Happity's 8g Nano
- Thread starter happitylogan
- Start date
happitylogan
Member
How long should I wait till I put a frag of chalice in my tank? Its most likly going to be an expensive piece so I want to make sure and not put it in too early...
happitylogan
Member
Im getting my zoa pack today. I will post pics as soon as they all open up later this evening... 
happitylogan
Member
I got my frags today I just put them into my cube about an hour ago. He gave me two freebies, so now I have 14 different types of zoas and three ricordea(i gave emilaya 2 of the 5 for a frag of red zoas), so yeah, reaallly satisfied with my progress so far and im going to take it easy on adding anything else for a couple of weeks til i get my picasso.
woo! peace guys
I just put them into my cube about an hour ago. He gave me two freebies, so now I have 14 different types of zoas and three ricordea(i gave emilaya 2 of the 5 for a frag of red zoas), so yeah, reaallly satisfied with my progress so far and im going to take it easy on adding anything else for a couple of weeks til i get my picasso. woo! peace guys
happitylogan
Member
Originally Posted by nissan577
http:///forum/post/2788918
no pics?
nah, not yet. I have pics of when i was putting them in, but none of them were even open....so yea....and it was during my lunch break that i went home and put them into my tank. I didnt even have time to really look at them
but i promise, as soon as i get home, this thread is getting blown up. everyone check back, im hoping that you wont be dissapointed, lates
http:///forum/post/2788918
no pics?
nah, not yet. I have pics of when i was putting them in, but none of them were even open....so yea....and it was during my lunch break that i went home and put them into my tank. I didnt even have time to really look at them
but i promise, as soon as i get home, this thread is getting blown up. everyone check back, im hoping that you wont be dissapointed, lates
rebelprettyboy
Active Member
pics?
happitylogan
Member
they arent even fully open, no sense in going through the trouble of all the photo uploads... tommorow i guess
novahobbies
Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by happityLogan
http:///forum/post/2772472
that stinks. well maybe one day, after my tank is super established, i might be one of those people that has one doing good in a nano. Not this tank but when i get my 14g biocube. whatever though.
Tank looks like it's coming along wonderfully!
While I agree that an 8 (and probably even a 14!!) is too small an aquarium to hold a wild Mandarin, just you wait. The possibillity of seeing aquacultured mandarins who are bred on mysis and formula one are growing every day...There's an FIT kid down here in Florida who already did this. It's not enough to market, but it's a start. And mst importantly, his juvie mandarins were weaned on prepared foods!
The problem isn't that they "can't survive" on prepared foods...it's that they simply won't eat enough of them. Wild Mandarins first and almost exclusive diet is pods...even in our tanks, it's the rare 'drin that will take frozen. I got lucky; I have one in my 37 gallon tank and she supplements her pod diet with frozen mysis. And she EATS! She's a piggie. I know she's healthy because she's a fat little porker.....healthy mandarins are supposed to have a rotund appearance, a convex belly and fat sides. Even though I was a lucky one, I would not suggest trying to wean a mandarin until you've had some experience under your belt.
But don't worry.....keep the idea of a mandarin in the back of your head. Start with your 8 gallon.....upsize when you can....and who knows? In a couple years, you may just walk into a LFS and see a tank with ORA cultured mandarins, all hungry for some formula 1 pellets or a tasty mysis shrimp!
http:///forum/post/2772472
that stinks. well maybe one day, after my tank is super established, i might be one of those people that has one doing good in a nano. Not this tank but when i get my 14g biocube. whatever though.
Tank looks like it's coming along wonderfully!
While I agree that an 8 (and probably even a 14!!) is too small an aquarium to hold a wild Mandarin, just you wait. The possibillity of seeing aquacultured mandarins who are bred on mysis and formula one are growing every day...There's an FIT kid down here in Florida who already did this. It's not enough to market, but it's a start. And mst importantly, his juvie mandarins were weaned on prepared foods!
The problem isn't that they "can't survive" on prepared foods...it's that they simply won't eat enough of them. Wild Mandarins first and almost exclusive diet is pods...even in our tanks, it's the rare 'drin that will take frozen. I got lucky; I have one in my 37 gallon tank and she supplements her pod diet with frozen mysis. And she EATS! She's a piggie. I know she's healthy because she's a fat little porker.....healthy mandarins are supposed to have a rotund appearance, a convex belly and fat sides. Even though I was a lucky one, I would not suggest trying to wean a mandarin until you've had some experience under your belt.
But don't worry.....keep the idea of a mandarin in the back of your head. Start with your 8 gallon.....upsize when you can....and who knows? In a couple years, you may just walk into a LFS and see a tank with ORA cultured mandarins, all hungry for some formula 1 pellets or a tasty mysis shrimp!
happitylogan
Member
awesome. thanks for the encouragement. im sure they will be aqua cultured in time.
emilaya101
Member
Yeah, you said they were all open last night ? C'mon, I haven't even seen them yet
happitylogan
Member
all but a few were emily, i told you that. so, anyways, i hate to say it but check back later, im going to a bbq (like us texans do), and will post them as soon as i get back, assuming im sober enough too
plus, sorry to dissapoint yall, but it looks like a frag tank at the current moment. not anything too fancy or too easy on the eyes
plus, sorry to dissapoint yall, but it looks like a frag tank at the current moment. not anything too fancy or too easy on the eyes
happitylogan
Member
ph test. everything is perfect
floating
still floating
eye of rah
eagle eye
original frags and unknown in the background
reverse gorilla nipples
floating
still floating
eye of rah
eagle eye
original frags and unknown in the background
reverse gorilla nipples