New mandarin dragonett

Just a quick note. Last Friday I picked up a male mandarin and introduced him to my ten gallon FOWLR system that previously only held a clownfish. Skinny, had the tell-tale line in the abdomen and concave stomach, but had full cheeks and did not look emaciated--a good sign.

Turns out he eats mysis. Confirmed, saw him snick up a whole frozen mysis shrimp then chew it.

Mysis is much better nutritionally than pure roe; also it's a lot easier to get a hold!

So, in honor of this, here's a classic song sung by a classic muppet:



And the history of mandarins and me:

http://joshday.com/mandaringoby.htm

Josh
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