mandarin

[CHEMCHEF]

i also found a good place to buy ro water for those of us who dont have a filter (YET)
On main st. in port washington there is a place that sells it exclusively
Its called pure water source and the address is 20 main st. port washington and yes they do deliver, but on thursdays (thirsty thursday for sailors here in town) you can get it for 75 cents a gallon if you bring your own container, plus the sweetest old man owns the place FYI

 

[MikeyZO]

Its called pure water source and the address is 20 main st. port washington

Cool, thanks for the info. Good luck with the mandarin. Keep us updated on his health and anything you find as far as food

 

[h20 freak]

You might want to add the pods to the back filter part to make that like a mini fuge, They could probably live on the stuff on your filter sponge.

 

[CHEMCHEF]

i will put em in the filter part this time. i didnt know u could do that.
should i turkey baste them into the filter input right in front of the sponge. its an aquapod, long vertical grid.

 

[CHEMCHEF]

madarin is still going strong he ate about six mysis shrimp last night. im afaid if i introduce too many pods hell lose his taste for the shrimp.
any thoughts?

 

[DCG1286]

I knoe i feed the tank alot but i do 20% water changes religously every monday (easy to remember only day off) and im sure i will slow it down eventually. the only other fish in the tank is a gold stripe maroon clown (thanks to Ryan @ A.A. great fish) He reminds me of an oscar in his behavior.
I also aquired another bottle of copepods today, so i will add them tonight after the lights go out.
I have been turning off the pumps when i add them, is this the right thing to do.
As for uni or urchin roe (very rare for me) mostly lobster, salmon, and paddlefish, All Unproccesed
I am going to start prepareing different recipes of frozen goodies. i will keep MR. posted if I discover anything good.
This site has been alot of help
thanks

A.A. Aquarium Adventure? Very nice staff! You like their stuff? I have bought a few things from them...most of my dry stuff...but a few zoas, and such...I am not too impressed with the overall quality too many dead or bleached corals in the back...But i have gotten alot of Lalo Live rock from them, which i like very much!

-DCG

 

[JHOV2324]

if its eating mysis...throw in some formula 1 pellets and see if it will eat that too...Mine eats everything and even tried to eat a grass shrimp i was like holy crap this guy is a beast...i have him in a 37 tall....

 

[CHEMCHEF]

AA is a nice place, very clean, a little expensive though.
I found a new place, lots of frags good coral, fish eh!
Mutts & Butts
Merrick Road Merrick

I will take a look at this formula one you speak of

 

[MikeyZO]

Mutts and Butts???? LMAO!!!!!

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Trouble

Well it looks as though i should have listened to the MR opinion
When i woke up this morning my son said i think the mandarin is dead!
well he wasnt dean but very washed out and tired looking, sitting on the bottom of the tank.
i washed my hand, stuck it in the tank to see if i could wake him and he woke up a little and his color started coming back, but then i had to leave for work.
looks like he may be a gonner.
Ill see when i get home.
but if he is alive i would like to give him to somebody who has the right knowlge and set up

I will deliver within reason

 

[CHEMCHEF]

bump:bump:

 

[CHEMCHEF]

well its been over a month since i started this thread and i am happy to say that my mandarin is still alive.
Still eating mysis shrimp, pods, brine shrimp, pellets, you name it.
I will be putting him in a 72 bow shortly with a refuge

 

[jhale]

sounds good Chef, keep him nice and fat

 

[MikeyZO]

what happened the day you thought he was a gonner?

 

[CHEMCHEF]

I came home from work 12 hours later and he was fine, he ate, and hes been fine since.
I relly did yhink he was a gonner though

 

[Ender]

I hope your mandarin is ok! I got one too and I am a bit worried after reading this thread. I got a 210 gal with about 150lb of live rock. I added Copepods, and collected some amphipods as well. It's about 10 days now... He grazes the live rock all day pecking at it. I'm not sure how well he is actually eating.

Any tips ?

 

[jhale]

I hope your mandarin is ok! I got one too and I am a bit worried after reading this thread. I got a 210 gal with about 150lb of live rock. I added Copepods, and collected some amphipods as well. It's about 10 days now... He grazes the live rock all day pecking at it. I'm not sure how well he is actually eating.

Any tips ?

how old is the tank, and when did you add the copepods?
that is plenty of rock for the madarin to graze off.

 

[Ender]

tank is six months old and I added pods a couple of days before i got him.

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Try mysis also mine eats it. 150 pounds of rock is alot and your tank is 6 mos old. Its a crap shoot but he might b ok

 

[Ender]

Try mysis also mine eats it. 150 pounds of rock is alot and your tank is 6 mos old. Its a crap shoot but he might b ok

Hope this isn't a dumb question but frozen mysis right? I'm lucky enough to have amphipods growing in the last chamber of my sump... I'm also going to collect a bunch more tomorrow ( lucky enough to be by the water).... I am also going to by some copepods as well to get it really going.

I'm going back to read and see what you did to get him to eat mysis.... Good luck with your guy.