I want to add a green mandarin to my 75 gallon reef tank. I been thinking about setting up a 20L with sand and macro alage like a sump to raise them. Would it be a good idea or just stick to the gallon glass bottles? Thank you.
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blaxsun
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75 gallons should be able to host enough rock for a replenishable copepod population. If you can add any more rock to expand your real estate that never hurts, either.
There's also the chance that your mandarin takes to frozen food over time (mine likes calanus and brine).
There's also the chance that your mandarin takes to frozen food over time (mine likes calanus and brine).
jrill
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Get a captive breed one eating pellets and frozen. Then you don't have to mess with pods.
Do you know of any good sites to order one already taking frozen foods?
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I have a mandarin, I never seeded my tank with pods intentionally, what I did was I got a handful of chaeto from my LFS and placed it in my sump.
The pods exploded in the tank. A year later my mandarin is fat and healthy, no other pods added.
The pods exploded in the tank. A year later my mandarin is fat and healthy, no other pods added.
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It's a tough one to get right, I'm still learning, I get 10 bags of copepods every month delivered although my mandarin and flame scooter loves frozen bloodworms. I'm unsure how to share video of home culture of copepods, maybe look through my recent posts as I have been inspired through others,
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Cutting a bunch of this stuff down to size and rubber-banding it together makes for a nice 'pod hotel'. They can nest and reproduce in there right in the display tank without getting eaten by the fish. I'd establish a really good pod population before getting the mandarin. They do best with a continuous supply of pods. I sort of think of them like little hummingbirds, always moving and eating.
75g should be enough if you've got a lot of rock, and a pod hotel or two hidden somewhere in the tank. Your idea of a 20g sump/refugium is also great.
75g should be enough if you've got a lot of rock, and a pod hotel or two hidden somewhere in the tank. Your idea of a 20g sump/refugium is also great.
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I am so tempted to add a spotted mandarin, they are beautiful!!!
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Post in thread 'Copepods culture, I'm trying but failing' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/copepods-culture-im-trying-but-failing.915830/post-10291816
Hi there! We have captive bred mandarins available on our website from Biota. They have been raised on a diet of live food, frozen food, prepared food, and pellets (including Can O Cyclops, PE Calanus, V2O Cyclops, frozen baby brine shrimp, live nano brine, and live copepods) Your 75 gallon is a great size to populate pod for your mandarin especially if you are seeding your aquarium before getting your mandarin or any other fish that are going to hunt the pods.
We do also sell mandarin feeder kits that give you a variety of food to feed your mandarin
BIOTA Green Mandarin
Our Biota Captive Bred Mandarins offer a hardy and sustainable alternative to wild-caught specimens with easier care requirements. Once trained on a diet of Live and Frozen foods, your Mandarin can graze naturally on Pods during the day and fatten up on frozen foods at feeding time. See below...
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Mandarin Feeder Kit™
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jrill
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