My Mandarin Fish..

[blacknails]

Hey guys.. I just wanted to share a piece of news about my Mandarin Fish.. Now I know how many people say that Mandarin Fishes will only accept live copepods as food but after keeping him for a few weeks, yesterday I saw it experimenting frozen brine shrimp and it liked it!! It now is eating frozen brine and mysis shrimps and I am so so happy!!! I dunno how often this happens but just a piece of news I wanted to share!!

[terryansimon]

plain lucky? fishes can be weened onto other forms of food I think. either that or it must have been damn hungry, thats why it experimented with other food?

[ai[k²]wan]

who said mandarin dont accept other food, its just dat they cannot sustain on mysis or brine shrimp. they need pods

[jOO]

happy for u dude...

[Achilles Tang]

Happy for you too!

[flubberina13]

have I told you that my mandarin is eating all the stuff I throw into the tank?

Manker especially loves the prepared ones...

That's why he so fat fat...

getting basic photography lessons soon(dun laugh... ...I ain't techno freak...)...

will post a pic later...

[MarineLive]

When can we get to see your Mandarin?

Cheers

[fangtooth]

my ex mandarin did that too.i believes it's evolution.nature tends to adapt to changes... eh, but not all hor,dont push your luck.

[flubberina13]

IMO...the requirements for keeping a mandarin are ...

1) tank with good coralline growth (to simulate ambient environment)

2) mature tank or at least half a year of generating

3) non-blennies tank (some will fight with them for copepods...)

4) tank with copepods growth(to start them eating...) then it will be

easier to be 'weaned' onto other diet...

5) no existing mandarin in the tank unless it is a paired one...

6) no different species of them...eg..dun mix the spendiculus one

with the picturesque(hope I got the spelling right... ) I mean

the 'dots' ones cannot be mixed with the 'curvy' ones...

This is all I can think of for the time being...

[edwincis]

Ah my is a sad case, my blue color mandarin is always being bullied by my green color one. I guess i shouldn't have mixed both of them in the tank.

[Dispar_Anthias]

IMO...the requirements for keeping a mandarin are ...

1) tank with good coralline growth (to simulate ambient environment)

2) mature tank or at least half a year of generating

3) non-blennies tank (some will fight with them for copepods...)

4) tank with copepods growth(to start them eating...) then it will be

easier to be 'weaned' onto other diet...

5) no existing mandarin in the tank unless it is a paired one...

6) no different species of them...eg..dun mix the spendiculus one

with the picturesque(hope I got the spelling right... ) I mean

the 'dots' ones cannot be mixed with the 'curvy' ones...

This is all I can think of for the time being...

eh soemone tank like no coralline algae growth

[Dispar_Anthias]

have I told you that my mandarin is eating all the stuff I throw into the tank?

Manker especially loves the prepared ones...

That's why he so fat fat...

getting basic photography lessons soon(dun laugh... ...I ain't techno freak...)...

will post a pic later...

Hey no need to emphasise on the word all jking

[NormanH]

Getting your mandarin fish to eat frozen food is one thing, its ability to get to the food b4 other fish is another... mine does accept BBS but the problem is it's always too slow.

[vdc]

My Mandarin loves brine shrimps but doesnt even wana look at pellets. My Scooter is the exact opposite of the Mandarin ahahahah

[FuEl]

My male sri lankan scooter showed the female how to eat brine shrimp. She soon learnt.

[blacknails]

Yeah my Mandarin is a lil slow too but it does always get alot of frozen food cause my tank not many fish..

I haven't tried feeding it dried food but would it take?

And ermm.. My tank has all the required specs except abundant corraline growth.. Is it ok? My Mandarin's been happy in my tank for months already..