Which dragonnet is the easiest to keep

[gaz]

Sorry I was just looking at some maxima I've got clams on the brain no cockles in shell

 

[dnyceli]

Haha. Still on the fence if I should get another cowfish or not. Now also thinking that they need a lower flow also. It would be in a 100g reef

 

[gaz]

Stewie does struggle a bit with my gyre on max his eyes look like there going to pop out more then normal,he has got some less flow spots he likes to hang out for a rest and I turn the pump down for night time. Yeah tank is a bit to small for a longhorn

 

[ReeferBob]

Even thought some dragonettes will take frozen/dry food, they are still continuous feeders. Dry and frozen can supplement their diet but you should still have a good population of live food. Their digestive system needs to be always moving. They eat a lot.

I love that continuous shrimp feeder! Brilliant!

 

[zemuss]

Hey @Paul B Would a filter bag work for the feeder or is that too fine for the mesh?

 

[Paul B]

I like to use filter bags because some of them work better than the stocking thing. But not all filter bags have the same size mesh. The mesh needs to be the same size as a new born shrimp, so if you have a really small ruller, go ahead and measure some shrimp and get a bag with the same size holes. It is not easy

 

[zemuss]

SO about a 300 micron bag would do?

 

[Paul B]

I am not good with microns but if that is the size of a new born brine shrimp, that would be it

 

[klp]

Thanks for the great tips. I followed the threads and got a wealth of practical information that I will incorporate.

Have you ever tried copepods with your feeder? I was wondering how that would work as a mix with the brine or as a variety? Might make a great way to introduce copepods into a tank.

 

[Cristy17]

I have recently joined R2R and was searching for information on keeping a mandarin. I purchased one 2 and a half months ago and it is looking thinner than when I first bought it. I have tried target feeding, pouring tigerpods in the tank when the lights are off, all differnent types of cyclopods (frozen). He must be getting something or he would have died by now I am guessing. Well, I found this forum and read about PaulB's invention, the mandrin pod feeder . I immediately put one together over the weekend and put it in the tank. It took a couple of days for the mandarin to feel comfortable enough to get on it, but after I hatched some baby brine tonight and injected them into the feeder, the mandarin had no problems finding it and eating! Thank you Paul B!!!

 

[Paul B]

He does look like he's smiling, just like mine is right now oh his feeder.
Your welcome.

 

[manny mandarin]

Love happy endings its a real shame when ythese fish perish we want to keep them for their beauty not to watch them die

 

[Tom Davey]

I got a Ruby Red a few weeks ago I have tons of pods living in my tank but haven't seen him in a long time he just hides in the rocks all the time.

 

[Paul B]

There is no need for any fish to die in our tanks except of old age. (that's also why I wrote a book)

 

[Cristy17]

I have also learned from coraljunkiie, another member, that she used Omega 1 pellets for her Mandarin and he ate it. So I had some at home and tried it. He LOVED it immediately, and I do mean immediately!! I strongly encourage anyone thinking of or that has a Mandarin to try feeding them these pellets. They need to put the picture of a Mandarin on the jar instead of the three other fish they have pictured!

 

[Perculap]

Okay I thought my mandarin was fat..is that a pregnant female??

I have scooters, mandarins and ruby reds, no problem with any of them as long as you give them "live" foods to eat all day. All of those fish will easily spawn continousely if you feed them correctly. If not, then they don't live very long.

 

[dnyceli]

Can you show a picture of the pellets?

 

[Paul B]

That's a ruby red dragonette and yes, she was pregnant. A pregnant mandarin looks like this

 

[Mike'sLitteReef]

I've had my mandarins for over a month now. They are in a 120 gallon mixed reef. That had been well established for 14 months Pryor to being introduced...looking at getting a mated pair of targets next.