green mandarin diet?

[lingtime]

my buddy heard me mention a while back that i thought it was a cool looking fish, and yesterday he brought me a present. I know nothing about this fish other than I saw it for about 30 secs before it vanished into the live rock. What do these deals eat. I have some frozen brine shrimp and thats about it.

 

[meowzer]

copepods....how old is your tank, how big, and how much live rock do you have?

 

[lingtime]

140 gl about 400lbs of live rock. The tank was about 4 years old but I lost everything to a 9 day power outage a couple of months ago. The water was fine afterwards and no deaths since.

 

[meowzer]

So do you have a lot of copepods in your tank???

 

[meowzer]

On another note...you need something better for your fish than just brine

 

[lil.guppy]

https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=355216

 

[lingtime]

Honestly, I have no idea what a copepod is. I have a foxface a true percula, a bipseudo, and a haitian anenome in there.

 

[lil.guppy]

Its a little bug looking thing that hangs around in the rocks. The Manderin will naturally graze on them. They breed and multiply fast as long as you start out with a good supply.
Or you can keep them in the fridge and feeding them spareingly but I would just start a colony in your tank

 

[lingtime]

wow i dont think ive ever seen one but i'd almost have to some in there right?

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by Lingtime
http:///forum/post/3007779
wow i dont think ive ever seen one but i'd almost have to some in there right?
With that much live rock you should...when the lights go out, look at the glass and see if you see anything crawling around

 

[lil.guppy]

I had a bunch of them on the inside of my glass magnet cleaner. They look like fleas

 

[lingtime]

dont think ive ever seen any. how do i get some? Im pretty positive the pet store i got them from didnt have any. There was only a small rock in the tank.

 

[lil.guppy]

I got mine from a big auction site *wink

 

[lingtime]

u think my local pet store will have them? time is of essence here, is it not?

 

[lil.guppy]

Call them and they should be able to have them ordered for you if they dont already have them. Most pet stores will gladly do this to keep your business. If not, just pay 2 day shipping. Your fish will survive

 

[d-dzel]

If you do buy copepods, get the "Tisbe" kind not the most common tigger ones. Tigger anr used mostly for target feeding, while the Tisbe ones will reproduce quicker.