keeping a Mandarin

[pokmijn]

I want to add a [FONT=arial,sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Mandarin but i see little amount of copepods but tons of [/SIZE][/FONT]AMPHIPODS will a mandarin survive on these, if not then ill just have to pass.

 

[Tank2379]

Mandarins need a lot of Copepod for survival. Do you have a Refugium?

 

[pokmijn]

Mandarins need a lot of Copepod for survival. Do you have a Refugium?

yes i have a refuge but i have only added for about 3 month i think maybe longer.

 

[HoCkEyGmC]

you should be able to pull it off when the tank is 100% fully matured. not for quite a while tho. add live pods alot and let them colonize up in the tank then way later you can have one!
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[pokmijn]

you should be able to pull it off when the tank is 100% fully matured. not for quite a while tho. add live pods alot and let them colonize up in the tank then way later you can have one!
=]

i dont know why i dont have millions running around my tank as it has been set up for a long time already its been running for almost a year. i see lots of AMPHIPODS but only once i a while ill see one just one copepods crawling on my lr.

 

[Tank2379]

Mandarin mostly live off of Copepods from what I know of I know they eat AMPHIPODS but when they are smaller. If they are to big they might not eat them.

 

[pokmijn]

i guess ill just have to wait until i see copepods running around then