F My LIFE!!!!!!

Tangwich · Jul 9, 2011

hey genius, have you not seen my thread with a regal and 2 clowns in qt right now? yes the same one you posted on..lol..I now believe in qt but I couldn't pass up a friggin pair of red mandarins that are eating prepared foods as well as pods. Unfortunately they sent me the wrong 2. It's cool though, I will see what they say on monday and take it from there. :thumb:

Tangwich · Jul 9, 2011

rayray said:

It's funny because it's all relative...for some people paying 160 bucks on a pair of mandarins is a lot and I thought it was a lot as well but didnt have a problem paying that for the fish i wanted..now ask me if I would pay 1500 for a conspic angel or even 800 for a candy basslet (carmabi)...hell to the nah..now THAT'S too rich for my blood..:adore:

rayray · Jul 9, 2011

L.L. Cool Reefs said:

true, true... but as this hobby is so addicting...

in a few years can I stop by your pad to see your conspic angel, gem tang, candy basslet pair, albino platinum Arawana, and god knows what else?

LOL

gumbii · Jul 9, 2011

L.L. Cool Reefs said:

was that you...??? i have a hard time memorizing every one of my post that i post in this forum... LOL...

when i had my mandarin girl, i used to shoot her with coral food when i would feed... that really worked... she started eating out of the syringe...

Tangwich · Jul 9, 2011

rayray said:

da m you..lol....were you there today at Amazing Reefs and Aquariums and overheard me asking Ali to get me a quote on a leemar tank? :biggrin1:
but yeah, i think it's in our nature or personality to always want to upgrade..not only in tanks and equipment but in livestock as well :rockon:

Tangwich · Jul 9, 2011

gumbii said:

I hear ya bro, I have a horrible memory as well.
I have 3 more fish to go and I'm done with this tank. Then on to the next tank and start all over..lol

danagui · Jul 10, 2011

L.L. Cool Reefs said:

u guys are crazy even though i wish i could do that lol....i cant since my job is crap right now haha....not only that but i dont trust my dad with my couple hundred dollars of live stock...i'd probably have an anxiety attack daily if i left him thousands worth of my livestock while i was in the army lol

Tangwich · Jul 11, 2011

Update Time!

So I just called and spoke with LiveAquaria rep...they are calling the fish farm warehouse and will have a supervisor call me back because the rep said she doesn't know if a "pair" is meant to be one male and one female or just two fish. So now I have to wait and hope something good comes of this because I would hate to have any bad feelings towards a company I have been dealing with for about 4 years with nothing but great experiences.

BeanMachine · Jul 11, 2011

L.L. Cool Reefs said:

So I just called and spoke with LiveAquaria rep...they are calling the fish farm warehouse and will have a supervisor call me back because the rep said she doesn't know if a "pair" is meant to be one male and one female or just two fish. So now I have to wait and hope something good comes of this because I would hate to have any bad feelings towards a company I have been dealing with for about 4 years with nothing but great experiences.

I sincerely hope the supervisor doesn't tell you that... good luck man.

MARLANDO · Jul 11, 2011

Sell them in New York !:hug:

Tangwich · Jul 11, 2011

BeanMachine said:

thanks Cody, she said she would think it would be one male and one female but she will have the sup confirm and call me back. she was very pleasant and apologetic so that always makes things a bit better. i'm not upset at all at this point, just hopefull something good comes of this.

armando, i don't think these two would be happy to tie the knot..they really can't stand each other..on the other hand, they do fight like a married couple :rant:

Tangwich · Jul 11, 2011

So the supervisor just called me back and they want pictures of the dorsal fins of both fish to verify that both are male. So I will do that tonight and email the pictures to them and go from there.

gumbii · Jul 11, 2011

pics here too...

Tangwich · Jul 12, 2011

Pics

Sent them the pictures and now waiting for a response.

Interesting is that the larger male has a dorsal fin that falls/lies to the right of his body and the smaller male's dorsal fin falls/lies to the left of his body. Sorry about the crappy pics.

Larger male

Smaller male

Puffalicious · Jul 12, 2011

man they are beautiful!!!!!

hey btw mandarins are usually disease resistant right?

Tangwich · Jul 12, 2011

Puffalicious said:

I have heard that but not quite sure. But at this point, since my tank has been fallow for over 6 weeks, when these guys went in, they have remained very healthy and no signs of any illness. Eating well too.

gumbii · Jul 12, 2011

Puffalicious said:

no... i have read cases of them getting ick... but it has to be in a tank with a major infestation... but it's very rare... they are one of the hardiest and disease resistant fish available... but they're just hard to feed...

toromp · Jul 13, 2011

so what the difference between the male and female? i have a small mandarin, would be nice to find out.:wof:

Puffalicious · Jul 13, 2011

gumbii said:

I would like to get a pair too, but **** I don't know if I can train it to eat mysis...

I had one before but it was already eating mysis and flakes!

gumbii · Jul 13, 2011

the males have a way taller dorsal fin than the females... also the size of them... males are huge... females stay small...

check it...

gorgeous pictures...

but older males fin will sometimes hang over to the side because it's so big... females just keep it short... very simple...

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