Mandarin dragonet
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mushroomss
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Try to find out if the mandarins your gonna buy were bred in captivity.If they are most of the time they eat things like mysis,cyclops,and even flakes.Buying them when they are bred in captivity will also increase your fish's chance of survival.
blizz75
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thats a good plan but i would have no way of telling and they sure as heck arent very helpful.
i want to add some macro to the tank and make it kind of like a "garden feel" thought it would look pretty cool. I have absolutely no knowledge about lighting all i have is 18W of NO. Could i replace a bulb and get like a 40W plant bulb or do i need a PC fixture to support macro?
i want to add some macro to the tank and make it kind of like a "garden feel" thought it would look pretty cool. I have absolutely no knowledge about lighting all i have is 18W of NO. Could i replace a bulb and get like a 40W plant bulb or do i need a PC fixture to support macro?
murph
Active Member
Originally Posted by Laddy
good luck, next to the regal i think this is one of those fish that doesn't do all that great in regular systems.
I agree; this fish will do far better in a in a species specific or near species specific tank. I have one in my brothers tank that I basically take care of for him that is 40 gal breeder and contains just a fire fish as a tank mate.
I know it flys in the face of conventional logic but IMO this fish will actually do better once food trained, in a smaller tank with little to no competition for food. The key here is food trained however. They must be taking frozen mysis or you are looking at likely failure.
It is also far easier to food train in a smaller species specific tank with a mixer of live enriched brine and frozen mysis. The fire fish served nicely to "show" the mandarin that frozen mysis is indeed a food item and I have since discontinued with the feeding of live brine and all is well. Unless there is access to an outside source of pods in case of failure I would not advise trying this unless you are prepared to lose the fish or find another suitable home.
If the goal is to have this species in a community setting I would say you are back to the conventional logic of a hundred gallon system and a hundred pounds of LR.
good luck, next to the regal i think this is one of those fish that doesn't do all that great in regular systems.
I agree; this fish will do far better in a in a species specific or near species specific tank. I have one in my brothers tank that I basically take care of for him that is 40 gal breeder and contains just a fire fish as a tank mate.
I know it flys in the face of conventional logic but IMO this fish will actually do better once food trained, in a smaller tank with little to no competition for food. The key here is food trained however. They must be taking frozen mysis or you are looking at likely failure.
It is also far easier to food train in a smaller species specific tank with a mixer of live enriched brine and frozen mysis. The fire fish served nicely to "show" the mandarin that frozen mysis is indeed a food item and I have since discontinued with the feeding of live brine and all is well. Unless there is access to an outside source of pods in case of failure I would not advise trying this unless you are prepared to lose the fish or find another suitable home.
If the goal is to have this species in a community setting I would say you are back to the conventional logic of a hundred gallon system and a hundred pounds of LR.