WTB: Small female Mandarin

[Baby Ray]

I would like to buy a small female red or green mandarin, preferably eating frozen foods.
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Anyone?

 

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Nobody?

 

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[Reefer's Paradise]

If you're looking to get a juvenile mandarin you won't be able to know if it's a male or female until it matures and it then won't be small most likely. All juveniles tend to look like females because of the small erect dorsal.
Good luck tho I hope you find your mandarin!

 

[Baby Ray]

If you're looking to get a juvenile mandarin you won't be able to know if it's a male or female until it matures and it then won't be small most likely. All juveniles tend to look like females because of the small erect dorsal.
Good luck tho I hope you find your mandarin!

Thank you. I just want a smallish female I do have a question. Don't females stay smaller then males?

 

[Reefer's Paradise]

Thank you. I just want a smallish female I do have a question. Don't females stay smaller then males?

From my experience and what I've read in the past they generally will both grow to about 3". I have yet to have a pair but with lots of other fish I know that females are actually the bigger of the two in the pair. Not 100% sure tho on mandarins.

 

[Nemguy123]

I had a pair of reds I sold a year back they were the same size and were about 5 years old

 

[Baby Ray]

Thanks for the info!!
I still want a female though I just think that they are cuter

 

[Baby Ray]

I hope someone here has a female to sell me

 

[Reefer's Paradise]

Yea I'd look for any female but if you want a smaller one just make sure it's mature and is in fact a female [emoji106]

 

[Baby Ray]

Yea I'd look for any female but if you want a smaller one just make sure it's mature and is in fact a female [emoji106]

Thank you so much for the help!! I'll try to find one one around 2ish inches. I did find a place online that was selling females but they were fully grown and they were $60!!!!! Not including shipping!!!!! I'm sorry, but I am not paying $100 for a mandarin. They also sell pairs but I am a little worried about feeding one so I don't think 2 would be the best maybe in the future when I have a bigger tank.