Video of a Dragonette eating SPS polyps.

[Kraylen]

I was wondering why stuff was getting messed up in my tank.. It was the harmless Target Mandarin eating the polyps of my SPS

































jk

[Tom@HaslettMI]

I'd take that fish and flush it down the toilet ASAP. Besides I think it has a fatal case of Ich.

[Kraylen]

The video quality was too bad to tell if it had ich :p

[Tom@HaslettMI]

No way, that video was incredible. I believe I could see the goby thinking, and I could definitely tell your clown needs to brush its teeth!

[Sir Patrick]

Sure looked like it was pickin polyps...

[Sweetpea]

LOL you all are hysterical! I do agree that Mandy needs a new home!

[Kraylen]

Lmfaooo ....right.... You should have seen that thing when I got it... skinny as a crack*****.... My tank is WELL established, the mandarin eats PE mysis, brine and live feeders I treat my tank too every once in a while.... not to mention the vast amount of pods and crap I have around the reef... I'm glad people are quick to judge! The fish is and will be fine.

The so called "ich" you people claim to see are actually substrate particles stuck to the Dragonette's disease resisting slime coat. I can see how a newer eye could mistake it for the parasite, but rest assured my fish are very healthy.

Dragonettes will sometimes graze and "clean" SPS pieces. Some people even say they eat red bugs... not sure if this is true but either way, micro organisms are everywhere in my tank so who knows what it is actually eating in the video.

I've kept plenty of Dragonette with no problems at all, people act like it's such a hard fish to keep... The pseudanthia tuka is also healthy :p

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Oh, I think you're mistaking the intent of my post... I was taking the joking nature of the OP and taking it a step further. I'm well aware that mandarins have a thick slime coat that can accumulate particulate matter (and also makes them basically immune to ich).

Sorry for the confusion,
Tom

[thefishgirl]

That is one fabulous video!

[Kraylen]

I assumed you were joking, but was confused by another reply... I was hoping I wasn't dealing with the noobism I deal with at SWF and other places lmfao.

Noted.