What can I do with that female mandarin?

Delphinus · #1 11-09-2011, 03:35 PM

Well ... personally I worry a little that your female (and mine for that matter) are egg bound. I see this problem in my FW fish from time to time and with these small fish it's either something that eventually fixes itself ... or it doesn't. I don't think there's anything we humans can do to help.

Reef Pilot · #2 11-09-2011, 03:37 PM

I think she is bunged up with all those white worms...

daniella3d · #3 11-09-2011, 04:44 PM

she rarely eats white worms as all the other fish get to them before she can have any. She only eat pods in the liverock so far.

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I think she is bunged up with all those white worms...

daniella3d · #4 11-09-2011, 04:42 PM

Yes unfortunately that is a very good possibility.

I hope that the stimulation of mating with the male will eventually push things out.

I have heard of it in fresh water fish but not in marine fish yet. I cannot even find one reference of this on google for marine fish. Maybe that's because they so rarely breed in aquarium?

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Well ... personally I worry a little that your female (and mine for that matter) are egg bound. I see this problem in my FW fish from time to time and with these small fish it's either something that eventually fixes itself ... or it doesn't. I don't think there's anything we humans can do to help.

marie · #5 11-09-2011, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by daniella3d

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I have heard of it in fresh water fish but not in marine fish yet. I cannot even find one reference of this on google for marine fish. Maybe that's because they so rarely breed in aquarium?

I'm pretty sure that is how I lost my female orchid dottyback

poor thing