I have a 50g reef and I was wondering how hard mandarin fish are to keep. They look so cool and aren't that expensive but I hear they can be hard to feed.
Your comments are appreciated
Your comments are appreciated
Mandarin Fish
- Thread starter Oliver
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Mandarin fish should stay in the ocean, they are very hard to keep alive, unless you have access to live pods, etc... there prefered food, you almost have to have a seperate tank to grow there live food to keep them alive, hardly worth it, although a beautiful fish(wish they liked flake food...lol)
you could probably manage one in a well established 50. As Mauser ,"welcome to a.c.by the way 
', said you may have to set up a fuge to provide them with extra pods. Just avoid any other fish that will eat pods and give them extra habitat by doing things like l.r. rubble piles, a fuge etc. They really aren't hard to keep alive if you can feed them properly. I'd wait until your tank if from 6-8 months old though to give your pod population time to mature.
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chris
', said you may have to set up a fuge to provide them with extra pods. Just avoid any other fish that will eat pods and give them extra habitat by doing things like l.r. rubble piles, a fuge etc. They really aren't hard to keep alive if you can feed them properly. I'd wait until your tank if from 6-8 months old though to give your pod population time to mature. hth
chris
I have had one in my 50 gal reef for about 2 years now. Follow Maxilaria's advice and you should be fine. It took about a year but mine now eats frozen mysis shrimp.
ok cool, thanks alot. they are just so beautiful so i was thinking of getting one. I will wait a while thought so i get some more experience, and a few months so it matures, thanks for all your help.