Adding a Female Mandarin Question

KarenLR75 · 01/02/2018, 09:52 PM

We've always had great success with having male mandarins and our current one is continuing our lucky streak. He not only eats pods, he eat live baby brine AND he eats frozen mysis!

This of course, makes having a mandarin so much easier when you know he'll eat multiple food sources, but that being said, we do have a lot of pods and are able and willing to supplement in the event of an unexpected population reduction.

I've been toying with the idea of finding a female for our handsome green mandarin....has anyone done this/heard of it done....and what are the pros & cons of doing this. Is there a chance they won't bond and will fight instead?

Anything I need to be thinking of that I'm blissfully ignorant of (ok, keep the answers on topic..lol).

Sk8r · 01/02/2018, 10:05 PM

You could lose her or him in a fight. They will. To the death. You need plenty of pods and a big tank to introduce a strange mate.

KarenLR75 · 01/03/2018, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Sk8r

You could lose her or him in a fight. They will. To the death. You need plenty of pods and a big tank to introduce a strange mate.

hmmm...is 112 gallons enough or too small?

01/02/2018, 09:52 PM	#1
KarenLR75 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 140	Adding a Female Mandarin Question We've always had great success with having male mandarins and our current one is continuing our lucky streak. He not only eats pods, he eat live baby brine AND he eats frozen mysis! This of course, makes having a mandarin so much easier when you know he'll eat multiple food sources, but that being said, we do have a lot of pods and are able and willing to supplement in the event of an unexpected population reduction. I've been toying with the idea of finding a female for our handsome green mandarin....has anyone done this/heard of it done....and what are the pros & cons of doing this. Is there a chance they won't bond and will fight instead? Anything I need to be thinking of that I'm blissfully ignorant of (ok, keep the answers on topic..lol).

01/02/2018, 10:05 PM	#2
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	You could lose her or him in a fight. They will. To the death. You need plenty of pods and a big tank to introduce a strange mate. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.