has anyone ever had a green mandrein?
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Not hard at all. Hardest thing is always to get them to eat. At fist, they only eat live food for the most part. You need a bigger tank or get them to eat frozen food if you want to keep them in a smaller tank.
I'm try my hands at a red mandarin this time around. I'm working with a new training method to get them to eat frozen food and pellets (I hope).I ate my fish that died.
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those have always been a favorite of mine too if i ever start SW....so by 'not hard at all' do you mean to an experienced SW aquarist or is it actually good for a first SW tank?75G Standard - High Light Planted Community Fish
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Originally posted by Totenkampf View Postthose have always been a favorite of mine too if i ever start SW....so by 'not hard at all' do you mean to an experienced SW aquarist or is it actually good for a first SW tank?
I might do a write on a training them. I had a lot of success with my last one.
If they don't learn to eat and if they only eat pods in your tank....they will slowly die.Last edited by myjohnson; 04-30-2012, 01:27 PM.I ate my fish that died.
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I wouldnt say they are easy but they arent hard. I only lost mine because he was suicidal and jumped. The hard part is making sure they have enough to eat if they are not on prepared foods.
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Pods, pods, pods, pods. Get pods and put them in your sump and tank. Give it a couple weeks so they can start to propagate. I've had a blue mandarin for awhile and he's doing great. They eat mostly pods but from what I've heard they can be trained to eat other food as well.
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Originally posted by eklikewhoa View Postyou rarely see anyone with enough pods to support a mandarin
Most mandarins starve to death.
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