Checkout this BEAUTY!!!!

[jpa0741]

Pickup from LFS.

 

[ezcompany]

great fish, hope your tank is nice and established

 

[jpa0741]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13321251#post13321251 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ezcompany
great fish, hope your tank is nice and established

My tank should be fine plus it has a 100 gal sump/fuge with over 100lbs LR.

I have never seen one that was as red as this one.

 

[Outerbank]

That is a beauty!!!

 

[Barney_Googles]

Nice and chubby. Congratulations!

I was reading how some hobbyists place there mandarin's in breeder nets in the tank and feed different live foods to adapt the feeding habits. Are you gonna do that or just go with the natural pod route?

 

[danfrith]

Fattest mandarin ive ever seen.

 

[PSLee]

That is one sexy fish !!!

 

[secrest]

very nice, good luck

 

[BangkokMatt]

Very nice! The red variant was almost mythical not long ago but I have seen a few appearing lately in the LFS's here.

 

[jpa0741]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13325343#post13325343 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BangkokMatt
Very nice! The red variant was almost mythical not long ago but I have seen a few appearing lately in the LFS's here.

My LFS got a couple red mandrins in about a week ago and they were such a big hit he was able to get 10 more. One of which I had to have.

 

[espocrespo]

Nice and Fat!

 

[racerw]

so pretty & fat

 

[chrisstie]

Very pretty mandarin and he will do awesome in your tank!

I'm a little curious why everyone keeps calling it fat. I have seen emaciated ones look normal until you look at their abdomen on the bottom side to see their stomach caved in.

Just trying to be helpful- when you're looking for a mandarin you can't look where you would on an American like me (all over), you gotta look right at the belly!

 

[jpa0741]

Well you really can't tell from the pic but his belly is also large:eek1: .

 

[rainmkr07]

your mandarin is gorgeous. definitely a beauty. good luck with it!

 

[small alien]

My understanding is you want to look at over-all body weight when judging the health of a finicky fish. The belly can come and go a bit over the course of the day. That is a beautiful fish. I really want one someday. Is it eating prepared foods? I seem some in the tank with it. Good luck!

 

[jpa0741]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13335791#post13335791 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by small alien
My understanding is you want to look at over-all body weight when judging the health of a finicky fish. The belly can come and go a bit over the course of the day. That is a beautiful fish. I really want one someday. Is it eating prepared foods? I seem some in the tank with it. Good luck!

No. I have not tried to get it to eat prepared food. The food you see in the pic is under the acclimation tank. I am hoping with a 240g tank with lots of rock and the 100g sump with 100# of LR will be enough to keep him happy with pods. I am crossing my fingers.

 

[BangkokMatt]

Your tank size will be just fine for the mandarin

 

[kdblove_99]

Nice manderin!

 

[CoralCaps]

Michigan has had a nice surge of the Red Mandarins coming in over the past week or so.

Lovely fish. Good luck with him!