Exactly's ZEOvit 90G has reached the end :(

I do agree on the captive bred mandarins, the success rate is a lot higher. The trouble though is usually not the initial introduction (14 day guarantee) that kills them. It is how fast they metabolize food, they need to be on a high quality diet (read; flake or pellet) to survive long term, and it is their slow moving call it "grazing" habits that don't allow them to compete for food.

I think one of the smartest moves I have seen when dealing with new mandarins is to create a small water bottle feeding zone for them in order to keep more aggressive fish from out eating them.

Here's a great link for what I am talking about:
Melevsreef.com - Melev's Mandarin Diner

Good luck to you! I hope you find something awesome!

 

Cool link! Also good training for when they get super aggressive and you have to trap them

 

Just got back from LFS and I got
2x firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica)
7x hermit crabs
5x turbo snails

I saw a yellow wrasse priced at $69 (Halichoeres chrysus). I wasnt sure if it was OK for me so I had to pass this time. It looked pretty tho.

And good news! I talked to the owner, who just happened to be there today, said he can get the ORA mandarin for me @$39! How cool is that??

 

Very cool! I saw on another thread that ORA has dropped the prices of there mandarins by 50% I believe.

 

No you dont understand, Mattias, they charge an arm and a leg on pretty much everything. So I was excited secretly

 

Lol!

 

And a kidney. If you ever want some SPS The store here has a few nice colonyies for a decent price.

 

Oh? Ive been lurking around for decent purple tortuosa.

 

if you pm your number ill head out this week and take picks of what hes got. They have great PE in his tanks and melt in mine. my frags do great though so I auume it was my flow in the old 55 system.

 

That is insanely high for that wrasse 20 bucks is what they go for on la, and about 30 in stores. You would be fine with it, it's a great fish, but I would make sure you want it as it is "semi-reef safe"

Congrats on the adds!!