Blue Mandarin Gobies (L)

• Care levelModerate
• Reef safeYes
• TemperamentPeacefulPeaceful; males fight other male mandarins
• Temperature75–80 °F
• Salinity1.020–1.026 SG
• pH8.1–8.4
• Min tank30 gallons
• Favorite foods
  1. Live copepods / amphipods
  2. Frozen mysis shrimp
  3. Enriched brine shrimp
• Max size3.5 in (8.9 cm)

In plain words: The mandarin dragonet looks like someone painted it with swirls of blue, orange and green. Most blue animals are not really blue. They just bounce blue light back at you.

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