Oh I wish, I wish, I wish!

mlefev · 09-05-2005, 09:48 PM

I was at the fish store here in town, and I saw one of these...
http://www.marinedepotlive.com/green...agonettes.html

I WISH I had room for a saltwater tank! It was huge too, it wasn't any 3-4 inches, it was more like 5+

bsautococker · 09-06-2005, 04:37 AM

they are unique fish.

**Fishfirst** · 09-06-2005, 08:11 AM

there's always room, but maybe not for this fish. Unless it takes prepared foods, you won't have much luck with it in a smaller sized tank.

**Cichlid Man** · 09-06-2005, 11:56 AM

Calm down mlefev, it's only a manderin fish, quite a common species but difficult to feed.

mlefev · 09-06-2005, 05:44 PM

Lol, but they're so pretty

Vivid-Dawn · 09-06-2005, 06:53 PM

There's one at my LFS. They're nifty!
Although I don't particularly like green and/or orange critters, so I'd doubtfully ever get it. But I thought the shape alone was rather interesting. At first I thought it was a scooter blenny (don't laugh, I haven't gotten used to telling species just by shape yet ;p ) with odd coloring from the lights and shadows in the corner it was hiding in.

**Cichlid Man** · 09-07-2005, 11:40 AM

I can understand why people can get neon and cardinals muddled up, but confusing a manderin with a blenny?

**Fishfirst** · 09-07-2005, 11:58 AM

actually a scooter blenny is a dragonette so the general shape would be the same. Mandarins are a beautiful dragonette though. I wish I had enough liverock/pods for one.

mlefev · 09-07-2005, 07:14 PM

This fish was so cute. It bobbled over to me and started staring at me. It would follow my finger from one edge of the tank to the other. Lol, the clerk at the store told me I'd made a friend.

09-05-2005, 09:48 PM	#1
mlefev Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: California Age: 26 Posts: 817 User Feedback: (0)	Oh I wish, I wish, I wish! I was at the fish store here in town, and I saw one of these... http://www.marinedepotlive.com/green...agonettes.html I WISH I had room for a saltwater tank! It was huge too, it wasn't any 3-4 inches, it was more like 5+ __________________ Well rounded fun and discussions available at Lots of Fun 10 gal 3 zebra danios 2 solid orange platies 1 clown pleco Too many stinking pond snails to count...miserable things.

09-06-2005, 08:11 AM	#3
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,489 User Feedback: (1)	there's always room, but maybe not for this fish. Unless it takes prepared foods, you won't have much luck with it in a smaller sized tank. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

09-06-2005, 11:56 AM	#4
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100 User Feedback: (0)	Calm down mlefev, it's only a manderin fish, quite a common species but difficult to feed. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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mlefev Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: California Age: 26 Posts: 817 User Feedback: (0)	Lol, but they're so pretty __________________ Well rounded fun and discussions available at Lots of Fun 10 gal 3 zebra danios 2 solid orange platies 1 clown pleco Too many stinking pond snails to count...miserable things.

09-06-2005, 06:53 PM	#6
Vivid-Dawn Blue world bungler! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Utah Age: 30 Posts: 225 User Feedback: (0)	There's one at my LFS. They're nifty! Although I don't particularly like green and/or orange critters, so I'd doubtfully ever get it. But I thought the shape alone was rather interesting. At first I thought it was a scooter blenny (don't laugh, I haven't gotten used to telling species just by shape yet ;p ) with odd coloring from the lights and shadows in the corner it was hiding in. __________________ I may be crazy, but it's kept me from goin' insane... ~~~ 50g/189L 3 Electric Yellow Cichlid (single male, pair female) 1 Kenyi Cichlid (male) --- 20g/75.5 1 fancy guppy (male) 5 long-fin Zebra Danio

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bsautococker Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: central florida Age: 19 Posts: 31 User Feedback: (0)	they are unique fish.

09-07-2005, 11:40 AM	#7
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100 User Feedback: (0)	I can understand why people can get neon and cardinals muddled up, but confusing a manderin with a blenny? __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

09-07-2005, 11:58 AM	#8
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,489 User Feedback: (1)	actually a scooter blenny is a dragonette so the general shape would be the same. Mandarins are a beautiful dragonette though. I wish I had enough liverock/pods for one. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

09-07-2005, 07:14 PM	#9
mlefev Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: California Age: 26 Posts: 817 User Feedback: (0)	This fish was so cute. It bobbled over to me and started staring at me. It would follow my finger from one edge of the tank to the other. Lol, the clerk at the store told me I'd made a friend. __________________ Well rounded fun and discussions available at Lots of Fun 10 gal 3 zebra danios 2 solid orange platies 1 clown pleco Too many stinking pond snails to count...miserable things.

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