Tonggao - Miss your fish??
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Wow Phong, I want the fish back! J/K 
. Really happy to see it is doing so beatiful in your tank, and I remember that the one went to you really like to show off in front of cameras. I am wondering how the other one that went to Vince is doing. I need to practice more on my camera skill, but here is the little brother of the trios.
. Really happy to see it is doing so beatiful in your tank, and I remember that the one went to you really like to show off in front of cameras. I am wondering how the other one that went to Vince is doing. I need to practice more on my camera skill, but here is the little brother of the trios.
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hawaiianwargod
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Very nice Elite. Did you use a tripod when you took those pics?
..Adrian, I kept all 3 Mandarines in my 12G nano tank (the first one I later moved to my 120G, and the later two went into the Nano tank at the same time) for more than 1 week to train them eating frozen food. They were doing great in the nano, except they ate so much that I had a hard time to keep the water clean (I hated doing water change all the time). After I put mine in the big tank, I stopped feeding him frozen food because it is hard to keep other faster fish away from the food and he seems to be getting enough pods from the tank anyway.
There is no guarantee that every Mandarine can be trained to eat frozen food, but I was able to train all 3 to eat frozen food within 3 days of time. So if you or your friends have a backup tank with enough pods, and you do not mind going through the trouble manually feeding it everyday, go for it. IMO they are one of the most beautiful fish I have seen.
There is no guarantee that every Mandarine can be trained to eat frozen food, but I was able to train all 3 to eat frozen food within 3 days of time. So if you or your friends have a backup tank with enough pods, and you do not mind going through the trouble manually feeding it everyday, go for it. IMO they are one of the most beautiful fish I have seen.
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I fed them roe/cyclopeeze soaked in galic water. They are very slow careful eaters, and I made an acrylic feeding chamber glued onto mag cleaner for it so the food doesn't get blown away. After they get comfortable with the tank, they would go inside the chamber and spend a good a mount of time inspecting the food before eating it. When I placed the chamber on the sand, the hermit crabs usually got to the food faster than the fish .
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africangrey
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Hey Phong, nice camera skill there, I am sure Kenetics is looking up to you. What kind of camera do you have if you don't mind me asking? Just want to get the same one you have
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By the way, did you get some rod's food from the group buy, how does your mandarine respond to that, all my fish go crazy over it.
Spencer
.By the way, did you get some rod's food from the group buy, how does your mandarine respond to that, all my fish go crazy over it.
Spencer
650-IS350
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Hey Elite, have you tried sinking soft pellets made out of krill.. my mandarin loves eating those things... he eats cyclopeeze aswell but loves the cyclopeeze granual pellets more..
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=15535&N=2004+6105
something like this but different brand and stays soft..
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=4311&N=2004+6105
you really have to baby them when feeding.. I turn off all water circulation for at least 1/2 hr.. to give him enough time to sift through all the food.
When I first got mine, the stomach started to look concave but luckily he started to eat prepared foods and now looks pretty healthy
DELSOL650
CharlesV
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=15535&N=2004+6105
something like this but different brand and stays soft..
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=4311&N=2004+6105
you really have to baby them when feeding.. I turn off all water circulation for at least 1/2 hr.. to give him enough time to sift through all the food.
When I first got mine, the stomach started to look concave but luckily he started to eat prepared foods and now looks pretty healthy
DELSOL650
CharlesV
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Elite
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How often do you feed him? Everyday?? man that is a lot of work just to feed one fish.
He is eating something in my tank. As you can see in the pic, he is very healthy. I just want to see if I can get him to eat cyclopeeze. I use the frozen one. I normally just drop a cube into the tank and let them flow around the tank. If I turn off the PH, all my fish went hiding and won't eat.
He is eating something in my tank. As you can see in the pic, he is very healthy. I just want to see if I can get him to eat cyclopeeze. I use the frozen one. I normally just drop a cube into the tank and let them flow around the tank. If I turn off the PH, all my fish went hiding and won't eat.
Phong, I will take a picture when I get back. In my Nano tank, I feed it once or twice a day with ample amount. I don't think it can easily catch food floating in water column, and I used the chamber to make sure water does not blow the food around. It is a lot of work to feed just one fish this way, that's why I am not feeding mine anymore (luckily it has enough food anyway).
Kinetic
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9816895#post9816895 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by africangrey
Hey Phong, nice camera skill there, I am sure Kenetics is looking up to you. What kind of camera do you have if you don't mind me asking? Just want to get the same one you have
By the way, did you get some rod's food from the group buy, how does your mandarine respond to that, all my fish go crazy over it.
Spencer
yeah see, you got some crazy photo skills phong
650-IS350
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Mandarins are too slow an eater to have food moving all over the tank from PH's or other water moving devices... that is why I turn off PHs and other skimmer during this time... My fish dont hide at all... I guess there trained to know that food is coming when I feed them everyday when I get home... No water movement for 1/2 at least... helps cyclopeeze and other foods stay in one place so that the slow moving mandarin can get to eat... I also feed all the other fish and inverts first... then last is the mandarin. which helps in not letting other fish take its food...
you can also try the MELEV's mandarin diner trick.
you can also try the MELEV's mandarin diner trick.
Phong, here are the pics for you. Basically, I bought two acrylic boxes from tap plastic, cut holes on one box both on the cover and bottom to be big enough to let the fish to get in and glue the the cover to the bottom with holes aligned, glue the other box to the mag float (discard the cover), then just close the cover of the first box on the second box on mag float. This way, I can easily take the first box and cover off to put in food, move the chamber up and down in the tank without getting my hand dirty by moving the mag float (cleaning glass along the way also ), and have enough length in the chamber to keep other bigger fish to reach the food, and prevent the flow to blow the food around. Works perfectly, but I still found it to be a chore to load food everyday.
), and have enough length in the chamber to keep other bigger fish to reach the food, and prevent the flow to blow the food around. Works perfectly, but I still found it to be a chore to load food everyday.
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