
Photo by Marc Levenson
In January '04, our club meeting
at one LFS scored me this lovely fish. It is an Orange Mandarin.
I'd never seen or heard of one this color, but I did have a Green Target
Mandarin that might like a mate. This female was chased by the male
for months, and I thought they'd never get along, but now they cruise
the 55g each day searching for food. Because of the fish I keep, I also
hatch live brine shrimp every 48 hours to assure the Mandarin has live
food. She continues to look fat and happy, but her coloration has faded
to a greenish color, though not as vivid green as the male Target Mandarin.
My guess is that orange was a juvenile pigmentation. Reef-safe.
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