New fish questions!

[daniella3d]

A mandarin cannot survive on "brine". Its not nutritious at all, not even the live ones.

If you can get your hands on a live white worms culture and start a good culture or two of these then you may have a chance.

Obviously though with 2 hippo that's a disaster in the making. Even one hippo in a 55 gallons is a disaster in perspective. One mandarin need around 70lbs of live rock to survive and lots of pods. Those pods need phyto plankton to survive. YOu might be able to get the pod population up if you use a refugium and feed your tank DT live phyto.

The live white worms are very rich and cannot be given to any fish as the only food source.

Originally Posted by BMahura

I've always loved mandarins and now that my yank only has a few fish due to a crash in my tank I'm looking at getting some new fish. I was interested in a mandarin but have herd alot of mixed opinions on keeping them. Currently I have a lawnmower blenny. Diamond goby. Pair of clowns juvenile hippo tang and a cardinal fish. I'm running a 55 gallon system. If I buy a mandarin that eats dead brine would it thrive in my tank or are the tank mates to aggressive. As well ive hers people have success in keeping copperbands in smaller tanks but is 55 to small?
Thanks guys

Brett

[rastaangel]

If its weaned on to prepared food then yes its possible...
I have a mated pair of dragonets that spawn regularly in a homemade 15g tank with a spawning pair of black clowns... with no sand and less then a pound of rock...

[MMAX]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

A mandarin cannot survive on "brine". Its not nutritious at all, not even the live ones.

If you can get your hands on a live white worms culture and start a good culture or two of these then you may have a chance.

Obviously though with 2 hippo that's a disaster in the making. Even one hippo in a 55 gallons is a disaster in perspective. One mandarin need around 70lbs of live rock to survive and lots of pods. Those pods need phyto plankton to survive. YOu might be able to get the pod population up if you use a refugium and feed your tank DT live phyto.

The live white worms are very rich and cannot be given to any fish as the only food source.

Where did the second hippo come from? I think you must have misread his post.

[daniella3d]

I missed the clowns in his sentence "pair of clowns juvenile hippo"

Obviously.

Originally Posted by MMAX

Where did the second hippo come from? I think you must have misread his post.