Rsm 250 14 fish overstocked?

[Bloodasp]

Originally Posted by bowkry

the copperband is way to big of a fish for a rsm 250, I have the same tank and right now I only have 4 fish. Plus you cant have neer enough rock for your manderins, I have about 150 pounds and my tank is full of rock and I am concerned about one. I think you are way way overstocked. But some people can get away with it plus if you are running the stock skimmer I hope you have better luck than me.

ORA mandarins are captive bred and have been reared with frozen food, the have the best chances of survival in the aquarium as far as mandarins go.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Bloodasp

ORA mandarins are captive bred and have been reared with frozen food, the have the best chances of survival in the aquarium as far as mandarins go.

This is true of ORA... but many wild mandarins... both spotted and psychedelic have been known to take mysis. A 65 gallon tank should be able to handle a mandarin that only eats pods.

BUT as you are getting ORA.. you should have no issues either way.

[daniella3d]

I had 2 wild green mandarins in my 75 gallons for many months. Before that they were in my 21 gallons alone and I trained them there to eat frozen food. They both eat fish roe, Hikari frozen bloodworms and live white worms as well as pods. Neither of mine toutched mysis. Most Ora mandarin are as hard to feed as wild mandarins and much more expensive because all they eat is OVA eggs. I read a lot of stories about people buying them at high price only to see them die from starvation because they did not know the fish eated OVA shrimp eggs and did not want to take mysis. Caplan eggs from the fishery does the same. It's the Masago, or these little orange eggs that we find on sushi. Most wild mandarin will love that.

They were both fat and healthy after one year until I got a yellow tang and he killed my male mandarin. Now I only have the female remaining.

I would skip the bangai cardinal pair as if they pair up they will be terror to other fish. One bangai is enough unless you want to breed them and you don't mind them attacking your other fish.

[eguld]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

I would skip the bangai cardinal pair as if they pair up they will be terror to other fish. One bangai is enough unless you want to breed them and you don't mind them attacking your other fish.

I did not know they become more aggressive if they pair. I might stick to 1 then.