yoshii Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I think I'd rather keep my stuff for myself. You should come over during spring break. Yay paper towels! So how's your sympodium doing? I was thinking of getting some to fill in a couple spots. I think it would look better in my tanks Sure, and actually I can come over next week if you want a pic of your mandy (I promise I won't stay for 3 hours) Yay light timer! It's doing good, it's grown too, I like it I think I should start feeding it more and it will grow faster Link to comment
iball1804 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I've always wanted a sympodium Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 I think it would look better in my tanks Sure, and actually I can come over next week if you want a pic of your mandy (I promise I won't stay for 3 hours) Yay light timer! It's doing good, it's grown too, I like it I think I should start feeding it more and it will grow faster Next week is fine. Monday, wednesday or friday, whichever works for you. Yay paper towels and light timer! Once it grows more I could trade you something for a frag I've always wanted a sympodium I think liveaquaria has some. Or you could ask your LFS to find it for you Link to comment
yoshii Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I've always wanted a sympodium It's actually not that expensive, I think my frag was $20, but there were smaller frags for $15 at the LFS I bought it at Next week is fine. Monday, wednesday or friday, whichever works for you. Yay paper towels and light timer! Once it grows more I could trade you something for a frag I think liveaquaria has some. Or you could ask your LFS to find it for you Ok cool Sure, I'll just give it to you, no need to trade Btw, I was surprised my sypodium opened up so quickly once it was in the tank, I've heard sometimes it takes months for it for fully open Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 It's actually not that expensive, I think my frag was $20, but there were smaller frags for $15 at the LFS I bought it at Ok cool Sure, I'll just give it to you, no need to trade Btw, I was surprised my sypodium opened up so quickly once it was in the tank, I've heard sometimes it takes months for it for fully open Thanks Months Thanks crazy! Link to comment
iball1804 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Considering that xenia here is 50$+... Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 Considering that xenia here is 50$+... Link to comment
Euphyllia Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I like how I was all Debbie Downer about the Mandarin and then you found it. Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 I raided two of my pod cultures last night and got a good 10,000 pods. I'm not kidding, it snowed in there! The mandarins are fat and happy Link to comment
Jstn Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Try blood worms on your mandarin, my pair love them more than mysis. My big male even swims to the top of the tank to grab them. Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Try blood worms on your mandarin, my pair love them more than mysis. My big male even swims to the top of the tank to grab them. I feed them bloodworms from time to time. I love how they slurp it up like spaghetti It's just not very nutritious so I don't feed it very often. Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 The mandarins are back to their regular courting/spawning routine Link to comment
metrokat Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 How to tell the difference between the male and female? Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 How to tell the difference between the male and female? The first dorsal fin of males has an elongated fin ray (yours for example is a male) and the first dorsal fin of females is small and round. Females are also much smaller than males and tend to be more docile. Link to comment
metrokat Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 oh good thing I named him Draco then. To find out he was Dolly would have been ridiculous. Link to comment
yoshii Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Everyone should nominate this tank for TOTM Just saying, it's awesome Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 Cleaner shrimp zoea+green water+copepods+brine shrimp nauplii.....What could I possibly be doing? Link to comment
Deckoz2302 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 ...trying to raise babies Link to comment
FlCandy Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I have had my Mandy eating the Rods on and off, how easy is it to get them on Bloodworms and Myisis? He had to be coaxed with live Brine mixed in but he did eat it. Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 ...trying to raise babies We have a winner! Link to comment
FlCandy Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Baby mandarins... OMG that will be the cutest thing! Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 Baby mandarins... Those will be sometime in the near future once my pod cultures are large enough to raise mandarins rotifer-free. For now I'm raising the actual cleaner shrimp. Wish me luck, I'm going to need all I can get! OMG that will be the cutest thing! It would be! I think it was pacific east aquaculture that posted a pic of one of their baby S. picturatus. So adorable! I have had my Mandy eating the Rods on and off, how easy is it to get them on Bloodworms and Myisis? He had to be coaxed with live Brine mixed in but he did eat it. Usually they will take to bloodworms during the first couple feeding attempts, but mysis takes a lot longer. Just keep mixing it in with live brine and rods and he should try it eventually. Link to comment
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