SRC Member YzF Posted January 24, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 Needed help to feed Mandarin. tried few stuff but dun seems to good.. Frozen Brine, live babies brine, dried food, mysis shrimps.. Anyone know how? i knows they like live small food. Is there anything i can culture or purchase? Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member shiraz Posted January 24, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 copepods... but it's hard to sustain a mandarin's diet unless yoru tank is 5 feet big and is 1 year old and the mandarin is only 4cm long BUT, do not dispair, i've read it here sometime back that some1 succeded in getting the mandarin to take brine shrimp! btw, u ride an R1??? Quote The world is such a wicked place,war btween the human race. People work to earn their bread,while across the sea they're counting dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuzzMarine Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Hi, though mine feed on frozen brine shrimp, but i remember someone here had his/hers feed on pellet food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 It's extremely rare to get a mandarin to eat prepared foods. Frozen brine shrimp, perhaps. Best to provide lots of copepods for your mandarins... you can build a 'pod pile'... a small pile of rocks where fishes can't go in but your copepods can thrive inside... you have to feed them enough your tank enough to encourage their growth... feeding of DT phytoplankton will help encourage more planktonic life to blossom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted January 24, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 copepods... but it's hard to sustain a mandarin's diet unless yoru tank is 5 feet big and is 1 year old and the mandarin is only 4cm long BUT, do not dispair, i've read it here sometime back that some1 succeded in getting the mandarin to take brine shrimp! btw, u ride an R1??? if they are feeding on copepods I have tons of them in my tank... and its only months old.. Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Tang Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Pod populations will come and go.... predation means they will disappear soon unless they have the means to thrive... that is why a refugium with no fish inside would be good. The dominant species of pods in my tank is the amphipod species now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member AquaRa Posted January 24, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 it would be good if there was frozen copepods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted January 24, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 Pod populations will come and go.... predation means they will disappear soon unless they have the means to thrive... that is why a refugium with no fish inside would be good. The dominant species of pods in my tank is the amphipod species now. may I know how to tell if they are amphipod or copepods? .. they all look so small.. Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member YzF Posted January 25, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 25, 2004 copepods? Those small, white, elongated living thing on my tank wall? i have quite a bit but dun think those can last long.. he/she not eating my brine.. seems like DT plankton is good stuff huh? i ride a wr400.. not R1 leh..hee Quote YzF's Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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