this is too exciting to wait till tomorrow!!!

[returnofsid]

Okay all, nothing to see here. Let's return to our regular scheduled broadcasting... The pair of Mandarin Dragonettes...

 

[rcmike]

On that note, I had a pair several years ago that would regularly spawn. I would like to get another pair eventually.

 

[New Wave]

bitter? more of an inability to pacify ignorance.

how is the other forum btw? active much? oh ... its a selling thread now... i forgot.

anyway...

dont worry guys... friends...(and cubans) it was all supposed to be kept light hearted and fun... and it was... i apologise to the mods and rev.. clearly i have never read the "rules" or i would never have been doing that... but... hey... it was fun while it lasted.

my job is to get this club active... one post... 373 views... 21 replies... 5 different states... all this in under 24 hours...

thats pretty active...

i love ya all... im here to help out if i can.. and find help when i need it... i hope you already know that...

even this thread is proof that we are in the right place for our club... R2R rocks!

so... oh yes... mandarins... they took a beating today unfortunately... i had a melanarious (sp) wrasse that was not happy to see them... i finally wrangled him into a corner and put him in time out... looking for a good home now... since then... the mandarins have been starting to venture out... picking away at the rocks... so im optomistic although beat up... they should make a full recovery... i will keep you posted.

oh... and REEF2REEF ROCKS!

 

[gmoney243]

Weird my melanurus doesn't care when new fish come aboard.

 

[angrycubano]

So i guess these are wild caught and not the tank raised ones?

 

[New Wave]

So i guess these are wild caught and not the tank raised ones?

I'm trying to find out.

 

[pickupman66]

I know. I have never seen people so bitter to a forum before. Get over it already!

100% agree with this. I cannot believe it is still brought up as much as it is... Cmon.. its over and done with.

 

[ToXIc]

I know. I have never seen people so bitter to a forum before. Get over it already!

100% agree with this. I cannot believe it is still brought up as much as it is... Cmon.. its over and done with.

i believe its more of a running joke now..

 

[gmoney243]

yea +1 Kevan mel and bill are great guys

 

[revhtree]

Everybody STOP! LOL!

R2R loves MTRC and we want you to love each other. We're thrilled to have you all here even the ones that don't like R2R as much. Really it's cool with me. We all have our own taste and that includes forums. Let's just move past the forum wars and get on with reefing!

If you want to say more and just can't let go of this then use the PM button and PM someone about it. Thank you.

 

[Dowtish]

I need a pair of mandarins too! I don't have a fuge, and my melenurus eats a ton of pods. Anybody have success in just adding pods to the tank?

 

[New Wave]

here's a bad photo of good goby's

 

[poolkeeper1]

I need a pair of mandarins too! I don't have a fuge, and my melenurus eats a ton of pods. Anybody have success in just adding pods to the tank?

You can replenish on a regular basis with Tigger Pods and keep a healthy population going all the time.
Bill

 

[Dowtish]

That is so cool Mel! I got that fish tattooed on me right when i turned 18. and have had it re colored since. my all time favorite fish.

Bill, can't you get Tigger pods at AC?

 

[rcmike]

Culturing copepods is pretty easy. I did it when I had dwarf seahorses and it was much easier than hatching brine shrimp once I got them going. Here is basically the way I did it. The Breeder's Net: A Simple How-to On Home Culture Of Copepods — Advanced Aquarist | Aquarist Magazine and Blog

 

[Dave3112]

I need a pair of mandarins too! I don't have a fuge, and my melenurus eats a ton of pods. Anybody have success in just adding pods to the tank?

Easiest way to "culture" your own pods without a fuge is to find a couple of small pieces of LR in your tank and wrap one up in bridal veil type of lace (it's nylon) and let them grow for a couple of weeks then unwrap one and wrap another up and keep rotating. I used that method before I had a fuge. Worked great. The rocks I chose were baseball sized.

 

[poolkeeper1]

That is so cool Mel! I got that fish tattooed on me right when i turned 18. and have had it re colored since. my all time favorite fish.

Bill, can't you get Tigger pods at AC?

Yes they have them, or one of the above methods after a first addition may work too.
Bill

 

[New Wave]

playin with my mandarin... photo by liz