Fattening up a mandarin.

[Paul B]

I think 100% of the fish we keep die in our tanks. But I could be wrong. :wavehand:

 

[dkeller_nc]

I think 100% of the fish we keep die in our tanks. But I could be wrong. :wavehand:

Yeah, but hopefully not due to malnutrition (I'd hope for "old age").

 

[MondoBongo]

I think 100% of the fish we keep die in our tanks. But I could be wrong. :wavehand:

unless they go carpet surfing at some point.

 

[mayjong]

where do you keep the shoeboxes?
don't they need to be kept cool?

my wife may kill me...........................

 

[Paul B]

Put them in your wife's underware drawer

 

[Whiterabbitrage]

Put them in your wife's underware drawer

:lol2: some women like myself are probably into that.


On a serious note,
Thanks for the info on the worms, Paul.

 

[Paul B]

Now thats a woman. :inlove:

 

[Whiterabbitrage]

My worms-in-the-underwear dance. :dance: just for you

 

[herring_fish]

Here are a couple of dumb "œNth degree" questions:

Does anyone know what eventually kills the worms "¦lack of oxygen, salt, or quick starvation? 4 hours in the tank is very good but if I were to greatly over feed them, they could jump from good nutrition to contributing to the nutrient problem in the tank.

Could their tank lives be extended, even further, in any way?

 

[Paul B]

My worms-in-the-underwear dance. just for you

OK, I'm spent.

Does anyone know what eventually kills the worms "¦lack of oxygen, salt, or quick starvation?

They probably die from boredom. If you worried about some worms messing up your water, don't use them. How long do the pellets many people feed live?

 

[herring_fish]

I'm a non-photosynthetic coral guy. I want to bomb the tank with tons of food and I often do. As you know, that can lead to nutrient issues. Live food does much better than dead.

Therefore, I have been experimenting with and building toward technology that can raise comparatively high volumes of pods, brine shrimp, rotifers and more, in a relatively small space "¦all for my display tank. I don't have the personality to grow phytoplankton right now. I am always looking for live alternatives to powders, cubes, etc.

I guess that bombing is not OK with these babies. I would have to add only what is eaten but they are still a good idea.

 

[Dangleflow9]

I've had a mandarin for about 9 months now. I know this isn't considered any long span of time for keeping a fish, but I've had some good success in growing it. I bought it when it was just a tiny little guy and I had seeded my 120gal with a ton of copepods and amphipods from Reefs2Go. The pods are a steal when you catch them on sale, and they're great size. I get about 2,000 of a mixed bag shipped to my house about every 6 months. My mandarin seems happy and very healthy. I've never observed him eating anything else; he's always hunting for pods. He's probably doubled in size since I first got him, and, knock on wood, has never shown any signs of stress or poor health.

Hope this helps!

 

[igot2gats]

You need a plastic shoebox with some holes in the top and some potting soil preferably without fertilizer.

Plastic shoebox? As in a tupperware-type container?

I've never heard of a plastic shoebox.

 

[Paul B]

I've never heard of a plastic shoebox.

Your not married, are you?

 

[rlm2005]

Your not married, are you?

:lol:

You can find the plastic shoeboxes where you would buy the plastic totes and stuff like that. Walmart, Target, ect.

 

[herring_fish]

Nice avatar.

 

[igot2gats]

Your not married, are you?

Yes, I am.

:lol:

You can find the plastic shoeboxes where you would buy the plastic totes and stuff like that. Walmart, Target, ect.

Ok, so just normal see-through storage containers?

 

[m0nkie]

so do these worms reproduce in the box? or do you keep buying new ones?

 

[Paul B]

The whiteworms re produce rather fast in the box

 

[dkeller_nc]

The whiteworms re produce rather fast in the box

Yeah, in fact it's a bit of a problem. If you don't need all that many you wind up making up new boxes to seed them into to prevent your culture from crashing or getting moldy. By way of reference, I grew all the worms I could feed to some 25 pairs of killifish and several dozen Discus in just 6 plastic shoe boxes.