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37 minutes ago, damon said:

The first problem is their swimming behaviour. They tend to stay in the water column and get eaten very fast. The second problem is their diet.

I agree on this comment. 

Tigger pods are pelagic (i.e. free swimming). As mentioned by Damon, they eaten by fishes very quickly because they are free swimming.

If you observe mandarin dragonets, they peck surfaces and are terrible at catching free swimming pods. The best pods for them are small "Benthic" (bottom dwelling type). Example is Tisbe or baby amphipods.

I've also noticed that mandarins have small mouths and they skip the larger amphipods (Mine won't eat 2mm sized amphipods)

 

While pods can survive on detritus, the population will explode if you feed it phytoplankton. Ideally live phyto.

 

 

 

 

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I agree on this comment. 
Tigger pods are pelagic (i.e. free swimming). As mentioned by Damon, they eaten by fishes very quickly because they are free swimming.
If you observe mandarin dragonets, they peck surfaces and are terrible at catching free swimming pods. The best pods for them are small "Benthic" (bottom dwelling type). Example is Tisbe or baby amphipods.
I've also noticed that mandarins have small mouths and they skip the larger amphipods (Mine won't eat 2mm sized amphipods)
 
While pods can survive on detritus, the population will explode if you feed it phytoplankton. Ideally live phyto.
 
 
 
 

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