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Originally Posted by MIKE22cha Well your a bit overstocked. The tang and butterfly are going to get too big. Also I agree about the mandrin. I'd lower your temp a couple of degrees to around 77, i don't know, just what I like to keep mine at. 80 seems kinda high. Also how long has the tank...

Originally Posted by BadBoyJ do you have live rock?? Yes I forgot to mention I have about 15 pounds of live rock. Also I was using a formula of about .5 inches of fish per gallon. Right now I'd say that I have about 20 inches of fish. Is that too much? I thought I was being patient because...

Okay so I am a new aquarist and am anxious to learn all that I can. However, I am in that stage of constantly checking levels and adding water and mixing PH buffers trying different foods etc......and I am wondering, is all this really necessary? Here is what I have and maybe some of you...

Originally Posted by 1journeyman I respect your success however that doesn't address the issue. Butterflies need a varied diet including meaty foods. Mine has been eating the flake food and frozen brine. He also snacks on the algae sheets from time to time. Is this sufficient or does he need...

Originally Posted by doktorj99 are there any LFS near you?? most will take it back for some kinda of credit...if not just donate him to the store and cut your loss...it's better to lose the money by giving him a chance then letting him starve in your tank...good luck I will give that a try. I...

Wow! Like I said, if they had posted any of the information you just provided under the mandarin profile on this website I would have never ordered him. He is such a great looking fish! I hate to think that I am starving him. I am emailing saltwaterfish.com to ask them to add some of these...

You would think that in the write-up on each fish that they provide they might mention things like you need an established 90 gal tank, lots of live rock, established copepods etc...... I put him in the tank on July 23rd so how long do you think he has? I put the 200 copepods in the tank on...

I hear what you all are saying but I purchased him from this website so I can't send him back. I'm at a loss......

I have read some of the posts pertaining to the Green Mandarin and how fragile it is. I have just recently set up a 36 gallon aquarium with about 15 pounds of live rock. One of my fish is a Green Mandarin, added to the tank on July 23rd. He seems to be doing fine right now but I'm afraid that...

Thanks for the recommendations. I will give them a try! Kevin - [hr] Head

Thanks for all of your replys. He has been eating the brine shrimp and some flake food. I bought some canned minced clam at the grocery store and it says on the can that it is only calm in it's natural juices. I hang peices to a clip on the side of the tank and he has been "picking" at it...

I just purchased one recently also and he hangs upside down in the corner of my tank beside a power head and shoots out once in a while to get some food!

I bought two of them. One immediately burried himself in the sand and started doing hopefully what he was purchased to do; Clean! The other has not moved since I received him 5 days ago. Is this normal? If so how come the other one hasn't moved. Thanks for any helpful replys! Kevin -...

I recently purchased a Punctato Butterfly fish and I read that it requires a diet of clam. I went to my local pet store and they don't have any clam. Can anyone recommend another type of food for this fish or can you tell me where I might get some clam? Does it usually come frozen or freeze...