Do you have a Mandarin?

[Doug]

The male I had that is one of the pair in Mikes tank, must at least 6 or 7 yrs. old now. The female, that I bought from another member when he moved, is less.

As posted on another thread, besides mysis or bloodworms, they loved to eat the small Ocean Nutrition Formula One Marine Pellets. She would actually watch me put them in the water and head to the spot in the tank where they collected on the bottom in the current.

[paddyob]

Thanks for all the input.

Seems like a lot of good success out there... regardless of tank size.

[doch]

Originally Posted by paddyob

Thanks for all the input.

Seems like a lot of good success out there... regardless of tank size.

+1. The tiny tanks surprise me... a lot. 7gallon!? Wow.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by doch

+1. The tiny tanks surprise me... a lot. 7gallon!? Wow.

ME TOO!!!!

7 gallons. I never even added a category for under 20G!!

I wonder how many people are beating him up for admitting it!

My 70 does not seem so bad now.

[reefwars]

im in the same boat as you pat my 90g is teeming with life both in the display and def in the fuge , my sixline does nothing to it that i notice in facet hes very fat and now the same with the mandarin both are bursting at the stomach and still every day i notice an abundance of pods.


makes me wonder because they are so fat is it possible for them to over feed on pods to the pint where they get sick or cant function right??

[reefwars]

my mandarin never leaves the one side of the tank very often so that tells me that he gets enough food just from that area alone, the sixline is more open water and since hes so quick he travels the whole tank

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by reefwars

im in the same boat as you pat my 90g is teeming with life both in the display and def in the fuge , my sixline does nothing to it that i notice in facet hes very fat and now the same with the mandarin both are bursting at the stomach and still every day i notice an abundance of pods.


makes me wonder because they are so fat is it possible for them to over feed on pods to the pint where they get sick or cant function right??

I would assume that when full, they stop eating. Can you imagine a bunch of mandys fat footing around the reef? LOL.

I think I will obtain one.... maybe. In a while. Still worry about the wrasse.

[rastaangel]

Originally Posted by paddyob

ME TOO!!!!

7 gallons. I never even added a category for under 20G!!

I wonder how many people are beating him up for admitting it!

My 70 does not seem so bad now.

And theres a scooter blenny, and a pair of dwarf seahorses in there to... THEY ALL EAT PELLETS!!! Took some time and skill to get them into it but how many people can make those claims?

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by rastaangel

And theres a scooter blenny, and a pair of dwarf seahorses in there to... THEY ALL EAT PELLETS!!! Took some time and skill to get them into it but how many people can make those claims?

Not very many at all

In fact I should have added the choice...

"Had, but perished."

I bet that would have got some interesting numbers.

Any pics of the nano?

[chewie]

I decided to add one to my 90g tank when my pod population went through the roof. My tank was only 6 months old at the time (bought a mature setup, so really 2 years old) they covered everthing. My other fish, regal tang, foxface, 3 chromis started acting weired. Shaking and swimming in bursts. I think all the pods in there were actualy driving them nuts (like fleas on a dog). Added my psychedelic mandrin and within weeks he had pod population under control and the other fish stopped acting weird. Oh and I named the mandrin Budda as his belly is huge. Still the coolest fish out there.