- Location
- Franklin Lakes, NJ
Did you read the entire thing?
His first mandarin starved to death in a month even though he was culturing pods.
His first mandarin starved to death in a month even though he was culturing pods.
so what ur telling me is...stick to the books, have a boring aquarium( wait i should just throw this 1 away) get a 75 gal and never have fun as an experienced hobbiest??? never try something that hasnt been done?? fun times!!!:irked:Did you read the entire thing?
His first mandarin starved to death in a month even though he was culturing pods.
thanks mom, but u didnt start that way and u dont know what research ive done and who ive talked to about this. if this was my first tank i could understand your point..u have no idea the education i have in aquariums nor do i know yours..i know my tank and my methodsNo... what I'm telling you is this...
Educate yourself on the fish before you put it in a tank. (You swore it wasn't a mandarin a few days ago). Cycle the tank properly (this means more than 3 days). If you still decide to try this, start culturing pods BEFORE getting the fish.
u didnt start that way and u dont know what research ive done and who ive talked to about this. if this was my first tank i could understand your point..u have no idea the education i have in aquariums nor do i know yours..i know my tank and my methods
cant wait to here the fun that will come when i add corals...i was thinking 5 sps corals tomorrow..good idea beerfish?
so what ur telling me is...stick to the books, have a boring aquarium( wait i should just throw this 1 away) get a 75 gal and never have fun as an experienced hobbiest??? never try something that hasnt been done?? fun times!!!:irked:
by start that way i meant talking to meActually I did start that way. I bought a library worth of books and researched online for over a year before I bought a tank. I've experimented with out of the norm things and will do it again, but every time I've done my research first. Prior to buying an eel, I bought a book on them, same with clownfish, clams, seahorses, etc.
No I don't have any idea what research you've done, but I know that someone who claims to have done research should know that their "spotted goby" is a mandarin.
So how exactly did you do so much research on this if YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE FISH WAS?
are you aware of the type of mandarin i have and what it survives on?Unfortunately starving Mandarins to death has happened way too many times before. Not something new.
Are you aware that once a Mandarin begins to starve to death, even if you put a million pods into the tank, the Mandarin will probably NOT begin to eat again..and die.
Are you aware that a Mandarin requires 200-400 pods per DAY to survive?
are you aware of the type of mandarin i have and what it survives on?
http://www.saltwaterfishshop.com/product_info.php?products_id=469
are you aware of the type of mandarin i have and what it survives on?
http://www.saltwaterfishshop.com/product_info.php?products_id=469
i live 6 miles from the gulf...ill go throw him in thereYes. I am. It's a Synchiropus picturatus, and the care and feeding requirements are the same as the Pterosynchiropus splendidus, or common green mandarin goby.
It survives on copepods, regardless of what the site above tells you. You obviously haven't done enough research on this fish, or the nitrogen cycle.
i live 6 miles from the gulf...ill go throw him in there
i live 6 miles from the gulf...ill go throw him in there