PLEASE HELP!!!

[Baby Ray]

What do you guys think of the biota mandarins?

 

[Humblefish]

What do you guys think of the biota mandarins?

If it turns out like the ORA mandarins who ate frozen & pellets, then it's worth every penny. Especially useful for getting a mandy thru QT when pods are not available.

 

[Baby Ray]

If it turns out like the ORA mandarins who ate frozen & pellets, then it's worth every penny. Especially useful for getting a mandy thru QT when pods are not available.

Thank you!!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Sorry Ray. I just saw this. Yes nothing you could have done really.
After passive QT I put mine in the dt as the won't eat in QT unless its feet up like a display with the normal foods.
The only thing it could possibly have been was internal parasite and to treat you have to get them eating first.
Yes they have a slime count but I don't belive that's the issue. More likely bad Harvest practice or a long term declining health issue. And possibly an internal parasite.
Don t be hard on yourself it's a tough critter to rear.
I lost a female a little while ago pretty sure from a an internal parasite. Ate fine never gained weight ate frozen but would not take the meds in the frozen.

At the same time my male is huge and fat and eats everything. No idea why.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

If it turns out like the ORA mandarins who ate frozen & pellets, then it's worth every penny. Especially useful for getting a mandy thru QT when pods are not available.

Yup.

 

[Baby Ray]

Thank you everyone!! I am going to make the Paul b mandarin target feeder and I might try a biota mandarin. Everyone has good things to say about them. I also love how small they are

 

[Brew12]

This fish are the main reason why I joined the hobby. I just feel like I prepared pretty well and I still can't keep them.

I would recommend using this as motivation to buy a bigger tank in the future when you are ready for it. They are difficult enough to keep in a large aquarium. The challenge is much harder in a smaller tank.

 

[Baby Ray]

I would recommend using this as motivation to buy a bigger tank in the future when you are ready for it. They are difficult enough to keep in a large aquarium. The challenge is much harder in a smaller tank.

Well, I am only 14 now but maybe when i graduate from college and move out. :p

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

in a smaller tank the trick is to have a LOT of bugs. My tanks from the beginning were/are mandarin specific.
the first thing I had to learn was how to nurture bug populations.

 

[Braxton]

I feel as though a quarantine tank would just stress the fish out even more

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I feel as though a quarantine tank would just stress the fish out even more

it can, you have to do it right and WE have to think with fish minds not people minds when we do it. Also Hospital tank is a term that need to be used more.

A mandy in qt, like some other fish, it also need to be conditioned initially to tank life. MAndys can be one of the hardest, along with pipefish. IMO and QT & conditioning need to be done differently.

 

[Sm51498]

A number of years back I heard a theory that the digestive systems of many mandarins would be irreparably damaged in collecting and shipping and it wouldn't matter how well they fed because at that point they would slowly waste away no matter what. I don't know if that was ever verified. Back of the envelope it sounds good but it could be total BS.

 

[Titanwerx]

A number of years back I heard a theory that the digestive systems of many mandarins would be irreparably damaged in collecting and shipping and it wouldn't matter how well they fed because at that point they would slowly waste away no matter what. I don't know if that was ever verified. Back of the envelope it sounds good but it could be total BS.

I think it would depend on how they were being collected/shipped.

 

[Debramb]

I'm sorry she didn't make it, some "Mandy" folks here say the spotted seem to take to frozen easier, Paul B feeder is probably the best!

 

[Feetnthesand!]

I am so sorry that your Mandarin died. It is my favorite fish ever! I had one in a tank a ex boyfriend left with me temporarily that turned into my new addiction. He was about 2 when I got him, finally lucked into his eating pellets then about 2 months ago he passed away. He would have been over 3- 3 1/2 yrs old. Miss hI'm greatly. Plan to try my luck on another mandarin soon. I pray I and you will be lucky the 2nd time around.