Completely untrue.
Mandarin vs Leopard Wrasse
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Completely untrue.
Jeff4777
New member
What lol? Why do you think mandarins are sensitive? Typically they adapt to captivity well. We are not talking about their dietary needs that either is or is not provided by the aquarist. Im talking about sensitivity to water chemistry, wellness during shipping, ability to handle meds, and adapting to a new environment compared to a leopard wrasse. Please elaborate.
MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
:worried:
mandarins tolerate none of those things well.
they're very sensitive to medications and water quality, are terrible shippers, and have some very specific environmental concerns to be wary of.
Jeff4777
New member
Okay interesting, thing is ive had dragonets without any issues other than green madarins being shipped already starved. Never noticed anything more senstive about them than others. Where as with wrasses ive had the biggest amount of loss over any fish going through QT and meds. Guess just my anecdotal experience. Good to hear other input
ThRoewer
New member
I had a good deal of mandarins and lost very few to diseases. Most losses were due to accidents and sixlines.
I have right now a female in treatment - not because she is sick, but because I made the mistake to quarantine her and to do it on top of that in a QT where the other fish showed already signs of ich. She is handling hyposalinity and BiFuran fine, but hasn't picked up eating frozen foods yet and is therefore a bit on the hungry side. I plan on pulling her out as soon as the antibiotic treatment is done.
As for wrasses, the only ones I had long term success with were sixlines.
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I have right now a female in treatment - not because she is sick, but because I made the mistake to quarantine her and to do it on top of that in a QT where the other fish showed already signs of ich. She is handling hyposalinity and BiFuran fine, but hasn't picked up eating frozen foods yet and is therefore a bit on the hungry side. I plan on pulling her out as soon as the antibiotic treatment is done.
As for wrasses, the only ones I had long term success with were sixlines.
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:lol: Sorry, meant to go back and elaborate ..... and then never did. While the mandarin may be 'hardy' in the sense that it is not susceptible to many of the common diseases that plague other fish, dietary needs are (in my opinion) an essential part of what I'd consider hardiness. While there may be divergent views on the ease of feeding, the vast majority of the mandarins I have seen in peoples tanks look to be on the verge of starvation. In terms of ability to handle water chemistry shifts, I'd view the mandarin as neither particularly easy nor particularly problematic.
ThRoewer
New member
In a well matured and large enough reef tank with enough live rock (the real stuff, not the manmade replacement) Mandarins will not need any feeding.
I don't feed my two specifically and they are fat and spawning regularly. They may pick up some frozen Mysis that the rest of the gang missed, but I do not target feed them.
So if mandarins are easy or difficult depends entirely on your tank and if there is any competition for pods.
In the right tank, with the right tank mates, they are "drop in and forget" fish.
I don't feed my two specifically and they are fat and spawning regularly. They may pick up some frozen Mysis that the rest of the gang missed, but I do not target feed them.
So if mandarins are easy or difficult depends entirely on your tank and if there is any competition for pods.
In the right tank, with the right tank mates, they are "drop in and forget" fish.
