Captive-Bred Biota Mandarins

[jazzfisher]

Just concerned because she is not swimming around at all. Hopefully she is just getting adjusted.

Edit: She was swimming around last night when we got home & looks good this morning.

 

[Corgigirl]

If I have a pair of red dragonets in a 70 gallon tank, would adding a mandarin be a problem? I keep it stocked with pods

 

[Biota_Marine]

@Biota_Marine hey what was the direct website again for ordering?

The Biota Group

Conceived from a passion to share the ocean’s great beauty, Biota supplies 100% aquarium-cultured aquariums and livestock. As well as a beginner All-In-One aquarium, we also offer fish, coral and invertebrates for all levels of marine hobbyists.

shop.thebiotagroup.com

 

[Biota_Marine]

@Biota_Marine Hi Jake I've sent you an email! FYI
Mandarin here!

Hey Jazzy, sorry I was out of town for a few days, emailing you back now!

 

[jazzfisher]

@Biota_Marine! Thanks!

 

[Huskymaniac]

The Biota Group

Conceived from a passion to share the ocean’s great beauty, Biota supplies 100% aquarium-cultured aquariums and livestock. As well as a beginner All-In-One aquarium, we also offer fish, coral and invertebrates for all levels of marine hobbyists.

shop.thebiotagroup.com

Thanks. Also do you know if I place the order through Live Aquaria does the mandarin still come direct drop shipped from your facility?

 

[Biota_Marine]

Thanks. Also do you know if I place the order through Live Aquaria does the mandarin still come direct drop shipped from your facility?

It doesn't, I believe Live Aquaria has all their own specialized quarantine protocols when they receive our animals but we ship them to their Wisconsin facility.

 

[homer1475]

I just recently bought one of these mandy's.

Great little guy that will basically eat anything I put in the tank. My only problem is he/she is so small, it gets lost in my reef! I do see it from time to time, so I know it's still alive. But dang is it tiny(like 1/4").

 

[Biota_Marine]

I just recently bought one of these mandy's.

Great little guy that will basically eat anything I put in the tank. My opnly problem is he/she is so small, it gets lost in my reef! I do see it from time to time, so I know it's still alive. But dang is it tiny(like 1/4").

Yeah they're little guys but definitely hardy and grow quickly. I once had a customer "lose" a pair in his large reef only to call us 4 months later when they showed up 4x the size and eating pellets off the surface!

 

[homer1475]

In the three weeks I've had him/her(think it's a her as it as no "spine" fin, but have read that when they are this small it's tough to sex), it's easily doubled in size.

Definietely a hardy little bugger, and stands his ground to fish thats easily 5 times it's size.

 

[driftin]

Do they swim up into the water column for feeding? Or only graze for food that hits the sand bed or in the rocks?

I'm thinking about starting supplemental feedings with the American Reef HPD, which would be a food hung from a bag. Would the mandarins swim up into the mid- to upper-tank region to feed from it?

 

[homer1475]

I've seen plenty of threads about mandys jumping, and I've had ones that will feed from the surface.

So yes they will learn it eventually.

 

[Biota_Marine]

Do they swim up into the water column for feeding? Or only graze for food that hits the sand bed or in the rocks?

I'm thinking about starting supplemental feedings with the American Reef HPD, which would be a food hung from a bag. Would the mandarins swim up into the mid- to upper-tank region to feed from it?

They sometimes learn to go to the top for feedings but we've noticed they're more likely to go after food that drifts along the mid to bottom level of the aquarium. In our 300G office tank we feed mostly LRS fish frenzy and Herbivore frenzy and they snatch the smaller particles out of the mid water column.

 

[infinite0180]

They sometimes learn to go to the top for feedings but we've noticed they're more likely to go after food that drifts along the mid to bottom level of the aquarium. In our 300G office tank we feed mostly LRS fish frenzy and Herbivore frenzy and they snatch the smaller particles out of the mid water column.

Cool! If i want to order one for delivery on a specific day how do i go about doing so?

 

[Biota_Marine]

Cool! If i want to order one for delivery on a specific day how do i go about doing so?

If you place an order through the site send me over an email at [email protected] with the order number and I'll make sure it gets on the right schedule date. At the moment we only ship Monday-Thursday through FedEx Priority overnight.

 

[Obsessed Reefer]

If you place an order through the site send me over an email at [email protected] with the order number and I'll make sure it gets on the right schedule date. At the moment we only ship Monday-Thursday through FedEx Priority overnight.

If we order through another vendor, but it’s still shipped from you, say AlgaeBarn, would we still be able to reach out to you for getting a specific delivery day?

 

[Biota_Marine]

If we order through another vendor, but it’s still shipped from you, say AlgaeBarn, would we still be able to reach out to you for getting a specific delivery day?

If you order direct from us or through AlgaeBarn it comes from our facility Live Aquaria likes to do an additional quarantine period and grow-out on all of our animals so they might be a bit larger through them. I try to get out AlgaeBarn orders the day we receive the request from them so I can try to get it out on a specific day but it does sometimes get mixed in.

 

[flyhpr]

Is there any difference between ordering a male and female from AlgaeBarn and ordering a pair directly from you?

 

[Biota_Marine]

Is there any difference between ordering a male and female from AlgaeBarn and ordering a pair directly from you?

Nope, it's the same product from the same source just two different websites. I think the benefit of either comes from AlgaeBarn's point system or if you wanted any other products from either store.

 

[Juniorh2r]

Everyone knows us for our captive-bred mandarins and for great reason! Our mandarins are fed a diet of pellet and frozen foods so when they get into your tank they're already acclimated and ready to thrive.

Check out this video of a group of them chowing down on some TDO B2 and PE hatchery diet pellets. We also feed them frozen PE Calanus and frozen Hikari baby brine shrimp.

Mandarin Fish

Synchiropus splendidus-Biota’s captive-bred mandarins are incredibly beautiful in coloration and readily feed on prepared diets. Wild caught mandarins are poor aquarium inhabitants and an overwhelming number die in the aquarium trade each year even in ideal conditions. Since mandarins are a...

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Mandarin Fish Pair

Synchiropus splendidus-Biota’s captive-bred mandarins are incredibly beautiful in coloration and readily feed on prepared diets. Wild caught mandarins are poor aquarium inhabitants and an overwhelming number die in the aquarium trade each year even in ideal conditions. Since mandarins are a...

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