Background: So I bought a captive bred red mandarin dragonet from my LFS for about $300. I bought her a year ago, when captive bred mandarins were a thing. She was very small when I got her, now she's about two inches. She occasionally eats pellets. Sometimes she would gobble them up, sometimes she would ignore them. Usually ignore them. However, she is in a macroalgae tank so she constantly has something to eat, which is why she probably doesn't eat pellets. Keep in mind, mandarins do have high metabolism, so you would have to feed every 2-3 hours during the day if you plan to strictly feed it pellets. This could be done with an automatic feeder hooked to a mandarin diner (like Marc's). However, I am now breeding red mandarins. I have a small pair right now, and I would like to sell this red mandarin, so she doesn't pick on the pair.
I am selling this red mandarin for only $200 with free shipping, which is $100 dollars off from what I bought and this is probably the only captive bred red mandarin online for sale. She is also fat and healthy as shown in the picture below. However, she might arrive skinny due to high metabolism during shipping. I will add copepods for her to eat during shipping and a piece of polyfilter to absorb ammonia. Also, she might ignore pellets until she adjusts to the tank. It took me 3 months for her to gobble pellets (and I mean gobble) when I introduced her to my tank. Color isn't as good because she is in a specimen container, but she will look beautiful under reef lights.
DOA policy: If arrived dead, you must take a picture of the dead fish WITH THE BAG UNOPENED. Must send me the picture 2 hours after delivery or DOA policy will become void, so make sure you are there for delivery. If DOA policy permits, I will send you a refund.
PAYPAL ONLY.
First come, first serve. I will gladly answer questions in this thread.
I am selling this red mandarin for only $200 with free shipping, which is $100 dollars off from what I bought and this is probably the only captive bred red mandarin online for sale. She is also fat and healthy as shown in the picture below. However, she might arrive skinny due to high metabolism during shipping. I will add copepods for her to eat during shipping and a piece of polyfilter to absorb ammonia. Also, she might ignore pellets until she adjusts to the tank. It took me 3 months for her to gobble pellets (and I mean gobble) when I introduced her to my tank. Color isn't as good because she is in a specimen container, but she will look beautiful under reef lights.
DOA policy: If arrived dead, you must take a picture of the dead fish WITH THE BAG UNOPENED. Must send me the picture 2 hours after delivery or DOA policy will become void, so make sure you are there for delivery. If DOA policy permits, I will send you a refund.
PAYPAL ONLY.
First come, first serve. I will gladly answer questions in this thread.
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