Скачать или смотреть Blue Mandarin Dragonet - Biota Captive Bred

I bought this mandarin close to a year ago and its size was around a 1cm. It’s probably 2cms (little under inch) now as you can tell when it goes by zoanthid polyps it’s close to the same size. I would have never dreamed of getting a mandarin in a nano 10 years ago, but the biota ones are coming in literally millimeters eating a variety of frozen foods. Anything bigger than a 5-10 gallon would be dangerous for this fish at it's first stages of life.

I have a story on reef2reef when I added the mandarin after acclimation my Helfrichi Firefish tried to eat it. Literally carried it around like a piece of krill. I watched in horror and went to put my hand in to try to do god knows what, but at that point the Firefish released it. It seemed fine right after, and after that it’s been a happy member of the tank.

Here is a variety of videos I took of it roaming around the rocks & corals! Enjoy.