mandarin fish

[wschang812]

do they eat amphipods or only copepods?

 

[MikeyZO]

both i believe, but some have had limited success getting them to eat prepared food also.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Yes,both.I tend to use Tigger pods

 

[emmanuel]

I tried the tigger pods thats an expensive meal. My mandarine is growing and staying plump with no feedings now I do make babybrine shrimp a few times a week and notice when I dump the bbs in the tank the mandarine comes out though I cant say for sure it is eating them it is eating . I have an established (6 1/2 years)125gal with 200lbs of rock and 3 wrasses and a pseudochromis that are always picking at the rocks

 

[Tito]

I have an established (6 1/2 years)125gal with 200lbs of rock

This is why your Mandarin is feeding.

 

[MikeyZO]

oh yeah, thats plenty large enough and well established enough to house a mandarin. I wouldnt worry too much about supplimenting tigger pods. Maybe if you wanna add a bottle every few months just to make sure the population stays up, but you dont need to use it as weekly food.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Agreed,I just buy the bottles once a month or so just to keep him happy.

 

[aznt1217]

Just make sure you don't have any other competitors like a six line wrasse or something.

If it were me I'd say screw it buy a bottle of tigger pods and just drop the whole thing in there and wait like a week or two.

I would also make little "rock piles" where he can't get in so the pods can repopulate in there safely.

 

[QUESTIONMARC]

i have 3 in a 150. they are all plump. green manadarins will only eat pods. psychadelics will eat prepared and anythign else they can find.. they are very easy to care for.. the greens are a little more difficult. IMO 3 is too many. 2 is ideal .. i would say 1 per 75 gallon.. also. i have no fish that compete with them. no wrasses or pod eaters. which is why im getting lucky with 3.

 

[MatthewScars]

i have a 90g setup for 5 months and im thinking about getting one. i have 1/2" pods in my fuge. Would it be find if i got one and also supplimented its feeding?

not sure if 5 months is fine if i also suppliment.