Can i add a mandarin now?

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  1. yheartsp

    yheartsp Purple Spiny Lobster

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    i have a 190 reef tank set up a month ago (with some live rock from my established previous tank ) , i see the pods thriving in my DT and the refugium as well. :)
     
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  2. daninfamous

    daninfamous Flamingo Tongue

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    A lot of people are going to tell you to wait 6 months, I say go for it but im the risky type.
     
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  3. yheartsp

    yheartsp Purple Spiny Lobster

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    6 months? do pods take so long to reproduce? ;D
     
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  4. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    what he said ^^....worstcase u can dose the tank with pods if it does deplete u...if pod population is up and stable like you say i dont think that will b the case.
     
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  5. rick8335

    rick8335 Plankton

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    I would wait but thats just me I hate to see life like that die, wich it will, he will deplete the pods in no time.
     
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  6. yheartsp

    yheartsp Purple Spiny Lobster

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    How about the pods in the refugium? :confused:
     
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  7. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    i put my mandarin in after only 2months fuge came about 2months later and my mandarin is huge. fat huge as well as length huge about 4 inches mabe more long :)
     
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  8. kyanjesse

    kyanjesse Flamingo Tongue

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    does it thrive on anything except pods?
     
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  9. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Mine had a taste for mini brittle starfish. They survive on a variety of benthic inverts.
     
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  10. oceanparadise1

    oceanparadise1 Fire Squid

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    I believe these fish need more then just pods, id wait and make sure your tank is established. No need to rush anything in this hobby. They needs pods and a VERY stable enviorment as sudden changes can kill them.
     
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