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03-21-2006, 11:37 PM
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My blue pair (m&f) eat something that I can't see that is growing on the rock all day long. I too have not actually seen them eat what I would call "pods". However, they eat a lot and are looking healthy and whatever it is they are consuming often creates a smoke-like puff from their gills when they chew it. The article author said his eats once every 3 minutes, I would say with mine it seems more like every 20-30 seconds depending on where in the tank they are.
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03-23-2006, 08:21 PM
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I've have kept quite a few mandarins... I haven't much luck with the splendidus ones. They are quite finicky although the closest I got to feeding one was hatching baby brine shrimps. It would swim up the sides of the tank and siphon them one by one.
If you gotta try mandarins, try the psychedelic kinds. They're less finicky from my experience, and the guy from King Ed's agrees. I bought one abt 8 months back...and he's still fat and happy. He was initially a little shy, but try warming him up with bloodworms. Then gradually, try brineshrimp. Now I have him on mysis. You gotta have the patience to try to place food in its path...and once you have gotten him used to a feeding space, when he sees ya in front of the tank, he will go check out the spot for food. I have my mandarin feeding off some flatter live rock near the top of my tank. Helps that my other fish are quite passive.  Last edited by psychedelic; 03-23-2006 at 08:23 PM.
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03-23-2006, 09:29 PM
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I have seen some pics of a guy who put sinking pellets into a small jar, and lowered the jar down as a "feeding station" for his mandarins. He always put the jar in the same place, and made the opening just large enough for the mandarins.
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03-23-2006, 09:35 PM
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I believe that is Melev from Reef Central. The "feeding station" AKA the "Mandarin Diner"
Cool little invention. It was funny, I read back a few months ago and he had posted a little video of all his big tangs trying to get into this small jar trying to get at the pellets. Of course, other small fish helped themselves into the Diner. Pretty cool, (couldnt find the page for the vid)
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03-23-2006, 09:37 PM
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The "Mandarin Diner" that rings a bell, must be it.
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03-24-2006, 12:49 AM
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03-28-2006, 09:16 PM
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That is an awesome video. I laughed at the tangs so hard.
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