Green Mandarin

[quote author=Craig_Manoukian link=board=Fish;num=1100406481;start=0#8 date=11/14/04 at 23:00:41]

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He restated what Jason just wrote that he did...lol....I was humored by it. :

 

'Awesome picture Jason

 

i've wanted one too for a while but i've waited until my tank matured more. Are they reef safe. i have tons of pods in my tank. i see them everywhere and there pretty big too. i see them on LR and on my LS.

 

yeah, I want one of those too. Or maybe a spotted mandarin. They are both so beautiful. I'm very happy that I already seem to have a lot of pods in my tank. But I'll wait until I have about 150 pounds of rock and pods all over it. I'd hate to see one starve ...

 

i like the green mandarin the best. How long have u had your tank up for. I have tons of pods its awsome to see them walking around in there. there huge there almost about 1/2 in. long. I have 70 lbs. of LR and 60 lbs. of LS. I would hate to see one die too.

 

[quote author=SeA_SpLeNdEr link=board=Fish;num=1100406481;start=0#10 date=11/15/04 at 15:23:20]


He restated what Jason just wrote that he did...lol....I was humored by it. :[/quote]

Who restated what? That you were humored by?

 

The Bottom line is, Mandarin's are hit or miss on whether they will eat prepared food. I know more people that bought one and thought they would work on getting it to feed only to loose it. There has to be enough food to sustain a large Pod population and if it starts to eat prepared food than that is a bonus.
But the most important thing is to ensure you haven't already got a Pod eater in your tank. Even a fish that doesn't primarily eat Pods will pose a threat to a Mandarin.

 

will clownfish or damsels eat pods or bother the mandrin.

 

I think the Damsel could pick on a Mandarin. Don;t they pick on everything?

 

that's why I will wait "long". I want to make sure I have enough food in there for the mandarin. But then I'll still try to get one that eats other food too.