A Green Dragon Type Fish

[newcastlelas]

I was at a FS a couple of weeks back and i was just browsing and i saw a Beautiful marine fish, Was nearly all green big fin's about 6'inch long, but all i can remember in the name was Green dragon ‘blank’ but am just actually curious what it was.

It was hiding behind the rock and was housed with some large shrimp, and couple of smaller fish.. It was almost Iguana like behavior, very slow smooth motion jumpy at times. Was very expensive about £45 and they only stock 1 at a time..

Any ideas what its proper name is.. Av attached a photo to what it sort of looks like (not the same but similar) but it wasn’t blue, It was all green
Any ideas let me know,
Thanks

 

[shibby]

well thats a mandarin.

might be a spotted mandarin there green, though at £45 i doubt if it was a type of mandarin since thats very expensive.

 

[newcastlelas]

well thats a mandarin.

might be a spotted mandarin there green, though at £45 i doubt if it was a type of mandarin since thats very expensive.

It just was sooooo different u know, but its pattern was the same as that fish, like orangy swirls on the body, but the fish was green its self..

It really did just act like a reptile.. i was watching it for 10 minutes before my partner started sayin what you doing..! haha.. its just bugging me now!.

 

[shibby]

just as i was editing you posted so il just post it instead!


i guess a juvie dragon wrasse could be it actually:

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dunno what size they loose there juvi coulours though .... £45 is still quite alot for them though!

 

[newcastlelas]

just as i was editing you posted so il just post it instead!


i guess a juvie dragon wrasse could be it actually:

<a href="http/www.thetropicalfishplace.com/catalo...on%20Wrasse.jpg" target="_blank">http/www.thetropicalfishplace.com/catalo...on%20Wrasse.jpg</a>

dunno what size they loose there juvi coulours though .... £45 is still quite alot for them though!

No, It wasnt like that. Its shape was a little more like that other picture i put up there.

I might have to go back and see what the name is on tuesday hehe.. put us all at ease... It was something like av never seen before!. and yer 45 is steep for any fish but its head was just like the head of a lizard.. it was totally weired looking thing..

 

[IIITYIII]

just as i was editing you posted so il just post it instead!


i guess a juvie dragon wrasse could be it actually:

<a href="http/www.thetropicalfishplace.com/catalo...on%20Wrasse.jpg" target="_blank">http/www.thetropicalfishplace.com/catalo...on%20Wrasse.jpg</a>

dunno what size they loose there juvi coulours though .... £45 is still quite alot for them though!

No, It wasnt like that. Its shape was a little more like that other picture i put up there.

I might have to go back and see what the name is on tuesday hehe.. put us all at ease... It was something like av never seen before!. and yer 45 is steep for any fish but its head was just like the head of a lizard.. it was totally weired looking thing..

it was either the mandarin you see there or a Spotted mandarin. very awesome creatures. 45 isnt that expensive my lfs wants 35 for there mandarins.

 

[ben1987]

ive seen green manderins at £20

 

[connorsbala]

Small spotted's go for £15 round me....adults about £25. Green Mandarins (as pictured) go for £25 at any size

 

[newcastlelas]

I might be going back today or in a couple of days time and i will let you know.. but yes they are really amazing!.. i could never keep 1... i would be horrified if i killed it off some how or even if it died of old age ... .. but they are beautiful

 

[connorsbala]

Very true....you need the right setup for them !

 

[fish.com1]

i think there also called butterfly fish, but probaby wrong

 

[IIITYIII]

i think there also called butterfly fish, but probaby wrong

butterfly fish are something else...dude if you got lots of live rock and copepods in your tank i think you will be fine. they really are not that hard to keep alive. ive had one alive in a 29 gallon biocube for 5 months and hes now in my 40 gallon for another 2 and still fat! you will be fine

 

[n3ont3tra]

Just because one person kept one for just five months in a 29g doesn't mean everybody will..

Most mandarins won't eat frozen foods. They eat copepods, which are tiny little creatures that live on your live rock. Mandarins will eat hundreds of these a day and will eat all of them in a nano in just a few days. I would recommend at least a 75g tank with at least 75 pounds of live rock. That should be enough long term (years) for one mandarin, assuming you have nothing else in the tank that will compete for food like a sixline wrasse or pipefish.

 

[IIITYIII]

Just because one person kept one for just five months in a 29g doesn't mean everybody will..

Most mandarins won't eat frozen foods. They eat copepods, which are tiny little creatures that live on your live rock. Mandarins will eat hundreds of these a day and will eat all of them in a nano in just a few days. I would recommend at least a 75g tank with at least 75 pounds of live rock. That should be enough long term (years) for one mandarin, assuming you have nothing else in the tank that will compete for food like a sixline wrasse or pipefish.

dunno i still think if you get some nice live rock with tons of holes copepods will like it. i say get your glass covered in pods and try it.

 

[newcastlelas]

I dont have a marine set up i just have a tropical tank .. but maybe in many years to come i may convert i love fish, my new hobby sort of say