Feeding Mandarin Dragonet Frozen Cyclopods

[Grimreaperz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsGrL9nxJPs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wisMeEfLTzI

How? Where do I find the instructions?
Any tutorial videos?!

NVM think I got it....will need to do some experimenting...I want to use this not just for a ruby red blenny but feeding in general very good setup!

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[jewlz]

So of course I found the write up too. It seems like a very good idea. If I ever have a fish that needs to pick at its food, I'll make one up.

 

[yraveh]

Good morning,
2 Question plz:
1. when you pour the baby brine in the funnel, what made them swim down all the way to the container? why dont they remain suspended in the clear tubing?

2. regarding brine hatchery, do you always buy the brine egg?

 

[MondoBongo]

Good morning,
2 Question plz:
1. when you pour the baby brine in the funnel, what made them swim down all the way to the container? why dont they remain suspended in the clear tubing?

2. regarding brine hatchery, do you always buy the brine egg?

you wash them down the tube with a little bit of water. just enough to displace them in the tube, and flush them in the receptacle at the bottom.

yes. you wouldn't want adult brine, they're not as good nutritionally.

 

[taby15]

I have a spotted mandarin which started eating pods, then brine-small-mysis- pellets. I've had him for two years, fed once a day. I was unaware that they needed to eat so often.

 

[MondoBongo]

I have a spotted mandarin which started eating pods, then brine-small-mysis- pellets. I've had him for two years, fed once a day. I was unaware that they needed to eat so often.

they're very adept at finding their own food. typically in a properly sized/setup tank without food competition, they can take care of themselves without the need for discreet feedings from the keeper.

so while you may only be feeding him once a day, rest assured he's spending the rest of his time foraging for food.

my current main system is a 160 tied to a 35 cube through a shared sump. in the 160 i have my S. splendidus, and in the 35 cube i have my S. ocellatus. neither of whom usually partake of feeding time.

 

[yraveh]

... then brine-small-mysis- pellets.

what are these pellets?

yes. you wouldn't want adult brine, they're not as good nutritionally.

is it possible to collect eggs laid by the adult?

 

[sde1500]

what are these pellets?


is it possible to collect eggs laid by the adult?

From my research, if you are trying to raise them, they don't lay eggs. Eggs are collected on site, at the great salt lake for example. When conditions are not right for live birth they lay eggs that go dormant for the winter before hatching the following spring.

 

[MondoBongo]

what are these pellets?


is it possible to collect eggs laid by the adult?

Dunno. They're so cheap and easy to buy that I never looked in to it. They even freeze well. Even if you could, I don't think it would be worth the effort.