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07-20-2005, 01:23 PM
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Cuban Cubera
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: MIAMI, FL
Posts: 162
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My Sw Fish Tank
My First Sw Tank,
Started 1.5 Months Ago 75gal Glass, On Stand With Home Made Hood, Wet/dry System, 2100 Rio Pump, Protine Skimmer, Rio Powerhead, 160 Watts Florecent Lighting, 60 Lbs Live Rock, Rusted Angle, Foxface, Mandarin, Yellow Cromis, Catfish, Goby, Green Crome, Domino Damsel, Blue Damsel, 10 Hermits, 10 Snails.
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07-20-2005, 03:12 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 34,092
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Sounds nice any pictures?
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07-21-2005, 02:40 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 338
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Make sure your Mandarin has food to eat. Not much is going to be in the tank yet, maybe some left over on the rocks.
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07-21-2005, 05:47 PM
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Cuban Cubera
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: MIAMI, FL
Posts: 162
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Thank's For The Reply Guys.
I'm Afraid I Dont Know What Mandarins Eat. Please Tell Me.
I Shoud Hve Some Pics By Monday.
I Also Discovered A Mantis In My Tank Last Nite And I Have Herd The Horror Stories. Any Sujestions.
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07-21-2005, 09:24 PM
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photomod
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Montana
Posts: 5,894
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Hey, Welcome to TRT! 
The tank sounds nice, waiting for some pics. 
Unfortunatly the mandarin may not make it through the first few months, the exclusively eat pods and other small inverts found on your LR; making them incredibly difficult to keep alive. You may get lucky enough to have one that will eat prepared foods (blender mush, mysiids, brine shrimp (soak it in selcon and or garlic)).
Do some searches for the removal of the mantis shrimp, they are relatively easy to get out due to their constant quest for food. |
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07-22-2005, 10:59 AM
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The Dude Abides
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: RI
Posts: 1,129
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Unfortunately, from what I've read, most mandarins die a slow death in captivity due to low availability of food. They eat pods almost exclusively and even if you can train them on another diet there is no guarantee that they are getting the nutrition that they need. Bob Fenner recommends keeping mandarins only in established reef tanks over 200gal. Now I've heard stories of people keeping them just fine in tanks smaller than that, but I've not heard the long term results. You may want to think about returning it to the lfs, or at the very least adding more LR and considering a refugium.
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07-23-2005, 10:11 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 24
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Im sorry to say but about 6 months into setting up my tank i got a mandarin. i thought it would have enought food in a 55 gal with about 75 lbs of rocks. He didn't last very long. I would like to get another eventually but i wont until i have a very large tank that is very well established with a lot of rock.
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07-23-2005, 11:17 AM
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PNWMAS Site Admin
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Dundee, OR
Posts: 828
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You may not have a problem with the mantis
i have one intentially put into the reef. just make sure you feed him frozen shrimp or something. You could of course take it out.
Don't feed by hand unless you're real quick though. They lift their head for about 1 sec before striking, which will give you an indication to move fast.
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