Just when you think you've seen everything...
I had two green mandarin in my display tank; a male and a female. I noticed recently that I had only been seeing the female exploring the rocks for copepods.
This morning while doing mainentance on the system, I happened to glance into the 50 gallon sump where I grow a huge ball of chaeto macroalgae, and what to my wandering eyes should appear but my male mandarin! He was feasting on the huge supply of pods in that sump. (see photo)
OK - here's the mystery. Did this 3-4" fat mandarin travel from the overflow into this sump? Did he jump and miraculously land in the sump? Was he teleported by aliens? I have no idea. But he's in there, uninjured and eating on a seemingly unending supply of pods!
I plan on leaving him there for the time being. I will put a screen over the outflow of this sump so he won't become chopped mandarin in the Barracuda return pump.
A similar thing happened a year ago with my 5" yellow diamond goby - but I just figured he JUMPED from the display tank into the 100G Live rock sump. He's still in there as far as I know.
LL
I had two green mandarin in my display tank; a male and a female. I noticed recently that I had only been seeing the female exploring the rocks for copepods.
This morning while doing mainentance on the system, I happened to glance into the 50 gallon sump where I grow a huge ball of chaeto macroalgae, and what to my wandering eyes should appear but my male mandarin! He was feasting on the huge supply of pods in that sump. (see photo)
OK - here's the mystery. Did this 3-4" fat mandarin travel from the overflow into this sump? Did he jump and miraculously land in the sump? Was he teleported by aliens? I have no idea. But he's in there, uninjured and eating on a seemingly unending supply of pods!
I plan on leaving him there for the time being. I will put a screen over the outflow of this sump so he won't become chopped mandarin in the Barracuda return pump.
A similar thing happened a year ago with my 5" yellow diamond goby - but I just figured he JUMPED from the display tank into the 100G Live rock sump. He's still in there as far as I know.
LL
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