[flameangel]

I received the bandit on Tuesday March 19th and the angel is doing very well. Most reviews say they are difficult to get them to eat and I was fortunate to get a great specimen from Michael.

Michael: thanks again for supplying a beautiful fish and the communication was great throughtout the purchase (pre & post). Look forward to another purchase in the very near future.

Here is an account of how it started to eat and some pictures.

Day 1 & 2:
The bandit didn't eat the 1st day as expected and spit out frozen mysis the 2nd day.

Day 3:
It would only take in a couple of very small pieces of frozen food and wouldn't even look at the slightly bigger pieces.

Day 4:
It ate a few pieces of small pellets and small frozen mysis and marine cuisine.

Day 5 morning:
It went after small pellets off the sandbed and rocks and ate freeze dried mysis (small pieces only).

The last couple of days I've been cutting back on soaking with vita-chem and garlic.

Day 7 night:
It started to eat nori tied to small mag float.

Day 9 night and Day 10 this morning:
It started going up to the top to eat freeze dried mysis and plankton rather than wait for it to sink.

Day 1




Day 7 eating nori

[chazertis]

beautiful.

[reefman]

nice angels dude.

[inkblue]

beauty-fuLL fish

[NYreefNoob]

nice collection going

[leoskee]

What size is your tank and how many different angles do you have? I thought your avatar was a photoshop pic but your last two pics have two flames.

[flameangel]

Quote: Originally Posted by leoskee What size is your tank and how many different angles do you have? I thought your avatar was a photoshop pic but your last two pics have two flames.

Thanks everyone for the compliments.

leoskee:

The tank is 180g and I've the following different angels and they were added in the order listed below:

Flameangel juv Emperor
juv Blueface
Watanabe
Bellus, Swallowtail
Bandit

Original picture of the FA, juv Emperor and PBT intro in Oct 2007

[Ndy5392]

UR Angels Are Very nice enjoy them

[Chiefmcfuz]

Just a question how are you meeting it's dietary needs of sponges?

[flameangel]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chiefmcfuz Just a question how are you meeting it's dietary needs of sponges?

So far it's been eating frozen angel formula plus the other stuff mentioned above. I can't find a local place that carry sponges but I've asked my lfs to get me one the next time they place order with their distributor that have sponges. After I see the quality then may be I can request them to order twice a month. I'm still working on to see what other thing the bandit eat and doesn't. The one thing I didn't want to do too early is live mussel and clam yet because I want the bandit to eat prepared food first and the live stuff as a treat.