My new fish

scubachris

Member
Wanted one of these since before I set up my tank. Was at the LFS and they had a nice one so I picked her up. She has been in the tank for about a week now and all is good.

 

bigal0221

Member
That is a beautiful fish! I hope you did your research because that beauty takes a very well established tank and a large amount of copepods or it will slowly starve to death.
 

goinbroke

Member
good luck with that manderin!
bigal0221 HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD! those fish are almost impossible to keep. i'd be suprised if anyone on these forums even has one. if you dont have a 100 plus gallon tank andf fuge thats well establashed and dosnt have ANY other fish that eat copepods it will slowly starve. it's a shame they are even sold. i'm sure 99.9 of them end up dead.
on a better note: i hope you have sucess with it! they sure are beautiful fish. i have seen bottles of copepods at the lfs before. dont know if it's snake oil or what but if it's not maybe be good for the manderin. i'm sure somone will know! good luck! wish i could get one!
 

lil.guppy

Active Member
Beautiful!
Order extra copepods online just to be on the safe side. Thats what I did for mine and hes happy
 
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