Saltwater Fish
Green Mandarin Dragonet.
A living jewel — psychedelic swirls of green, orange, and blue on a tiny, hovering body. Peaceful and reef-safe, but an expert fish: it grazes copepods nonstop and needs a mature reef with lots of live rock (or training onto prepared foods). A stunning centerpiece for an established 30-gallon-plus reef.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Expert
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Community
- Community safe
- Adult size
- 3"
- Min tank size
- 30 gallons
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Scientific name
- Synchiropus splendidus
Good tank mates
The green mandarin is slow, peaceful, and fully reef-safe, suiting calm community reef tanks with gentle fish such as clownfish, firefish, and small gobies. Keep it away from aggressive or fast-eating fish like wrasses, damsels, and anthias that will starve it of the tiny prey it depends on, and never house two males together. It does not harm corals or invertebrates.
Good to know
The green mandarin's brilliant colors come with a defense — its skin lacks normal scales and instead secretes a thick, foul-tasting, toxic mucus that deters predators.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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Erie, PA.
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