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Like to check with u guys wat does mandarin fish eat? Have tried putting all kinds of food in but never once c him eating. Has been with me for 2 months le still ok leh.

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hi bro.

They take in pods. can be live pods or artic pods.

some do take in mysis after some time.

you can try to use straw / syringe and drop mysis near him.

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best to have a mature tank with lots of pods, unless you got a proven pellet-eating one. otherwise as jacky said, try to add live or arctic (preserved) ones. and yes, check his tummy, if it's sunken, maybe offer to some other reefer with lots of pods willing to take to adopt. good luck.

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Hi, just sharing my experience;

I got 3 mandarins; after about 1 month or so; saw that one getting skinnier while the other 2 are getting bigger.

So I catch the skinny one out and put into the betta box;

Throw pellets; arctic pods; mysis shrimp; brine shrimp in.

Saw him personally ate the mysis and brine shrimp;

Did not see him took the pellets or arctic pods; but found the number of pellets reduced after one day.

(-_-) Happy will do ... (o_o)

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Hi, just sharing my experience;

I got 3 mandarins; after about 1 month or so; saw that one getting skinnier while the other 2 are getting bigger.

So I catch the skinny one out and put into the betta box;

Throw pellets; arctic pods; mysis shrimp; brine shrimp in.

Saw him personally ate the mysis and brine shrimp;

Did not see him took the pellets or arctic pods; but found the number of pellets reduced after one day.

next time I pass my mandarin to you for training.... :)

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next time I pass my mandarin to you for training.... :)

U got mandarin meh??? :upsidedown:

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3x2x2 tank with IOS

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Chiller: Artica 1/5HP

Chiller Pump: Sicce 4000

Return Pump: OR3500

Skimmer: Deltec APF600

Wavemaker: Tunze Wavebox/2x Hydor K2/SCWD wavemaker

Lights: DElighting 2x150W MH + 2x 39W T5 Atinic

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next time I pass my mandarin to you for training.... :)

yeah, no problem;

But I guessed; not much training is involve;

I think he got too hungry so he has to eat something.

In the tank; he could not rush or fight for the food I threw in;

All the other hungry like wolves fishes always finish up the food before they touch the sand bed.

I think the other 2 mandarins are smarter; they climbed up the live rocks to catch some food :blink:

(-_-) Happy will do ... (o_o)

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U got mandarin meh??? :upsidedown:

akan datang.. maybe 1 month later....

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Mine stomach ok leh not skinny. Wat's pod btw?

Bro,

all questions you've asked can be pluck from the internet easily.. would advise you to do some research before purchasing your LS...

Mandarin Fish:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-09/fish/index.php

http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/mandarinfish.htm

Pods

http://www.livecopepods.com/

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Sure. Thanks for help n info...

no worries.. if your mandarin doesnt have sunken stomach that means that there should be pods in your tank..

one way to find out is to use a torch light and see your tank after the lights goes off for about an hour or 2.. you should see some white stuff swimming about..

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Oh ok. White stuff swimming about... Have. Seen it always. So izzit good to have this white stuff swimming around in my tank?

Or it's ok wan? 

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yup... your fishes would love them...

Oh ok. So I would say with that kind of supply I can get 1 more mandarin fish thrown onto my tank la coz at 1st was worried that I buy 1 more will result in insufficient food for them.

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Oh ok. So I would say with that kind of supply I can get 1 more mandarin fish thrown onto my tank la coz at 1st was worried that I buy 1 more will result in insufficient food for them.

Don't. 1 mandarin can eat a lot of copepods. If you get another, they might starve.

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you mandarin will deplete all the pods in your main tank in a matter of weeks.

so unless if you have a refugium or a quiet area for pods to reproduce peacefully, it is a matter of time when you run out of copepods.

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i saw my spotted mandarin eat frozen mysis just now :) so maybe can try that during feeding hour.

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Ic. So 1 is enough? Seems lonely. Btw really envy mandarin who eats mysis.

How I wish mine also like yours

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