Green mandarin

[carey]

That is a little pricey, espeically for on that only eats cyclopseeze, that stuff was 12$ a package when I bought it. But a little does go a long way.

I paid $45 for my ORA mandy which is still like 3 times the price of a wild caught one.

 

[Lowsdime]

Yea this lfs seems to be quite high on everything, there is another one that is more resonable but I don't think they order from Ora, I wonder if I ask about them ordering one what they would give me for a price, that 100 dollar one is tiny too they have a non cb and it's huge a it's like 20$!!

 

[Lowsdime]

Hey Carey I was hoping to hear how your mandarin is faring? Is it eating better??

 

[carey]

oh yes, she is. She's been eating most things I put in. She's liking bllodworms now but only one or two here and there. But she fills up on the plankton and cyclopeeze. I suspect as she gets bigger she will eat more, she's still so tiny.

 

[Lowsdime]

Good to hear! I'm still eyeing the one at the lfs.. But there's no way for 100$. I'm trying to talk the other lfs into ordering one from Ora to see if they would give me a better price

 

[Lowsdime]

They seem to not want to do it for me :-/

 

[Thegrumpyfish]

I dont know where your at but my lfs sells them for $20 and they all seem to be nice and plump but also they are not ora but they are eating prepared foods

 

[carey]

They are nice and plump because the LFS has a closed system with lots of pods already. My ORA one was raised on pellets but as soon as I got her home she wouldn't take prepared food. :-( They can eat prepared right in front of you at the store and then revert back to pods in a heartbeat unfortunately.

It's a very complicated fish adn luck plays a large part of it.

 

[Lowsdime]

I kno and I don't feel like dropping 100 buck on a whim ya kno even if it is Ora and now that I think of it the tank didn't say Ora it just said captive bred so I guess it could be from any where