New to the game!

[Golovin]

Heres what I have 26g bow front mixed water. No sump have light and a side filter. Recommendations welcome..

 

[Golovin]

A day later. Drove 50 minutes to Exotic Aquatics only place with the pods needes to feed Mandarin. Got sum nice live rock also. Ok 1 month in looking good to me. Any advice? New to this. Looking for fish and frag suggestions. Plz and ty

 

[Darth Polymnus]

Tank is a bit small and new for a mandarin. Do you plan to breed copepods or purchase weekly? Mandarins can eat several hundred pods a day.

 

[Golovin]

Feeding weekly got him 3 days ago from a shop who didnt even sell the pods for the fish he sells so for now poding weekly dropped 1 k in there today. Ya I know Way new from what ive read but wife wants so she gets lol.

 

[Golovin]

Have a 55g long. Will be transferred to if all go well hear. But trying my luck with this 26 bow b4 I go all in deep in 55g and sump ect.

 

[vlangel]

You could try hatching brine eggs. Hatcheries are pretty cheap and easy and newly hatched brine is pretty nutritious and most mandarins will eat them. It is a lot of work to feed the newly hatched because you have to do it daily.

 

[Golovin]

Good advice thank you very much. Gotta do sumthing fast dont wanna starve the lil guy anymore the the pet shop I got him from. The pods today filled his sunken belly a lil. Ty for heads up on eggs

 

[vlangel]

Good advice thank you very much. Gotta do sumthing fast dont wanna starve the lil guy anymore the the pet shop I got him from. The pods today filled his sunken belly a lil. Ty for heads up on eggs

Check out Paul B's thread "Tank birthday, 40 years". Its a long thread but he has a pair of mandarins that spawn regularly, which is a sign of excellent health. He made a simple feeder so the mandarins can feed on pods or newly hatched brine all day without fouling the tank. It looked very simple to make with easy to attain materials.