fighting mandarins

[PreauxPhoto]

I’ve heard that 2 mandarins will fight. Is this true? I’ve had 1 for about 8 months and my wife gets all doe eyed when ever she sees one in the store I would like to get her another how can I prevent clashes?

[Seahorsedreams]

Two of the same sex will fight. What size tank are we talking about here? You would have to have a large tank to support two mandarins of opposite sex. How much LR? Do you know how to tell the difference in the male and female?

[Rob]

Renee is right on here
just to put into perspective, i have a 100 gallon tank with a 70 gallon fuge to support my 2 mandarins..

[PreauxPhoto]

75 gal. with 45 gal fuge, 100 lbs LR in tank and another 50 in fuge. running for 1 year. and i suppliment with frozen pods and my mandarin is trained to eat frozen. just a though i would like to but if i can't i, can't

[Seahorsedreams]

Your system sounds good. Especially with the one you have now eating frozen and not drainin gth epod population.

You could add the opposite sex to your setup. Which do you have now? Male or female?

[PreauxPhoto]

female as best as i can tell, she dosn't have the dorsal fin that hangs to the side and is a bit smaller than alot of the clearly males that i've seen.

[Rob]

yes, the dorsal fin on the male is loge and has a sharp lead on it that extends beyond the fin, im sure renee has some great images for this..

[Seahorsedreams]

I have a pic of a male....

[Seahorsedreams]

And here's a male that had a 5 sec photoshop surgery to become female... :-)

[Rob]

and as usual its a prefect, beautiful image.. thanks renee

PreauxPhoto, its that long spine that extends from the dorsal fin you are looking for to identify that its male

[Rob]

Originally Posted by Seahorsedreams

And here's a male that had a 5 sec photoshop surgery to become female... :-)

wow, your good, you can perform a sex change in 5 seconds using photshop.. hmm..
lol..

[Seahorsedreams]

Originally Posted by Rob

wow, your good, you can perform a sex change in 5 seconds using photshop.. hmm..
lol..

I can change ya from a rooster to a hen with one click!

*sings*

Working 9 to 5. What a way to make a living.

Originally Posted by Rob

and as usual its a prefect, beautiful image.. thanks renee

Awwww Rob... ya make me feel appreciated.

[Rob]

Originally Posted by Seahorsedreams

I can change ya from a rooster to a hen with one click!

uh oh.. Saxman, you better run...

Originally Posted by Seahorsedreams

Awwww Rob... ya make me feel appreciated.

good, cause you are..

[JustDavidP]

You guys/gals kill me

You know... Every week, I learn of at least one more person who has a mandarin that eats frozen foods.. this is a good thing... I'm sick of people saying that I shouldn't have Hendrix in my 29G....that yeah...he's okay now...but good luck in a few months....well... this dude has been with me for more than 2 years now.

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[iglowce]

thanx for the nice pix Renee,, mrs stanton =]

[saxman]

Originally Posted by iglowce

thanx for t