mandarins

[bberg16]

Ok had a nice mandarin checked him everyday tankmates left him alone water was great boom dead my scotter blenny still looks good so i dont think it was food shortage any ideas

 

[snorvich]

Ok had a nice mandarin checked him everyday tankmates left him alone water was great boom dead my scotter blenny still looks good so i dont think it was food shortage any ideas

Was he hunting? Or just hanging out? What sized tank?

 

[bberg16]

hunting

 

[bberg16]

sorry didnt read all the way 150gal

 

[snorvich]

Peculiar. What tank mates?

 

[RobE]

How long had you had him? I had a mandarin that was active and eating frozen mysis. Then one day I was walking by the tank and he was dead, I had him for 3 months. I read that if they were captured using cyanide that it can keep them from absorbing nutrients, so even if they are eating they can still essentially starve to death.

 

[Didac]

when my dead, my scotter blenny stay a live for another 4 months

 

[snorvich]

How long had you had him? I had a mandarin that was active and eating frozen mysis. Then one day I was walking by the tank and he was dead, I had him for 3 months. I read that if they were captured using cyanide that it can keep them from absorbing nutrients, so even if they are eating they can still essentially starve to death.

If it was eating (anything) cyanide was not the issue as then they would not eat at all. Most likely insufficient copepods to keep it nourished (mysis is nice but normally not sufficient).

 

[SushiGirl]

my scotter blenny still looks good so i dont think it was food shortage any ideas

They were competing for food, I would guess the scooter won.