expert mandarin owners!!

[goldenboy]

I was lucky in finding a psychedelic mandarin that prefers brine. I had to move it into a qt tank due to an ich outbreak. It turns out it loves brine!! I didn't qt the fish originally (ergo ich) , but my question is, most mandarins supposidly live off pods, how do you qt a mandarin without sand? Just for the record I do have over 100 lbs. of LR in my display tank.

 

[harlequin]

put a thin layer of sand in there for him then. or a piece or two of LR for him to pick off of. If he eats brine you should have nowhere near the problem normal mandarins have.

 

[goldenboy]

no mine isn't a problem. He eats almost as much brine as my blue hippo. He's a pig! I was just wondering what other people do.

 

[swaquarim]

Nice to hear someone else say that.I have been sucessful in feeding mine brine and mysis shrimp for yaers .I understand that it is an exception to the rule but as you can testify it is not impossible.Good luck.