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Originally Posted by Pontius the fish will very likely change it's behavior when it is placed into a new environment. I bought a mandarin that was eating prepared food at the lfs only to have it starve to death within a month. it is very unlikely that it will survive on frozen food. and the...

Originally Posted by GUBBER Wow, thanks for the web site. It's just what I needed. I'll try again with the copepods. No prob,i just found it myself,i already bought the tank and pump,gonna buy the rest tonight and hopefully have it set up and goin by tommorow :)!

Originally Posted by GUBBER Hey their It sounds like your going to be a Mandrin owner Good for you, they are slow eater though. If you can feed the other fish first and then the Mandrin. You can also cut off the pump for just a little bit until she eats. This way the food wont fly away...

Originally Posted by reefkprZ Leave the tube in so you dont spook him every time feeding time comes around, the rock just hold it in place you can use airline suction cups if you want so the tip is just above the sand (about 1/4 inch). Just squirt some tank water through it when done feeding to...

Originally Posted by reefkprZ Another good way to spot feed madarin that will eat prepared foods is to run an airline down inside the aquarium and stick it under a rock poking out in one of the mandarins prefered locations then you take a feeding syring and suck teh mysis shrimp up and inject...

Originally Posted by TekDave My Mandarin loves Mysis soaked in Xtreme Garlic and Zoe. I do have plenty of pods in my tank so I dont know if she would be ok without them. I was thinking about buying some of that garlic gaurd,one of my LFS is going out of business and everything is half off...

Originally Posted by 1journeyman It does happen. Just not often enough for people to buy them and cross their fingers. What other fish are you housing with it? Remember Mandarins can be slow eaters. Other fish can chase them away from food. It would be housed in a 65g with a midas blenny,royal...

Originally Posted by joojoo How big was the mandarin? Many juveniles will pick up on frozen foods for a while and just stop as they mature. Even adults that are eating frozen are not guaranteed to keep accepting frozen. Better safe than sorry. Hey there! it was big,i would say almost-if not...

Hey all... sorry to be pestering w/questions again..i dont wanna get mauled by the madarin police,so if im being a total jerk wad just say so lol i have always loved mandarins,but of course realized they are so hard to care for,that most likely i could never have one (the whole copepod...

Hey everyone! I havent been on in awhile,i was a bit depressed after the death of my radiant wrasse but since then,ive gotten a cosmetus wrasse... Hes doing awsome,and now im looking at upgrading my tank! im getting an amazing deal on an acrylic 65 gallon w/lights and all filtration needed...

Originally Posted by spanko Royal Gramms have been know to be bullies. JMO Yeah...unfortunately when i got him i was a super-noob to saltwater and so i trusted them when they said he was a great starter fish...only to discover now that hes heaps of trouble :mad: Im guessing the sixline would...

Hey there,as i posted on here,my radiant wrasse passed away on monday..ive been takin it easy, dont wanna rush back in...im just now starting to think of new fish to try. I would really like a wrasse of some kind. Heres the situation,i have a 45g with a midas blenny and a royal gramma..but the...

hey all,thanks for all the advice,the poor little guy passed on at around 4 AM or so..and i removed him of course :( i learned my lesson the hard way,thanks for the support though!!

Originally Posted by kayak385 how did you acclimate the little guy? I used the drip method, he was in a little bucket, id say i acclimated him for about 2-2 and a half hours, and before i put him in the DT i used my hydrometer to make sure the salinity was the same :( he seemed great the first...

Originally Posted by iampumpkinman You havnt posted an update on how the fish is doing...is he alive, or did he kick off? I'm sorry that you had to learn the hard way, but that happens to everybody, so your not a dummy, just a stroke of bad luck. :] Still alive for now :( hes moved around but...

Originally Posted by iampumpkinman How long did the lfs have it for, and did you watch to make sure it ate and swam strong while at the lfs? i did make sure he ate,and he was as active as all get-out,swimmin all over the place...but...and i know im gonna get killed for this,they did just get...

Originally Posted by kayak385 you can't throw salt into a tank. What kind of salt are you using? i meant throw salt into my top off *RO* water,not the tank itself,sorry im so flustered i phrased it bady,i actually have my water made by my LFS,i only do a 5 gallon change a week cuz its a 45...

Originally Posted by Aztec Reef large waterchange never hurts..what are your parameters at? you can still saved them. don't wait to see them die :happyfish i just checked ammonia wichi is at 0,lemme check the others right now...i dont have alot of water around right now to do a change :(,though...

Originally Posted by autofreak44 my 6 line did the same thing. just hid for about 2 days, came out, layed on his side and died. so sorry to tell you but he probably is going to die. also monitor your other fish after his death because after he died, my clown and chromis died within a week so...

Hey all...i went out and got my radiant wrasse, put him in w/my midas and gramma,he buried himself in the sand on Thursaday,didnt come out till today as i just got home,i find him above the sand on hsi side breathing heavy..pretty sure hes gonna kick the bucket Are they sensitive to something...