Sure thing. Just make sure your tank is small enough that food can get around.

i bought him for $50 from aquarium central a few days ago so i don't really wanna go less then $30. sorry.

hey we just got a mandarin dragonet and have basically been told it's going to be hard to keep him fed...any tips? we have a five gallon tank and just him and some hermit crabs and snails in the tank.

Live baby brine shrimp enriched with selcon. This works basically every time. Especially works in a small tank like yours where the food can be given at a large concentration due to small water volume. A couple good options exist for keeping them alive and the hatching is quite easy to do as well. Gimme a shout if you would like any further info.

By the sounds of it you are not ready for a mandarin.

He is looking to find someone with a high chance of supporting the fish, and if you are asking for advice on feeding, then, no offense, but this is not for you.

Mandys are demanding and delicate. Requiring mature tanks with live pods.



Good luck with the sale.

Try ken at BW. Maybe he had white worms.

Im sure bwa has live pods for sale as well. Tough fish to keep in a newish tank.

Do you disagree with the brine shrimp approach then? It's basically all mine eats. I agree that they are sensitive but you seem to be disregarding the other options. Why go to Ken when I am offering him food?

actually BBS is not the best diet for mandarins. They are free swimmers, and don't stay on the rocks where mandarins hunt, unless the BBS are dying. Also not the best for nutritional value unless freshly hatched.

Best choices are copepods, but if you don't have enough, the second best choice are white worms. I have yet to see a mandarin refuse them, they sit on the bottom of the tank and wiggle for a few hours.

After white worms, the mandarin starts weating frozen, and if you are lucky pellets.

That is how we get our new arrivals to eat

Does the selcon enrichment not provide enough nutrition?
Also do you have white worms available? Would like to get some asap?
Copepods as well?

got both fully in stock now.

Copepods are doing great

If you want a RTF (ready to feed) culture of warms, I need 48 hours to prep it.