Mandarin Goby

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by UMdmd, Nov 2, 2006.

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  1. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    Thanks for giving me an openning :D

    We've had excellent success with mandarins feeding on Arcti-Pods, a dead concentrate of arctic copepods. In my trials, ~80% of fresh mandarins ate it. The problem with mandarins (dragonettes) is that since they need to eat so often, they tend to get to the hobbyist all ready starved to the point where they won't live long, even if fed. A healthy mandarin shouldn't have the backbone visiable at all.
     
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  3. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    Any time Gresham :lol:

    I'm not surprised that you've kept dragonettes well fed with that product seeing as I use it myself and all of the fish go nuts over it.
     
  4. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    If I can get my videos editted down, I can show some mandarins eating it :D
     
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    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    Do you have to edit them to load them into a site such as Photobucket?
     
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  6. apollo'sowner

    apollo'sowner Feather Duster

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    I have heard much locally about the Tiger Pods in a bottle. They will keep an average sized mandarin well fed for a month. I haven't tryed it myself an don't have a dragonet, but was considering one. The tiger Pods are $20 a bottle so once a month would be an extra expense I can wait on right now.