brent

06/21/2006, 09:07 PM	#15
pnsnowboard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: aurora CO Posts: 867	yea when i read that jimbo has gone through 6 it really made me mad because thoes are the people that make fish like these go endangered

06/21/2006, 09:09 PM	#16
physicslord Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Santa Cruz Posts: 469	So where are the other "pics"? I only see one. Keep us updated on how the fish does. I have heard so many failure stories that I would like to hear some nice success stories. My LFS told me the only way to keep a mandarin is to train it to eat frozen food. __________________ a border collie is my pilot animal Current Tank Info: 12 gal. JBJ nanoDX, BB, 2x24W PC lighting, JBJ ballast, Maxijet 400 powerhead, Hagen Tronic 100W heater, Red Sea 60 skimmer with Hagen Elite 802 pump.

06/21/2006, 09:22 PM	#17
pnsnowboard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: aurora CO Posts: 867	i just took more im uploading them right now

06/21/2006, 09:40 PM	#18
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	She's gorgeous. And I'm absolutely sure you can keep her healthy with the system you describe. __________________ 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%.

06/21/2006, 09:44 PM	#19
pnsnowboard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: aurora CO Posts: 867	here is some more pictures for your viewing pleasure sry some of them arnt that good she has only been in the tank for a day

06/21/2006, 09:46 PM	#20
pnsnowboard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: aurora CO Posts: 867	sry i posted the last one twice

06/21/2006, 09:47 PM	#21
The Reefer91 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 1,250	that's an amazing color. i've never seen one with purple and green in that variety. truely stunning. keep us updated __________________ Dan "Every day we fade little by little, 'till there's nothing left of us but the lies we've sown." Current Tank Info: 20g L display: 2x65watt Coralife light, Octopus 150 needle wheel protein skimmer, 1 Koralia 2 and 2 powersweeps, and a DIY sump/fuge.....120G in the works!!!

06/21/2006, 09:50 PM	#22
pnsnowboard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: aurora CO Posts: 867	yes she is very small probobly the smallest mandrin i have ever seen but her coloring is amazing this is why i waited 6 months after my tank was ready for a mandrin because i wanted to find one with perfect coloring

06/21/2006, 11:29 PM	#23
pnsnowboard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: aurora CO Posts: 867	what do you think ?

06/21/2006, 11:35 PM	#24
Skrymir Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8	Amazing. Well worth the wait.

06/21/2006, 11:38 PM	#25
pnsnowboard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: aurora CO Posts: 867	i agree