Pinrod Urkish Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Flame me if you want, but I think I have found the trick to feeding dragonnets. I've dared the odds gotten three dragonets to eat prepared food. If that isn't cruel enough my tank is a ten gallon with 7lbs of live rock and a few hermit crabs. How long have I been doing this? About a year. I purposly buy the scranny ones because I figure that the'll be too starved to care what they eat. The trick? Let's just say it involves Marine Cuisine and patience. Link to comment
Pinrod Urkish Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 This gal was emaciated to the bone Link to comment
ifynanceu Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 mine was not skinny at all and it ate prepared foods no problem..i had it in my nano 12 with 60% of the tank rock, and it ate brine soaked in selcon real well, and is now in my 50t and is really healthy...It really helped that I got a pod culture growing quick though...Good luck though, they are great and look awesome!! Link to comment
aquawolf Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 No flames here, only questions? Now that you have begun this thread don't tell me you are going to stop at marine cuisine and patience and not share your secret with the rest of us. If you have a basically foolproof way to get them to eat prepared foods I am all ears. Link to comment
cseeton Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Let's hear it already. I'm interested... Link to comment
raciampa Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 I have one ina ten gallon. The spotted usually eat prepared foods. Mine eats mysis and it only took about three days. The green never eat prepared foods. http://www.nano-reef.com/gallery/data/500/.../10112IMG_0259- Link to comment
renichms Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Watching in case of magic... RN Link to comment
Pinrod Urkish Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 Yea I also get all my fish small like the one in the picture was bought at .5" seems that the small skinny fish turn to prepared food quicker. And aquaqwolf, have you looked at the content in MarineC.? It's like the whole ocean puree'd and frozen into cubes. Really I guess i've been lucky Link to comment
aquawolf Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 LOL! There you have it, I am still a newbie at this and didn't know MarineC was a brand of food. I thought it might be a special mix you made up yourself or something. :0 Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Newbies!!!: Dont do this. Not to put a damper on the thread, I'm just saying its not the best idea at first. Link to comment
Pinrod Urkish Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 The godsend Link to comment
NaNO ReeFiN Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Thanks for the tip. I've got my mandarin eating frozen mysis/brine but any and all other food suggestions are always welcomed. Link to comment
Styxnpicks Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 this'll help out when I get my mandrin for my 40g Link to comment
666 Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 hey i have a problem. i have a 2.5 gallon and my tang gets to the food before my 2 mandarins do. What do i do???? Link to comment
Styxnpicks Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 stick the tang in its own 1 gallon tank Link to comment
666 Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 should i put another one in there with him???? wont he get lonely in there? Link to comment
Styxnpicks Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 yes give him two more buddies they love to school around Link to comment
666 Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 seriously though, whatever happened to that dude who worked at a lfs and "trained" mandarins to take prepared foods. I remember he was gonna/did sell them on here. Link to comment
Styxnpicks Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 he probably got fired for "wasting materials" and feeding the tanks frozen brine shrimp nonstop Link to comment
renichms Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Any new info or anyone else having success at feeding mandarins prepared food? I recently was told mandarins will eat Cyclo-pleez (however you spell it) but have been far too timid to try it on my own and risk the life of a fish. RN Link to comment
Saltwater Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I kept a spotted for more than 3 years and it ate frozen. It would eat anything I dropped in, I got it down to the bottom with a turkey baster. I lost this fish because the guard on my PH came off the night I returned from vacation, that was the first thing I check walking through the door and I woke up to that. It sucked! This happened 2 weeks or so ago. Link to comment
Pinrod Urkish Posted February 7, 2005 Author Share Posted February 7, 2005 Poor fishy. Link to comment
Kogut Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 MarineC is practically the same thing as cyclo, it seems... I had a mandarin in TX and would love a replacement if I could get a nice one. Mine ate blood worms (gave it a shot after the beta died) and frozen mysis w/ no problems. He was fat until the day I left him and was always on the prowl looking for pods. Just a fun fact for you all... Go to your tank late at night w/ a flashlight... Or whenever your tank's night-time is... Find where your mandarin is... It will have its colors faded and look dead. Scary the first time, but really quite funny to see. I always got a kick out of it... Oh yeah... My mandarin was the standard blue one, not the psychadelic green/red. Came from liveaquaria, too. Link to comment
ifynanceu Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 I tried the bloodworm thing with little success...I guess i got lucky as I never had to "train" my fish...I did however, feed the tank with a turkey baster, and I would direct foods to the area of the mandarin after shooting some in another area so my clown and others wouldn't hog up the food...I target fed everything in the nano, but just don't have the time now in my 50...I do shoot some foods into the inlet of my pump for my 50t to distribute foods alot quicker and and better...That thing shoots foods everywhere!!! Link to comment
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