Julian Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I just picked up a 2" target mandarin dragonette and some brine shrimp eggs from my LFS the other day, planning to train it with SeaDemTails method in my 12 gallon nano that I just set up for the purpose with a DSB, HOB filter loaded with LR, and very low flow. Anyway, I was watching the mandarin eating today and it seemed to be pecking an awfull lot, once over 5-6 seconds, and it wasnt swimming around as much as usual. Uppon closer examination, it was eating the detritus in stead of pods! Since then I have also seen it eat whole dead mysis, bristle worms, and flake food and blood worms, which were meant to be pod food. I think that using a low flow tank with lots of pods and a lot of detritus might be a viable way to train these things. When the Madarin misses a pod, it gets some detritus and after it learns to eat detritus it will eat whatever is mixed in, like flake food of mysis. Anyone have a similar experiance? Link to comment
Colione Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 sooo ... basically you're saying its eating poop? Link to comment
m'akoyPINOY Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 sooo ... basically you're saying its eating poop? Link to comment
121a Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 or it already knew how to eat frozen stuff from the LFS... Link to comment
Julian Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 sooo ... basically you're saying its eating poop? :haha: :haha: More seriously, I am sure it wasn't eating at the store and it didn't start eating for a while after I got it. Link to comment
bagoegg Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 You should breed your mandarin and sell them as part of a CUC. Link to comment
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