My sons first nano reef 24g aio

[Dave1993]

I would say about 40 every two weeks will sustain a Flame Dragonet but for a Mandarin it’ll likely be closer to 100ish.

so £200 a month to keep a mando lol rather stick to my overpriced torches

 

[salty_dawg]

Anemones can definitely work in this tank size, unfortunately a BTA will spread too quickly to fit in this tank size however two species many seem to not know about are the Mini Maxi Carpet Anemones and the Rock Flower Anemones.
Both come in a range of colours and neither really split. Hopefully I can get a photo of my MMC tomorrow during lights on

Mandarin’s specifically feed on 1000’s of copepods daily. They aren’t active swimmers however their diet is what is hard to deal with. If you can seed the tank weekly with pods then you’ll likely be more successful long term. You also ideally need a 1 year old tank to sustain this species.

I like rock nems because they’re not mobile and they have some cool colors not sure if clowns will host . The trick is to get mandarins to eat frozen and they will . But We will also be feeding live baby brines . I had a mandarin in my 32 g bio cube a long time ago and he was fine

 

[salty_dawg]

so £200 a month to keep a mando lol rather stick to my overpriced torches

To each is own but if you buy a mandarin and teach him to feed on frozen food it’s not very hard also they eat brine shrimp and that’s a lot cheaper than pods are

 

[Dave1993]

To each is own but if you buy a mandarin and teach him to feed on frozen food it’s not very hard also they eat brine shrimp and that’s a lot cheaper than pods are

very rare that they will feed on brine and i have never seen a CB in the uk

 

[i cant think]

To each is own but if you buy a mandarin and teach him to feed on frozen food it’s not very hard also they eat brine shrimp and that’s a lot cheaper than pods are

I will say, then eating brine is a second diet. They will always keep their original diet and sometimes even revert to that diet.

 

[salty_dawg]

very rare that they will feed on brine and i have never seen a CB in the uk

Hmm mine did my cousin picked one up and he’s also feeding brines along with live pods and frozen . Both of our fish were wild . But here in the states we have cb mandarins that’s the route we will take this time

 

[i cant think]

Hmm mine did my cousin picked one up and he’s also feeding brines along with live pods and frozen . Both of our fish were wild . But here in the states we have cb mandarins that’s the route we will take this time

Even a CB mandarin will still have the main diet of pods. You may get away with a CB - Over here, our CB fish are really limited to the Occelaris and Percula clowns.

 

[salty_dawg]

Even a CB mandarin will still have the main diet of pods. You may get away with a CB - Over here, our CB fish are really limited to the Occelaris and Percula clowns.

Cb mandarins are bred feeding on pellets and frozen but natural instinct is to eat pods for sure

 

[Dave1993]

Even a CB mandarin will still have the main diet of pods. You may get away with a CB - Over here, our CB fish are really limited to the Occelaris and Percula clowns.

seen a few CB yellow tangs 2022 in the summer i think not sure but seemed to have disappeared now

 

[salty_dawg]

seen a few CB yellow tangs 2022 in the summer i think not sure but seemed to have disappeared now

A cb tang would be awesome expensive though

 

[Dave1993]

A cb tang would be awesome expensive though

they were for sale for £100 in the summer the fish store i buy my fish had loads the only captive bred fish i have is a goldflake angel the wild yellow tangs are more expensive than the CB ones lol