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I'll have to look into bloodworms. I'm gonna try mysis now. Do not have high hopes but I'll let you knowI’m sorry, I missed that. That’s awesome pod growin operation. Yes, mysis over brine and bloodworms even nutramar ova. Good luck
I culture and sell pods. So don't worry. I make mention of that in the pod towards the bottom. I have 6 ten gal tanks of pods and make 15 gallons of phyto a week.They eat pods constantly, like every ten seconds. If you have to buy pods to keep him fed, that is not good enough. They need pods that self replicate constantly as you won't be able to buy enough for even one mandarin. They should live about ten years and spawn every couple of weeks.
You could build one of these "Paul B " feeders. (I didn't name it) Notice how many times a minute a mandarin eats a pod or in this case, a new born brine shrimp.
Not a care in the world for the mysis, but I did get this videoI’m sorry, I missed that. That’s awesome pod growin operation. Yes, mysis over brine and bloodworms even nutramar ova. Good luck
Nevermind on the video. It won't load. But there were a few pods lolI’m sorry, I missed that. That’s awesome pod growin operation. Yes, mysis over brine and bloodworms even nutramar ova. Good luck
I got him tank bred luckily but I've seen wild ones get trained to eat pellets. I do suggest supplementingWhat did you do to get in the pellets? Was he tank bread? I'm pretty sure mine came from the ocean because he's fully grown and has a sunken belly and he was there for a while. I got into the hobby because I saw one of these fish and decided I had to have one. I didn't think I was quite ready but when I saw him suffering at the shop I kind of just broke and picked him up. Didn't want to see him die so I know I can sustain his diet it's just I need to know how to do it better
Supplementing what?I got him tank bred luckily but I've seen wild ones get trained to eat pellets. I do suggest supplementing
Sorry to hear that. I'm hoping I can bring this guy backI have mandarins in my 210gal. They pick on rocks and sand all the time but will be first in line when the pellets are dropping on the sand. My male is wild caught and after a while started eating pellets.
Years ago I have another pair that are both wild caught and eat pellets. I lost them when we have a 16 hours of power failure.
You could get a pod motel. Where are you located, I'll send you some of you're close enough. Just cover shippingI was tackling idea of growing pods (since i culture phyto), but, really unsure how to start without any "starter culture"....
I was thinking to add some (more) rubble in some container into sump, then after some time (not sure how long) transfer that rubble to jar, and add phyto, then... Then i got lost, simply dont know.....
Copepods, unless you have a big population. My buddy's 150 has 2 mandarins but never doses. Its just so established alreadySupplementing what?
Oh ok. Yeah I got literal GALLONS of pods at my disposalCopepods, unless you have a big population. My buddy's 150 has 2 mandarins but never doses. Its just so established already
What do you use to breed them? I'd love to start breeding them againOh ok. Yeah I got literal GALLONS of pods at my disposal
Oooh happy to tell you.What do you use to breed them? I'd love to start breeding them again
I definitely have the tools and space to start BBS... thank you.Mine is wild caught. I see him constantly hunting during the day and sleeps at night. I dose pods at night when I do unless there’s too few then I’ll supplement some during the day knowing he needs access all the time. I typically hatch baby brine with a new set up about every day when I do it because now my two clowns are eating them with the mandarin so now I have to hatch extra. I “spot light” trained him to the bbs and now he hunts them faithfully when a light holds them towards the glass to feed. Sometimes though he gets overwhelmed by the amount of bbs that is sitting there and moves away for a moment then comes right back after them.