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Old 08-28-2007, 01:09 AM
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Hey EmilyB....I am curious what you fed/feed your mandarins, did they eat pellets? I want to get one as well, but I am in the process of setting up a new 60G, and I think even with a fuge/pods, I will have to wait a while...agreed?
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Old 08-28-2007, 01:25 AM
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My mandarin eats blood worms like it going out of style!!! Blood worms are over looked a lot in saltwater because they are mainly freshwater food but everyone in my tank loves them
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Old 08-28-2007, 01:50 AM
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while bloodworms and other FW food might make a nice treat once in a while for SW creatures, it would make a terrible staple food. FW stuff lacks the proper nutritional values needed for SW organisms and will cause fatty liver disease in many SW organisms.
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Old 08-28-2007, 02:26 AM
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I feed my fish a vaired diet of about 7 different types of food. With food of low nutritional values I soak them in vitamin supliments & of course garlic to ensure that all my fish stay healthy but its never the same meal twice in a row, unless Im just to lazy!!! I do not use blood worms as a staple food & I agree with justinl, my mandarin has enough to eat in my system. I only sugested that when you have a stubborn fish that wont eat & by trying diffrent things you could get them to eat something & hopefully with time eat something good . I also should have said that a mandarin needs to be in a established system first of at least a year to be safe. Just tying to help
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