I did it........ I bought a Mandarin.......

1snapple

1snapple

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can you get a living colony of copepods in your system? and can you put more then 1 mandarin in your tank?
 
gill again68

gill again68

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Yes you can get pods living in your system but it takes a lot to support 1 Mandarin. Depending on the size and maturity of your system you could support 2 but I would be careful about that. I have 1 in a 90gal that has been up and running for close to a year. I also have a fuge that is support the tank. I want to put a Scooter in the tank but I worry about the competition between the 2.
 
1snapple

1snapple

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well we just recently got a 95 gal with 20 gal sump, no fuge. could i possibly start a colony of pods in the sump and have them sucked to the main tank?
 
1snapple

1snapple

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I bet they can, probably not enough to sustain a mandarin. That is probably why they have the colony's for sale. Not sure though
 
gill again68

gill again68

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Not sure what you mean when you say "grow from liver rock". They will live in live rock and yes a mature system can sustain itself if the predation is limited. It is a good idea though to have a source outside of the DT so that the population can recover. Hope that helps.
 
gill again68

gill again68

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No, thats where most of us get them in the first place. Other than what critters we get that are in our Live Rock we buy.
 
tlsohio

tlsohio

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I love my mandrin, he runs and hides everytime he see's me get my camera. Thought I'd show ya a picture...if you look close, you can see my scooter blenny just beneath the mandrin.
 
hunt

hunt

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Burrito http:///forum/thread/381129/i-did-it-i-bought-a-mandarin/20#post_3321611
so do copepod grow from live rocks ?
They dont grow frim live rock. They come in on/in the rocks and then use them for shelter from predators and breed. When you add pods to your tank, try to put them where a fish cant get to the right away so some may have a chance to find a hiding spot and breed. Mandarins need a large tank (75g) or a smaller tank with a refugium or youll just have to keep supplying them with the bottles every few weeks.
 
hunt

hunt

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sorry to say, Flower sint lying burrito. Your madarin may live longer than this weekend, but unless you can get large enough source of food in your tank, (judging from the picture of it) itl prabably die pretty soon. If you cant get food or get it to a LFS, i guess thats that, but if you can i would bring your fish back, or go buy a bunch of pods. ( i know you've herd thiss many times but its the truth)
 
flower

flower

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I never said it will die over the weekend...and stuff must of said that. LOL I said it needs a mature refugium to have enough pods to be healthy. Then I explained the starvation process. A mandarin can live a while before they starve, with a tiny amount of pods it will take it longer, but death and illness awaits it.
 
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smartorl

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Guys, I doubt this is a kid, it's someone screwing with you who needs to get a life.
 
burrito

burrito

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i got 2 live rock but now there one worm coming out of it and btw i putted 3 reefpods bottle in o-o lol
 
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