Got a new little guy that happened to be a hitch hiker on some LR. I know it is a goby and almost looks like a Mandarin except that it's circles of color are almost all perfect circles. Anyone know what this is so I can figure out how to properly take care of the new guy. Sorry for the not so great pics. Just don't know how to use the camera properly.
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Hope these pics show up I am new to forums...
in case here is links
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/ ... ish013.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/ ... ish012.jpg
New mystery guest from LR purchase.
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JaxPuffer
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New mystery guest from LR purchase.
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Re: New mystery guest from LR purchase.
dang pics didn't show up... O'well I hope the link works 
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Re: New mystery guest from LR purchase.
Does looks like a little mandarin fish...very cool but hope you have a mature tank and lots of pods, they are known for being difficult to feed/keep alive...
Synchiropus picturatus or similar???
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/mandar ... onette.htm
Synchiropus picturatus or similar???
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/mandar ... onette.htm
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Zephyr, Giant mutant Tetraodon Nigroviridis???
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Doug, Takifugu Ocellatus RIP
Frankie, Monotrete Turgidus
Zephyr, Giant mutant Tetraodon Nigroviridis???
Odie, Tetraodon biocellatus RIP
Doug, Takifugu Ocellatus RIP
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Re: New mystery guest from LR purchase.
I've got one of those. If you don't see him eating prepared foods, please trade him into your LFS. 99% off them will only eat live pods & eat their weight in them/day. A new tank just can't support one.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: New mystery guest from LR purchase.
+1Pufferpunk wrote:I've got one of those. If you don't see him eating prepared foods, please trade him into your LFS. 99% off them will only eat live pods & eat their weight in them/day. A new tank just can't support one.
try mysis, but its rare for them to eat prepared foods. I tired one in my 90g, I had a 55g attached fuge with a 6-8" deep sand bed, even that did not produce enough pods to sustain it.
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Re: New mystery guest from LR purchase.
I see mine eating live blackworms (soaked in Selcon & Vita-Chem). He's really fat! Of course, it's a 90g with a 20g sump & 20g fuge, established for3 years...
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Devinelyblessed
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Re: New mystery guest from LR purchase.
It is called a iridescent mandarin goby ( might not bet spelled right). Sometimes called a iridescent dragonette. It is also sometimes called green target goby.JaxPuffer wrote:Got a new little guy that happened to be a hitch hiker on some LR. I know it is a goby and almost looks like a Mandarin except that it's circles of color are almost all perfect circles. Anyone know what this is so I can figure out how to properly take care of the new guy. Sorry for the not so great pics. Just don't know how to use the camera properly.
[img][IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/ ... ish012.jpg[/img][/img]
{IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/ ... ish013.jpg[/img]
Hope these pics show up I am new to forums...
in case here is links
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/ ... ish013.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/ ... ish012.jpg
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Re: New mystery guest from LR purchase.
I heard it called Psychedelic Manderin.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: New mystery guest from LR purchase.
+1Pufferpunk wrote:I heard it called Psychedelic Manderin.
All of the Bay Area and Los Angeles distributors seem to call it that too.
But hey common names are often unreliable..
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Re: New mystery guest from LR purchase.
After some research I believe that I am going to take this cute little guy to the LFS, that is unless anyone here is in the Jacksonville, Fl. area and wants the little guy. I just don't think that I have the proper set up for the trippy fish to thrive. O' well he was cool to look at for a bit. He has talked me into building a refugium though (almost complete) so it was a good thing that he hitchhiked his way over.
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
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Re: New mystery guest from LR purchase.
Lucky you, the live rock I got I'm lucky if I even got a dead sponge or a little chunk of nice redish purple algae >.>
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Re: New mystery guest from LR purchase.
I have the same exact mandarin and i have got mine to eat hikari marine s pellets. she loves them
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