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Synchiropus splendidus: Mandarin Dragonet


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  1. #11
    seahorsedreams - Reefkeeper Registered User
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    Ya, he won me a photo contest..... a lovely Euroreef RC180. And I NEVER win anything so it was a TREAT!
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    Renee

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    seahorsedreams - Reefkeeper Registered User
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    DANG! This is the spotlight again and I'm in here blathering..... again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by graphixx View Post
    SIDE NOTE: The mandarin is brought to you because Tracy (sweetpea) said she thought it would make a good species to spotlight. So Tracy here ya go my dear .
    Thanks Greg!:o
    I first read about this fish shortly after I got into the hobby and was (of course) enthralled by its beauty. After a little bit of research, I realized that it wasn't a fish I should keep at the time. Since then, I have seen so many of these lovelies at the LFS, waiting for someone to take them home... but I can't help but wonder how many actually survive for long. It breaks my heart to think that so many perish simply from lack of information on the part of the reefers that (try to) care for them.
    I hope to soon have a system that will support a Mandarin Dragonet!


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    JustDavidP - Reefkeeper CR Member
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    Default My lil' boy..

    Hendrix, my dragonette has been with me for three years. He lives in my seahorse tank and loves frozen foods. He also likes to have his piccy taken!

    Dave

    mandarinworm - Synchiropus splendidus: Mandarin Dragonet

    Hendrix - Synchiropus splendidus: Mandarin Dragonet

    Hendrix2 - Synchiropus splendidus: Mandarin Dragonet
    ><((((

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    seahorsedreams - Reefkeeper Registered User
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    Super little guy David...

    I see you have the beautiful clear flatworms as well.... I love these flatworms but it seems I killed the population when we moved because I haven't seen one recently.
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    JustDavidP - Reefkeeper CR Member
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    I dislike those flatworms... I have a few in the fuge..but none in the display. Hendrix actually eats them! If he doesn't ingest them, he surely snicks 'em in... I've watched him snipe them from the glass over and over again.

    You know that those lil "ghosts" completely DEVOUR copepods right? I watch them as they cruise the glass, envelop them, and what's real cool..is watching them pass through the glass-like body of the flatworm.

    Dave
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    seahorsedreams - Reefkeeper Registered User
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    Ya, you can see mine has an orange belly full of pods.... and you can see his prey trying to run away to the left of him. Don't have a need for pods in the Mantis tank.... wouldn't like to see them in the reef though.

    pod1 - Synchiropus splendidus: Mandarin Dragonet
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    JustDavidP - Reefkeeper CR Member
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    Dudette! Nice shot... I wish I had a poster size of that in my dorm when I was getting my Bachelor's degree (yeah..that's what I was doing)... I'd have stared at that forever

    D
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    seahorsedreams - Reefkeeper Registered User
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    Thanks dood! What do you have a degree in?

    Edit:
    Heeeeeey, I just noticed were ya called me dudette.... are ya making fun of me :-)

    I really do say dood in real life (*looks at california raised surfer dood boyfriend*... he's to blame)
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    Renee

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    jojo22 - Reefkeeper Registered User
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    I know this is an old thread but I just wanted to let people know that sometimes you can train a mandarin to take prepared foods.

    I just watched mine swollow down a nice little clump of bloodworms and he is searching the tankfor more!!!

    Ok to toot my own horn "YEAH FOR ME!!!"
    Does water always taste like salt and poo????


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