if you feed those cultured prepackaged containers of pods have fun dropping $15-25/month in food for your mandarin.. you better reeeeeally want that fish lol
What do you feed saltwater fish/invertz?
- Thread starter mr.bigglesworth
- Start date
Oh yea that's 1000% worth it. I'd do that anytime, anywhere for any price (under 50$ per package).
A Refugium by definition is a refuge - a place were things can grew + breed undisturbed by other aquatic life. Whether it's in a sump, bottle, tank, or cage other fish can't get at them. Mandarins don't hold the all exclusive tag on hunting copepods - infact most reef fish eat them at a far more aggressive rate making it very difficult to care for mandarins. Further more copepods don't like a lot of flow meaning the fuge needs to be in a low flow spot usually in a small tank outside of the sump or in a divided area in the sump were flow has been limited.
Mandarins are not good beginner fish - it's best to learn how to care for other fish 1st. After you have longevity caring for the other fish then mandarins.
As for fish food I make my own in a blender - Shrimp, krill, baby clams, mussels, Mysis, bay scallops, squid, large plankton, small plankton, reef plankton, phytoplankton, bacterio plankton, cyclopzees, brine, and seaweed.
Mandarins are not good beginner fish - it's best to learn how to care for other fish 1st. After you have longevity caring for the other fish then mandarins.
As for fish food I make my own in a blender - Shrimp, krill, baby clams, mussels, Mysis, bay scallops, squid, large plankton, small plankton, reef plankton, phytoplankton, bacterio plankton, cyclopzees, brine, and seaweed.
ORA has specifically bred madrins to eat frozen. Find one of them or order them. Please don't kill a regular one.
Yes of course. But you don't think I could just purchase copepods every week and feed them?
My tank has a huge refuge in the back. Here since nobody seems to understand what I'm talking about.... PICS! The first picture has the little area I had in mind. See, very little flow, its in between the heater and the skimmer. It goes WAY down btw.
