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[edit] Green Spotted Mandarin Max. Size: 4" Tank Size: 20+ Gallons* Aggression: docile Hardiness: very fragile Reef-Safe: yes Available as captive-bred: yes

Green Mandarin Dragonet

This fish needs atleast a 100gal tank, with at least 75 lbs of live rock and a sufficient supply of copepods/amphipods/isopods/etc. in order to survive in the reef aquarium. If two males are kept in a tank that is below 75 gallons, chances are they will fight when they see each other and one will most likely die. Sometimes they can be enticed to eat frozen mysis shrimp or baby brine shrimp.

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Behavior

Creep around looking for copepods all day long. Almost lizard-like IMO. This fish will flare its fins and swim away sideways when frightened. Mated pairs will swim together and spawn regularly under good conditions.

Feeding

Will sometimes eat frozen mysis or baby brine but most will only eat pods so a refugium or sump is necessary. Try feeding enriched brine shrimp with a long eye dropper. If you do this in a CALM manner and do not startle the fish, it is possible to train the fish to eat directly out of the eye dropper. Even if this works a refugium with a large amount of macro algae and copepods is still necessary. If you can't afford a refugium you can culture copepods in a seperate small tank and use a growth of macro algae to move the pods to the display tank.

Breeding

Very very rare in the aquarium

Social Structure

Loner - doesn't really interact with the other fish. Should be housed in a peaceful setup, with slow-moving, animals, such as cardinals or most gobies, that won't outcompete it for its natural food, such as a sixline wrasse. A mated pair will graze together.

If you have an anemone in your tank, you are running a risk that this fish may wonder into it a night and be eaten by the cnidarian. Though not common, it has been known to occur.

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