Mandarin Eating Frozen!!!! WOOHOO!!!!

[thirty5]

I picked up my mandarin a few weeks ago and she (i think) is doing fine!!

Yesterday I was spot feeding with some mysis and one fell to the bottom and there popped out "Mandy" (named by my kids) and sucked up the mysis. I was sooo happy to see that.

When I later fed the fish Mandy just sucked up everything she saw!!!

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Congrats! I would also say that looks like a female.

 

[thirty5]

Congrats! I would also say that looks like a female.

She does not have the high dorsal fin. But I was gonna give a bit more just to make sure that it was not bitten off from its prior tank mates

 

[Treef]

Nice is it one of the ora mandarins?

Sent from my Droid using Reefs

 

[thirty5]

Nice is it one of the ora mandarins?

Sent from my Droid using Reefs

Well I can't say it is or is not.. Bought from a fellow reefer when he broke his tank down.

 

[ryangrieder]

Nice, now next step is to get it to eat pellets! Took me a few weeks to get it to eat frozen, and the almost 4 months to eat pellets. I have had him for 5 years now going on 6. Good luck with yours

 

[howze01]

Awesome! I have one (a male) that is eating frozen. Haven't really tried pellets yet though since I feed frozen at least once a day. My roommate has the Spotted Mandarin that his fiance named Mandy too and shes a big hog, eats anything she can fit in her mouth!

 

[thirty5]

Nice, now next step is to get it to eat pellets! Took me a few weeks to get it to eat frozen, and the almost 4 months to eat pellets. I have had him for 5 years now going on 6. Good luck with yours

I don't feed pellets....

 

[ryangrieder]

I fed frozen for 7 years. I use to think pellet food was a filler and horrible to feed. Then I saw so many amazing show tanks... Feeding pellets. I tried it, and my fish loved it more then frozen. And, to feed to mandarin, its easier because it sinks!

 

[thirty5]

I fed frozen for 7 years. I use to think pellet food was a filler and horrible to feed. Then I saw so many amazing show tanks... Feeding pellets. I tried it, and my fish loved it more then frozen. And, to feed to mandarin, its easier because it sinks!

HMMMMMMM.

What kind you feed? I am always open to new things.

 

[thirty5]

shes a big hog, eats anything she can fit in her mouth!

hmmm!!! Lol

 

[howze01]

Somehow I knew that was going to come back to haunt me!

 

[ryangrieder]

New life spectrum

 

[thirty5]

New life spectrum

Like this?? LOL

I just tried but the problem is that my clowns are too small to eat it yet. So maybe i will wait for the clowns to get bigger.

Or I will just find a smaller pellet?

 

[ryangrieder]

No that's regular formula for fresh or salt. I use the saltwater only one

http://www.marinedepot.com/New_Life...ife_International-NL1113-FIFDDRPTSWSP-vi.html

And I think they have 3 sizes of pellets. I use the smallest and the small mixed. I also use the reef micro feeder

http://www.marinedepot.com/New_Life...Life_International-NL65100-FIFDDRPTSW-vi.html


New life makes alot of foods...

http://www.marinedepot.com/New_Life_International-Saltwater-NL-FIFDDRPTSW-ct.html



I also use esv freeze dried phyto

 

[charliethetuna88]

Thirty5 just wanted to say thanks for ur post I wouldn't have thought to give my manderin mysis figured they were to big for him I tried everything but he would not eat I just gave him some mysis and man he sucked them down thanks for the info

 

[thirty5]

Thirty5 just wanted to say thanks for ur post I wouldn't have thought to give my manderin mysis figured they were to big for him I tried everything but he would not eat I just gave him some mysis and man he sucked them down thanks for the info

No problem. Now that I know she is eating frozen, I won't worry that she will starve!