show off

[gary greguire]

here is my male mandarin showing off while I am staring into the tank

 

[zanclus]

cool picture Gary! I need to be getting me one of those when my tank matures

 

[gary greguire]

I have a pair in the 125 the female looked like she wouldn't make it home now she is realy fat.

 

[gary greguire]

Here is the pair.

 

[Jamie2337]

Beautiful!

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Gary- looks like a spawning chase. Watch those fish closely in the hour before your lights go out and shortly thereafter.
Great pics of a very difficult to shoot subject.

 

[josepha]

shoots

shoots

awesome shots Gary, can't wait to get up there and shop.
Joe

 

[wenright]

Very nice pic.

 

[weaver5]

great pics Gary and very cool fish. I have always liked them but everything I heard and read said very difficult to keep congrats on keeping them so healthy looking. Scott

 

[chrisguy]

Awesome pictures.

I'd love a mandarin, but I'd need to remove 2-3 agressive fish before I could consider adding one. My tank will be 6 months old tomorrow and at night I see so many pods that I know I'm getting close to being able to sustain one of these fish.

 

[gary greguire]

what do you have for agressive fish scott I have never seen anything bother the Mandarins.

 

[chrisguy]

I have a 6-line that has an attitude problem. I got it from someone that had to remove it from his tank for picking on his mandarin. Less agressive, but still not friendly are the two yellow tail damsels. Before the 6-line they were the bullies of the tank, but the 6-line keeps them in check.

I also have a heavy fish load by many peoples standard and don't want to add more. I have 11 fish in a 120, most are small, under 2" but 3 are bigger 4+ inches. Not to mention that I have 4 fish in another tank that I could not add to the 120 due to over crowding. I have so many fish because I bought someone out and got all their LR, Coral, fish and most equipment.

 

[gary greguire]

I have the same problem I love fish I have a yellow,purple, & blue tang, 7 green chromises, coral beauty, chalk bass & 2 mandarins in my 125.

 

[Stephany]

Beautiful pictures Gary. Mine sleeps up front right near the glass.

 

[nwrogers]

Gary:

Are you sure that first photo is of the male? I have a pair of Synchiropus splendidus and from my understanding the female has a shorter dorsal fin like the fish in the first photo. I am not sure if this is the same for the Synchiropus picturatus you have but from the second photo it looks like the male is the fish on the right. How do you determine the sex of the Synchiropus picturatus? Beautiful fish by the way! Let us know if they ever breed. I also have another question for you. Do they stay by each others side like that all day? Mine are not spending as much time together as they used to. They seem very distant which makes me think my chances of breeding them are slim.

 

[MarksReef]

Nice pair of Mandarins, Gary.

 

[dalbrecht]

Males have an exagerated ray at the front of the dorsal fin, the shot was a male.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6977092#post6977092 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nwrogers
Are you sure that first photo is of the male? I have a pair of Synchiropus splendidus and from my understanding the female has a shorter dorsal fin like the fish in the first photo. I am not sure if this is the same for the Synchiropus picturatus you have but from the second photo it looks like the male is the fish on the right.

I agree- is it possible the 1st photo is the female?

 

[gary greguire]

the first pic should be the male the green spots don't have as long a fin as the blue ones the females is shorter. Unless I have 2 females which I don't think so it took me about 2 months to find the female because I thought the males fin should be longer.

In the second pic the male is on the right.