ORA Announces Captive Bred Mandarin Gobies

[sen5241b]

Good news. My MDs have no problem eating sushi roe, Ocean Nutrition Marine Formula 1 small pellets, blood worms (I play with the flow to make them wiggle), bristle worms and copepods.

[treesprite]

Wow, this is some awesome news! I'm going to have to put one on my fish wish list now. I have always wanted a mandarin, but always pass because I'm so afraid I won't be able to properly feed one.

 

The higher price of captive bred specimens is worth it. I think the pricing of hard-to-keep animals should automatically be higher anyway, to help discourage insufficiently experienced and poorly knowledgeable people with inadequate tank setups from purchasing them.

[treesprite]

Just felt like reviving this post because of a thread I was reading.

 

Please consider captive-bred animals before rushing out and getting wild-caught specimens, especially the ones that will typically only eat live foods. Too many animals die because people want to save money.

 

I would like to see success rates and comments from people who have obtained captive-bred mandarins, especially people who have also had wild-caught ones who can give comparisons.