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    What is the best way to gut load brine shrimp?

    I bought some arcti pods today from my LFS store... i was wondering if you have every tried using them murph. if you don't know what they are you can go to a website called reefnutrition which is the products company. It said on the bottle that finicky fish like mandarins love them. I put a...
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    What is the best way to gut load brine shrimp?

    Originally Posted by Murph If your trying to food train a finicky species you are probably all right for now without gut loading the live brine and just mixing in frozen with the training regimen. You should start to see some results within two weeks any way or you may have problems training...
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    Car People? Post Your Ride!!!

    Originally Posted by saltyVT IROC-Z= Italian Retard Out curZin.....i owed one a while ago! most people driving Iroc-z's around here are rednecks with mullets :)
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    Car People? Post Your Ride!!!

    those motors sound clean though... really deep rumble to them
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    Car People? Post Your Ride!!!

    Yeah but with a cam, heads,intake,exhaust (and some minor upgrades) you will be ready to go... you may be looking close to 275-300 bhp depending on what you go with... my buddies is a 305.... if i were to swap I'd go with the ls1/ls2... ls1 (305-325 bhp) could cost around $2,500ish while the ls2...
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    What is the best way to gut load brine shrimp?

    bump.... :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help:
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    New 75 gallon reef!

    i find them in local fish stores.... i suppose you could look on the internet but i prefer to get most locally especially if it is costly....
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    New 75 gallon reef!

    yeah you would have to shop around for that one...i see it usually once a month.... the common foxface is also beautiful i was just showing you that you have the option of getting a more rare colorful one that is just as easy to take car of. :thinking:
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    New 75 gallon reef!

    Originally Posted by emporer angel what should i replace the CBB with? i dont want one. i have read they are hard to keep and dont tolerate anything. also the reasons stated above. i would like to replace it with a foxface but i dont want to be stung. is this some thing to worry about or it...
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    New 75 gallon reef!

    Originally Posted by emporer angel Thankyou. are you sure yellow tang and copperband are too big? Ive read a lot about both and almost all say its ok. Will the longnose hawk only eat shrimp or will it eat other inverts? ill look into the sea cucumbers thanks. i will get the fridmani...
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    What is the best way to gut load brine shrimp?

    Originally Posted by fish addict Well I don't know how but you could just buy frozen brine shrimp at your LFS and you won't have to deal with gut loading them b/c they already have nutrients or w/e in them. I would do that but i'm trying to entice a fish with other live foods which could...
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    Mandarin won't come out and play?!?! Someone help

    yeah it sounds like it is settling in... should be alright just make sure you always have a pod population as you will get flamed by 95% of these forums. good luck with yours we should keep in touch since we got ours at the same time lol
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    Mandarin won't come out and play?!?! Someone help

    if it hasn't been harassed then its not a problem... I've notice that fish tend to leave them alone...but if you've seen yours being harassed then that would be your problem
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    What is the best way to gut load brine shrimp?

    What is the best way to gut load brine shrimp? I heard feeding them yeast, wheat flour, soybean powder, or egg yolk is a good way to give them nutrient values... how do you gut load them?
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    Mandarin won't come out and play?!?! Someone help

    hows its breathing look? I got one two days ago... for the first hour or so she hung out in a crevice and took a breath about every second.... i decided she was probably alittle stressed and just kept a close eye on her.... after alittle while she started fluttering around the back nipping at my...
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    Car People? Post Your Ride!!!

    thats a beautiful Iroc-Z.... my best friend recently bought a white 89 Iroc-Z off my girlfriends step-sister... she hydroplaned it into a pole and it is in a shop right now getting some work done...he bought it for 500 and it will take 1000 to get it perfect again through a family friend... hes...
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    Feeding A Mandarin

    Originally Posted by promisetbg Tiggerpods are carnivorous, they will eat each other. Their type{tigriopus californicus} also gets hung up in pumps. You want harpacticoid copepods. Even if mandarins take to prepared foods, it is not enough to sustain them. Watch a mandarin, see those little...
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    Feeding A Mandarin

    Originally Posted by nYgel I had 2 scooters (one i just got that was less than an inch long, he died, I think the larger scooter i've had for a year killed it.... or maybe hes just so friggin small and fragile he couldn't handle acclimation well... oh well.) and one mandarin that I gave to a...
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    Feeding A Mandarin

    lol you seem to have misunderstood me.... I bought the mandarin somewhat skinny in an attempt to fatten her up... I have enough copepods in my tank.... I bought 3 bags of copepods which is a 200 count each about a month ago and have not much in my tank that would eat them except probably baby...
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    Feeding A Mandarin

    I just bought a female from the LFS...she was alittle skinny but not to the point of starvation and I am trying to plump her up as much as possible. Anyone know if tiggerpods work well for keeping a green mandarin fed....she is about an inch - inch 1/2 ... thanks Lance
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