Probably shouldn't have BUT...

Jim_Leyland · 10/16/2006, 08:02 PM

I couldn't leave this guy in that store any longer.. there is a little store down the road that i don't like going to b/c the owner is rude but last week i stopped in and seen a mandarian .. it was eating brine so i went back today he was still there and they feed him again and once again he ate.. their tanks are getting so nasty there its not funny some are covered in red slime algae the others are green.. this guys tank was over run w/ what i believe was diatoms.. couldn't let him die there.. at least if he don't make it he has a better chance with me.. let me know what you guys think.. pic's arn't the best gotta get a macro lense.. u can click to get a bigger pic.

matty0206 · 10/16/2006, 08:31 PM

Hes beautiful, and if he was eating frozen he will probably do good! I say good job!

Jim_Leyland · 10/16/2006, 09:08 PM

after awhile in my tank i gave him some mysis and he did eat some of it so that's a good sign! im gonna get some cyclopeeze (sp) this week sometime and offer him some of that.. i think he looks a little on the skinny side so im gonna try n faten him up a lil.. hope he takes it as well as the mysis

Randall_James · 10/16/2006, 09:34 PM

if you provide some pod piles and feed a bit of phyto, you should get away with this as you have no other pod eaters in the tank

grouper25 · 10/17/2006, 07:01 AM

I have a mandarin too and have a huge problem feeding him. I am trying to aquaculture tigger pods which I purchased($60.00 per bottle). Until that works out, I have had to resort to giving him intensive feeding by placing him in an intake breeder where I have been dumping alot of Brine shrimp. He has been wolfing them down and is really get alot fatter. In my opinion , I should have never bought him but he was looking so frail I just had to try to save him. Unless and until u have a huge established growth of pods in a reef tank, the intensive, isolated feeding method I described above is the only way to go. Mine is thriving and I am afraid to release him back into the tank as he was not easily caught.

John

Jim_Leyland · 10/17/2006, 07:20 AM

as i stated mine is eating mysis so im not to worried about him not eating i was also thinking about hatching some brine for him i read somewhere to just use a old milk jug to do this.. ill keep u guys posted

dc · 10/17/2006, 07:31 AM

Well good luck with him, get that mandarin diner going and he should fatten up in no time.

BLANKENSHIP76 · 10/17/2006, 07:34 AM

I have one that I just dropped in the tank and he is fat. He is a big mandarin as well, I have never seen him eat anything besides a little flake(once).

But there must be something in there becasue he is fat!!! This is my second one, and I am telling you this guy is all over my tank, he swims in the open and through the rock, happy little fish!!! Good pick up!!!!

Everybody loves mandarins, I hope you enjoy yours!!!

Jim_Leyland · 10/17/2006, 08:23 AM

hey dc who makes that "dinner" your talking about?

grouper25 · 10/17/2006, 08:33 AM

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Originally posted by dc
Well good luck with him, get that mandarin diner going and he should fatten up in no time.

I love that Debbie,,,, the Mandarin Diner. Thats what he has at my house now!!!!!!
John

2fishy · 10/17/2006, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jim_Leyland
hey dc who makes that "dinner" your talking about?

Hope I beat her to it!

Melev makes the mandarin diner or at least this is his web page that tells you how to do it!

http://melevsreef.com/mandarin_diner.html

2fishy · 10/17/2006, 08:44 AM

I have had my mandarin in my aquarium since the end of July it eats frozen mysis and brine shrimp and anything else it can find. The other day it pulled a little white brittle sea star out of the sand! I wish I could have gotten a picture of it because it very nicely spit the leg back out but looked funny with a seastar hanging out of its mouth!

I want to try the Formula 1 & 2 combination to see if it will eat some of that too.

techreef · 10/17/2006, 09:13 AM

not sure, but isn't brine not really a nutritious food source for fish? mysis, etc. is better, right? I mention it just because I'd be a little worried in the long run if any fish was only eating brine shrimp. FYI, you can buy pods online from various vendors to feed your mandarins as an insurance policy against starvation. they seem expensive, but work perfectly. mandarins really do prefer live pods for food. that's great that you have them eating prepared foods though. good luck!

10/16/2006, 08:02 PM	#1
Jim_Leyland Moved On Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent, Ohio Posts: 924	Probably shouldn't have BUT... I couldn't leave this guy in that store any longer.. there is a little store down the road that i don't like going to b/c the owner is rude but last week i stopped in and seen a mandarian .. it was eating brine so i went back today he was still there and they feed him again and once again he ate.. their tanks are getting so nasty there its not funny some are covered in red slime algae the others are green.. this guys tank was over run w/ what i believe was diatoms.. couldn't let him die there.. at least if he don't make it he has a better chance with me.. let me know what you guys think.. pic's arn't the best gotta get a macro lense.. u can click to get a bigger pic.

10/16/2006, 09:34 PM	#4
Randall_James Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,727	if you provide some pod piles and feed a bit of phyto, you should get away with this as you have no other pod eaters in the tank __________________ "It's a dog eat dog world and I feel like I am wearing milkbone underwear"

10/17/2006, 07:01 AM	#5
grouper25 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: nj Posts: 523	I have a mandarin too and have a huge problem feeding him. I am trying to aquaculture tigger pods which I purchased($60.00 per bottle). Until that works out, I have had to resort to giving him intensive feeding by placing him in an intake breeder where I have been dumping alot of Brine shrimp. He has been wolfing them down and is really get alot fatter. In my opinion , I should have never bought him but he was looking so frail I just had to try to save him. Unless and until u have a huge established growth of pods in a reef tank, the intensive, isolated feeding method I described above is the only way to go. Mine is thriving and I am afraid to release him back into the tank as he was not easily caught. John __________________ Grouper25 Current Tank Info: 220 FOWLR, 75 Reef, 55 Exotix Zoas

10/17/2006, 07:31 AM	#7
dc Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wyoming Posts: 44,684	Well good luck with him, get that mandarin diner going and he should fatten up in no time. __________________ Debi ~60 Cube~ Why? Because I said so of course. -Sent via Tapatalk Smoke Signals-

10/17/2006, 08:44 AM	#12
2fishy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Rhinelander, WI Posts: 918	I have had my mandarin in my aquarium since the end of July it eats frozen mysis and brine shrimp and anything else it can find. The other day it pulled a little white brittle sea star out of the sand! I wish I could have gotten a picture of it because it very nicely spit the leg back out but looked funny with a seastar hanging out of its mouth! I want to try the Formula 1 & 2 combination to see if it will eat some of that too. __________________ Carole Current Tank Info: 55 gal

10/16/2006, 08:31 PM	#2
matty0206 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Vancouver Wa. Posts: 578	Hes beautiful, and if he was eating frozen he will probably do good! I say good job!

10/16/2006, 09:08 PM	#3
Jim_Leyland Moved On Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent, Ohio Posts: 924	after awhile in my tank i gave him some mysis and he did eat some of it so that's a good sign! im gonna get some cyclopeeze (sp) this week sometime and offer him some of that.. i think he looks a little on the skinny side so im gonna try n faten him up a lil.. hope he takes it as well as the mysis

10/17/2006, 07:20 AM	#6
Jim_Leyland Moved On Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent, Ohio Posts: 924	as i stated mine is eating mysis so im not to worried about him not eating i was also thinking about hatching some brine for him i read somewhere to just use a old milk jug to do this.. ill keep u guys posted

10/17/2006, 07:34 AM	#8
BLANKENSHIP76 Moved On Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 827	I have one that I just dropped in the tank and he is fat. He is a big mandarin as well, I have never seen him eat anything besides a little flake(once). But there must be something in there becasue he is fat!!! This is my second one, and I am telling you this guy is all over my tank, he swims in the open and through the rock, happy little fish!!! Good pick up!!!! Everybody loves mandarins, I hope you enjoy yours!!!

10/17/2006, 08:23 AM	#9
Jim_Leyland Moved On Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent, Ohio Posts: 924	hey dc who makes that "dinner" your talking about?

10/17/2006, 09:13 AM	#13
techreef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montclair, NJ Posts: 1,046	not sure, but isn't brine not really a nutritious food source for fish? mysis, etc. is better, right? I mention it just because I'd be a little worried in the long run if any fish was only eating brine shrimp. FYI, you can buy pods online from various vendors to feed your mandarins as an insurance policy against starvation. they seem expensive, but work perfectly. mandarins really do prefer live pods for food. that's great that you have them eating prepared foods though. good luck!