I have a waterbox cube 20 that I've just added fish and coral to after 4 weeks of cycling. There are currently 2 clowns and a peppermint shrimp, along with some hermits and snails for CuC. My absolute favorite fish is the mandarin dragonet. I know they can be difficult fish to keep in a tank...
I have had him for over a month and he keeps swimming in the water column every night wich is how I got these photos but I am not sure if I'm OCD and he's fat, meaning he looks great or he is Mel nurished and I just don't know what a fatt mandarin looks like.
I’ve seen things about them being able to destroy a pod population in a few days, but is this really true? I have an inTank Refugium comming in a few days so I’ll have a little fuge to support a pod population, but would also be willing to dose pods on a somewhat regular basis (bi weekly?) and...
I have a biocube 32 led. It’s been running for a year but I transfered everything from a previous tank I had running for 3 years. I have so many pods the ground comes alive after lights out. Can I support a mandarin in a tank this small? I know I will likely have to supplement pods and would...
Manny eating frozen brine in his "Mandarin Diner."
***Mandarins usually only eat copeopods. They can actually starve to death if not fed enough. You must spend some time preparing them to eat other things. My tank also has a lot of pods in my refugium. I started him off in a breeder in a 10...
So I've heard of people training their mandarin fish to eat frozen foods and or flakes, have any of you guys had success with doing so, if so do you have any advice or techniques that seem to work? (there are two mandarin fish I'm eying at my LFS but I'm not sure if they will eat frozen food)...