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gixster
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hey guys..Tell me what you think of my tank..There are still a lot of things i want to do to it. I`ve only had it for a year. I eventually want to put corals in it.
fishtanknewbie
Member
Your mandarin is doomed!!!!!!!!!!! 
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gixster
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ive had my mandarin for almost 6 months now...I feed him live brine shrimp. I am planning to add more live rock but i also have 4 other tanks so it deffinetly eats up my money..
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gixster
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Thanks for the advice..noones told me that before..I just did add a copperband and i feed him frozen mysis and the mandarin seems to like it as well as all the other fish in there. Just out ouf curiosity. I know that my yellow tang is suppose to be a herbavoire and is suppose to eat algae but he eats everything i put into my tank...even the dried krill for my puffer. Has anyone else who has yellow tangs notice this?
ophiura
Active Member
They will commonly do this but you really should provide it also with the algae sheets or herbivore preparations. I would say, and its not offense meant, you have been exceedingly lucky so far. Best of luck with the copperband which is notoriously difficult to get to feed and live. Mandarins, also, tend not to eat anything prepared or frozen and typically will starve without lots of LR or a refugium system. To add on to the brine thing, if you feed live brine you can even get some liquid foods (such as selcon or similar) and put it in with the brine...let it sit some time for the brine to "eat" and then the mandarin will get some extra food. The tang, IMO, looks quite good (as do the other fish). With the addition of some more live rock, and maybe a lighting upgrade (which is typical), you may be ready to start adding some corals!
What are your nitrate levels like?
What are your nitrate levels like?
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gixster
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Thats what a lot of people have told me..that i am lucky..my nitrate levels are at 0, my nitrite levels are zero. I`m looking at a dual satellite compact lighting system for my tank.
