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01-07-2008, 03:45 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008
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 |  mandarin diet
Ok, I know the majority of a mandarin’s diet is “pods”. I have a 55 gallon tank with creatures swarming the glass and rocks that are about as big as the period ending this sentence. Are these large enough to be food for a mandarin? IYO do you think that the mandarin would be sustained by this system?
55 gallon tank
Reef quality water
60 pounds of base rock (dry) that has sat in the tank for about a year and a half (added when the tank was first cycled)
11 pounds of “seed” live rock
Bountiful growths of macro algae
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01-07-2008, 03:51 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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I have a mandarin in my 55gal, no problem. I would just add more sand, as i have a DSB. Do you have a refugium? and if i didnt say it to you before......Welcome to 3reef! _________  | |
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01-07-2008, 04:01 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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Unfortunately my tank has no refuge or DBS. Do you have a Refuge on you 55? What size? BTW how do you manage to keep so many fish in your 55. Do you have problems with nutrient accumulation?
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01-07-2008, 06:03 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
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welcome to the 3reef flounder,
As for mandarine fish I have found that they do best in a well established tank, how old is yours tank.
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01-07-2008, 06:23 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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No loss, just a prospective buyer of Pterosynchriopus splendidus (mandarin). The tank has been set up for one and half years. | |
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01-07-2008, 06:30 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Should be mature enough for one! _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | 
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01-07-2008, 06:38 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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sorry about that hehe ,
these fish can be very choosey as to taking food it can be quite stressful.Pods should be abit larger then . maybee more like * if you know what I mean haha.
Also it is quite common for people to feed live food to their mandrin such as live brine shrimp, Do you have a refguim as these can assist in the growth of pod collonie
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01-08-2008, 10:27 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Welcome to 3Reef>>> Sorry for coming in late... | |
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01-08-2008, 10:39 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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No refugium for me either..... but im gonna set up a bucket refuge soon. I dont know how but i havent had a single ppm of nitrate since my initial cycle. only prob i have is phosphates from tap water  (gettin RO/DI in like 3 weeks, maybe, if dad is nice  )
But i do have a well groomed DSB (its like 3-4 inches, so maybe its a SSB?) | |
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01-09-2008, 07:42 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
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Originally Posted by flounder  No loss, just a prospective buyer of Pterosynchriopus splendidus (mandarin). The tank has been set up for one and half years. |
Get a little one...Your tank will handle fine...Enjoy! _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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