Crazy Mandarin

[ReefWidowed]

So do I have the only crazy (spotted)mandarin who likes to swim all over the water column, especially the top? He's really a nutcase, and I've pulled him out of the overflow more than once......aren't these cats supposed to like the bottom of the tank...or did I get a short bus special?


I have officially had too much caffeine and not enough sleep

 

[itZme]

Re: Crazy Mandarin

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10891761#post10891761 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReefWidowed
I have officially had too much caffeine and not enough sleep

Sounds like maybe your mandarin is having the same problem

Most of the ones I have seen like to hover and pick at the rockwork all day. I have seen them out in the open before but I don't think it was in the upper layers of the water column.

 

[TCKTME]

Ours travels the water column also. Manny, as we call him, might just be bored.

Jason

 

[joe22883]

I have one that swims on the surface sometimes. The first time was after a wrasse stirred up some sediment but it has happened since usually right before the actinics go out. Funny stuff!

 

[crazyseany]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10892693#post10892693 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TCKTME
Ours travels the water column also. Manny, as we call him, might just be bored.

Jason

WHOA .... THIS IS WEIRD!
we named ours the same thing!
he's a rock pecker so far.....

sean

 

[dew2loud1]

my spotted loves to go current surfing every now and then, its funny watching a mandarin "catch a wave" a go flying across a 180, especially when he's up with 8-9" fish it looks funny