He's not scared of me. I direct fed him for 30 days in QT. I posted a video in the original post. Here's another one of him in qt.
follow my suggestion, I would highly recommend that you at least try it before asserting that its impossible. It would help to nail the issue down.
I hid behind some rocks lol, I saw him pick up two pieces that floated by. But now I'm definitely thinking it's my mail clown fish. Cuz when he's not around the Gobi is pretty normal. I'm hoping that when I add the pistol shrimp he will gain some more confidence
clowns can be pretty agro.
It's unfortunate too. If he keeps being a jerk, they are going back no matter how attached I am to them. I just bought a mandarin Dragonette and I'm not about to have that guy messed with
8 months, running without dinos for 5. I culture and sell pods and phyto. I harvest gallons of pods a day of each type tig, apo/apex and tisbe
I also grow 3 types of phyto nano, tetra, and iso
should be good then. Sorry for the skepticism, I see far too many people going for mandarins with younger, small, basically pod-less tanks and then wondering why they start starving to death, so I like to make sure that people know what they're getting into before going with them.8 months, running without dinos for 5. I culture and sell pods and phyto. I harvest gallons of pods a day of each type tig, apo/apex and tisbe
I learned this lesson the hard way before I knew enough. Idk if I'll ever get one tbh; it'd have to be larger. The tiny ones they sell captive bred I feel are just too small; they say they eat pellets but they've only been alive for a few weeks so what's that mean... I may some day as I have a good pod pop now..
Nononononnoonnoonoooooo don't apologize. These fish don't have voices so you being one for them is a godsend for them. Thank you, honestly. Always be skeptical. People toss massive fish in small tanks or timid fish that are hard to keep with aggressive fish etc all the time just because they are pretty together. So I'm glad you asked. Don't ever stop.
Man I hope so, I just shared a video of what I dose every other day. I'll put it here too. Mandarin Dragonettes are why I got into the hobby. Don't let pod culturing difficulty fool you, you only need a little bit of phytoplankton but look up the lazy banana peel method. I haven't fed my cultures in over a month. At this point it's basically self-sustainable. Anyone can do it even leaving it outside. Totally worth itI learned this lesson the hard way before I knew enough. Idk if I'll ever get one tbh; it'd have to be larger. The tiny ones they sell captive bred I feel are just too small; they say they eat pellets but they've only been alive for a few weeks so what's that mean... I may some day as I have a good pod pop now..
Op sounds like theirs will be fat and happy with all those pods they got goin
LolHey op im in North America too!
Honestly I think it was just my clown being a jerk. I'm going to be keeping an eye on them and try getting a pistol shrimp
You cultured them while having a mandarin? Did the Mandarin just not eat? Or did you get the Mandarin first lose it and then get the culture going?
I do want to note though, his tummy doesn't look sunken in. So I think he has definitely been eating. I'm 100% going to look for a pistol shrimp. I'll drive an hour if I have to
