Mandarins...who has a healthy one? - Page 2

andresont · #11 09-13-2007, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Cameron

My mandarin eats frozen mysis

let me know if you want to sell him, I’ll pay twice the LFS price.

Pan · #12 09-13-2007, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by andresont

can you see them multiply in you tank / fuge?
i tried tvice and never saw a single tiger pod again.

Maybe they don't 'do it" while you watch...play some barry white get them in the mood

But, reed mariculture the people who supply the pods have or at least had some info on this type of thing on their website.

0sprey · #13 09-13-2007, 08:38 PM

I bought the tigger pods from OA, and my tank crawls with them now. I dont have a mandarin... yet. In a few months, though!

andresont · #14 09-13-2007, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 0sprey

I bought the tigger pods from OA, and my tank crawls with them now. I dont have a mandarin... yet. In a few months, though!

OMG !
Can you please tell me how long did you aclimatise them etc. whot do you think i am doing wrong?

Sebae again · #15 09-13-2007, 11:26 PM

Do you have a fuge? .If you put them all in the tank with the lights on ,they'll just be an expensive snack for the other fish .Dottybacks and wrasses can eat them also.

X-Treme · #16 09-14-2007, 03:55 AM

Maybe try getting some phyto-feast for the pods to feed on as well.

andresont · #17 09-14-2007, 07:18 AM

Got no fuge, i also put some in my Nano with no fish at all and NONE of tiger pods survived

tried twice fist time 3 hrs of aclimatization , second time two days of aclimatization...

I feed plancton every other day.
This is just Fraging mistery to me.

0sprey · #18 09-14-2007, 07:17 PM

Ah... maybe thats the difference. Most of my order went into the fuge section of my sump... no predators. I also dont have any serious pod predators in the tank ATM, and I think that helps, too.
I just used standard acclimation... dripped for a couple hours.

fishoholic · #19 09-14-2007, 09:26 PM

I have a 2-3 inch spotted mandrain that eats mostly frozen mysis, some baby brine shrimp and pods. He's been in my 30g cube tank (no fuge) for about 4-5 months and is doing very well.

andresont · #20 09-16-2007, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by 0sprey

Ah... maybe thats the difference. Most of my order went into the fuge section of my sump... no predators. I also dont have any serious pod predators in the tank ATM, and I think that helps, too.
I just used standard acclimation... dripped for a couple hours.

My Nano has no fish in it and still pods would not stay alive ...