Go over to the marine ornamental website (link above).

They have many members and Matt W. (author of the marine fish breeding book) is a member and will gladly answer any questions.

Also In this months Coral Mag Matt W has an article on breeding Mandarins :)

Cheers,
Vic

Great website thanks ! And I do have the coral magazine :smile:

My green mandarins spawned and then when this became regular, my female died. She was quite plump, and just dropped dead.

I will be very interested to see how yours do.

Never seen a mandrian move that fast when they got in the blast from the powerhead

no blast
 

They did not get blasted by the power head. They move fast like that when spawning. The female releases her eggs into the water and the male shoots sperm at them. Then they quickly dart down. they do this because while spawning they are very susceptible to predators. So after they are quick to get back to the safety of the live rock. Its very hard to see the eggs in the water after they dart down. Then the chalk bass get to eat like pigs :smile:

Wow thanks for the inspiration LOL. I think my mandarin will be just fine :biggrin:

Hey congratuation to you!!
good job~!
I have always wanted to keep those fish but never dared.
Not to mention having them breed.

Very nice!

Thanks :smile:

You are most welcome!
Hope the Mandarins continue to do well! Best of luck to you