My Mandarin is such a well trained good boy!

laezur · Apr 5, 2023

My favourite time of day is feeding time because I get to spend some quality time with this fella and it’s so interactive and fun.

I’m very proud of how well trained he is!! Hopefully with YouTube’s awful compression you can see well enough.

Here is a fun one of Mando noticing the food in front of the glass before feeding

Mandarin Dragonet “Hand” feeding

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Idech · Apr 5, 2023

I like to target feed as well with every new fish who needs it. I use a long pipette. Fish are such interesting pets !

laezur · Apr 5, 2023

Idech said:
I like to target feed as well with every new fish who needs it. I use a long pipette. Fish are such interesting pets !

Really makes you feel closer to your animals too. Plus, it helps make sure I know that he is getting enough food, his tank mates are much quicker than him and while he grazes on pods I like to keep him well fed.

Cheese Griller · Apr 5, 2023

I'm shocked those clowns didn't come over and grab the food, mine certainly would have

laezur · Apr 5, 2023

Cheese Griller said:
I'm shocked those clowns didn't come over and grab the food, mine certainly would have

The friendliest clownfish in the world lol I posted about them earlier

Are my clownfish lulling me into a false sense of security?

I always tell people how docile and friendly my clownfish are and I feel nobody ACTUALLY believes me. Well today I had to move some frags, so I (very poorly) filmed my clowns reaction with my other hand. This is typical behaviour, they love to come and hang out with my hand and watch what I’m...

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