ORA Manderins

[mginn]

My LFS got in a group of ORA manderins. I saw them eating pellets off the bottom. Is anyone having success with them. I have read a lot of differing opinions. Are they getting more successful with newer generations of fish ?

 

[olemiss reb]

Had mine since June/July. Eating NLS small pellets, ova, mysid. Recently started mating.

Male--

egg laden female--

 

[jimmy_beaner]

where are these ORA Mandarins available for purchase? If they eat frozen foods... I could actually keep one without a separate tank for pods

 

[snorvich]

where are these ORA Mandarins available for purchase? If they eat frozen foods... I could actually keep one without a separate tank for pods

Absolutely! Of course the mandarin would have to be the only fish in the tank since they compete poorly for food. Oh, by the way, once a day feeding won't cut it for a fish that has a metabolism designed to eat constantly.

 

[jimmy_beaner]

Absolutely! Of course the mandarin would have to be the only fish in the tank since they compete poorly for food. Oh, by the way, once a day feeding won't cut it for a fish that has a metabolism designed to eat constantly.

I'd wait until I was able to be around the tank morning and night. I have a pair of clowns in the tank, but I'm sure I can figure out a way to keep them at bay... (typically just leasing some cyclopeeze into the tank flow drives them crazy and keeps them busy for awhile) while I feed the mandarin via airline tubing (assuming they will take to being fed out of airline tubing)

 

[toash]

Mine is eating pellets of the tank bottom too....he is actually in with niger, chromis, clown, and some cardinals...seems to be doing ok

 

[Angel*Fish]

Absolutely! Of course the mandarin would have to be the only fish in the tank since they compete poorly for food. Oh, by the way, once a day feeding won't cut it for a fish that has a metabolism designed to eat constantly.

+1

The lovely thing about mandarins is they are the one fish you don't have to feed - just keep the pods maintained. Much easier than the ordeal of trying to set up a way to get them fed in a community or even a species tank multiple times a day.

 

[MItank]

do the ORA mandarins still eat pods or just whatever you feed them

 

[JoJoTheClown]

My ORA Manadarin eats Artic-Pods. not sure if its a normal diet, but my LFS guy suggested it... Not only does my Mandarin eat them, EVERYTHING else in my tank seems to go nuts for them.