Mandarin Dragonet Questions

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  1. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    Saddleback clownfish. And the other looks to be a Lemonpeel angelfish.He looks orange in the picture though.:confused:
     
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  2. thepanfish

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    Yah I thought it was an Anthias but on closer inspection it does look like a Lemonpeel.
     
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  3. carsona246

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    definitely orange, but google images look very similar to the one in the tank, just yellow. thanks for all the help guys! I guess all I really need to do now is get my hands on some pods, and hopefully I'll get a mandarin in the tank in a month or two.
     
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  4. thepanfish

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    I guess its an Orangepeel angel then.
     
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  5. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    Yeah I have never seen a lemonpeel that color.Not uncommon for variations but it is very pretty.8)
     
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    That's an awesome fish. I love the yellow-orange color.
     
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    just wanted to chime in and say that according to melevs reef Id the target Mandarin will eat flatworms...i know your prob thinking of a green mandarin because thats the one everyone wants/has (ill admit i want one too...they are very beautiful)...but i thought i would throw this out there for your consideration!! also the FW you have are the red planaria ones...and do not use a chemical or product like flatwormeXit to kill them all with out sucking a while lot of them out first, because they release a toxin into the water when they die...a few wont hurt but when a large number of them die quickly they have been know to completely crash a tank!

    Melev's Reef - Visual Identification
     
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  8. carsona246

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    Thanks for the info! I'll have to think about which dragonette to get. I was definitely considering the green kind, but if the target mandarin's are known flatworms eater it may be the better choice.
    Thanks for the warning about flatworm toxins. I think I've decided to just leave them in the tank. We have coral in the tank, but they're not a priority for me. I'd rather have a tank without coral just to have 1 less thing to worry about water quality wise, and I don't see too many flatworms on the actual coral. They seem to like hanging on the glass. I'll just try to suck them up with a siphon if I end up getting the green dragonette, or leave them in the tank if I get the target mandarin
     
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