Do you have a Mandarin?

[FMMreefer]

I have a 45 gallon corner tank with a pretty simple setup. I have had my mandarin for 2 and a half years. I was very lucky to have my mandarin eat frozen foods.

[dc4]

I have a 72g with a mated pair, I even found a few babies with the flashlight tonight, they were swimming around inside the barnicles I got for my blennies. Dont expect them to last long but its kewl to see none the less. Female eats frozen but the male is still learning I think, I have a fuge full of macro algae and even stuffed some chaeto in the overflow to help with copepod growth.

[SkunkClown]

I just tried a method mentioned by s.tan with the frozen bloodworms. My male green mandarin dragonet gobbled them up eagerly. I used a turkey baster to target feed him. Turning off the power heads helps too.

I have a 200g tank with about 250lbs of live rock. My setup is only 3 months old so I kinda jumped the gun a bit. He was eating frozen brine at the lfs so I was more comfortable with it. Still I would recommend being more patient then me and waiting for your tank to mature, like 6 months at least. I may get him a mate but not for a while yet.

[WindowMaker]

How can you tell when your pod population is high enough? I think the whole reason I went reef was for a mandarin, but I don't want to jump the gun and have a small Greek tragedy in my tank.

[SkunkClown]

Window Maker, I think if you shine a flashlight at your tank and see lots swimming around you have enough. How big is your tank and how much liver ock do you have?

[BlueWorldAquatic]

Got a red living with my Darwins in a 10 gal, fat as hell and the darwins allow him near the spawing pot.



Loves pellets too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfPLPShwB9A

Found my green femal after 3 months in my 90, thought she was gone.

The love white worms right from our shipper.

[phreezee]

I'm pretty sure mine eats red flatworms