Mandarin Dragonet - Reef-Geeks

icsd71 · Reef-Geek

It has been a while since i posted. So i thought why not share my experiencei have had with my mandarin. Since my last post about him I have now gotten the mandarin to eat anything I put in the tank. At first he was very picky only eating the Pods in my tank. i knew that was not going to sustain him. So I tried blood worms (suggestions from several experienced reef keepers on this board) and he went to town on those. I also feed live brine shrimp i hatch. he will go to town on these as well. Since then He will now eat frozen mysis and brine. I have had a good experince with the manarin mostly thanks to this group. I would love to get a mate someday for him. We will see

chris&barb · Lost

Thats great it eating all that stuff. Have you figured out what sex it is?

LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

That's great to hear!! Bloodworms, eh? Live or frozen? (I'm only familiar with frozen, and not sure if you can get "live" bloodworms)

rgrking · Spawning

woo hoo!!!!!

Great news!!!!!!!

Saltcreep · Big-Geek

good work!

icsd71 · Reef-Geek

male. All of it is frozen except the Brine shrimp I hatch and feed to everything. Gives them live prey to keep them active. Plus i enjoy watching the Zoas and acans catch them and close up.

D3monic · All powerfull drifter

I am glad the frozen blood worms worked as a transition food. enrichment is necissary but very effective means. It took a lot of work but I found that was the quickest possible means on training dragonets onto frozen foods.

The thought came to me while watching a video of mandarins in the wild. In the video there was millions of tiny skinny worm looking critters darting through the water column. Mysis tend to be a bit harder but once mixed in with the bloodworms they get a tast for them as well but tend to pout if they don't get any worms.

icsd71 · Reef-Geek

Yes i agree. Something about them damn worms!

Barbara · Geekette

wow..........that's GREAT to hear! and we so appreciate your support too!

any chance you could show us a video of him eating?

and/or a few update pics?

are you keeping your eye out for a female?

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Originally Posted by D3monic

I am glad the frozen blood worms worked as a transition food. enrichment is necissary but very effective means. It took a lot of work but I found that was the quickest possible means on training dragonets onto frozen foods.

The thought came to me while watching a video of mandarins in the wild. In the video there was millions of tiny skinny worm looking critters darting through the water column. Mysis tend to be a bit harder but once mixed in with the bloodworms they get a tast for them as well but tend to pout if they don't get any worms.

just wanted to repost this...............D.........we MISS your breeding projects!!!!

Variko · Big-Geek

Hopefully well get to see him breed some fancy land crabs soon

icsd71 · Reef-Geek

Just recently bought and tried Cyclops as well. He really enjoys these too.

inlander · Big-Geek

+1

Great news,,

[1 (permalink)] Posted by icsd71 08-23-2011, 05:12 PM	Reef-Geek
Mandarin Dragonet It has been a while since i posted. So i thought why not share my experiencei have had with my mandarin. Since my last post about him I have now gotten the mandarin to eat anything I put in the tank. At first he was very picky only eating the Pods in my tank. i knew that was not going to sustain him. So I tried blood worms (suggestions from several experienced reef keepers on this board) and he went to town on those. I also feed live brine shrimp i hatch. he will go to town on these as well. Since then He will now eat frozen mysis and brine. I have had a good experince with the manarin mostly thanks to this group. I would love to get a mate someday for him. We will see	Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Bethany,IL Posts: 465 Gameroom cash: $150315 Rep Power: 16
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[3 (permalink)] Posted by LadyOfIreland 08-23-2011, 05:27 PM	Dr. Zoos
That's great to hear!! Bloodworms, eh? Live or frozen? (I'm only familiar with frozen, and not sure if you can get "live" bloodworms) __________________ One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish... Will work for coral "If wishes were fishes, we'd all have full tanks."	Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 867 Gameroom cash: $259040 Rep Power: 34
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[4 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 08-23-2011, 05:44 PM	Spawning
woo hoo!!!!! Great news!!!!!!! __________________ RLTW 180 Gallon Mixed Reef Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 Friend me up on Facebook Glen King	Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sullivan, Missouri, USA Posts: 10,000 Gameroom cash: $1656070 Rep Power: 164
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[7 (permalink)] Posted by D3monic 08-24-2011, 07:21 AM	All powerfull drifter
I am glad the frozen blood worms worked as a transition food. enrichment is necissary but very effective means. It took a lot of work but I found that was the quickest possible means on training dragonets onto frozen foods. The thought came to me while watching a video of mandarins in the wild. In the video there was millions of tiny skinny worm looking critters darting through the water column. Mysis tend to be a bit harder but once mixed in with the bloodworms they get a tast for them as well but tend to pout if they don't get any worms. __________________	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minooka, IL Posts: 2,458 Gameroom cash: $805585 Rep Power: 68
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[2 (permalink)] Posted by chris&barb 08-23-2011, 05:24 PM	Lost
Thats great it eating all that stuff. Have you figured out what sex it is?	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: De Posts: 12,272 Gameroom cash: $3501040 Rep Power: 100
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[5 (permalink)] Posted by Saltcreep 08-23-2011, 06:48 PM	Big-Geek
good work!	Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: newark de Posts: 1,641 Gameroom cash: $535375 Rep Power: 62
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[6 (permalink)] Posted by icsd71 08-23-2011, 07:37 PM	Reef-Geek
male. All of it is frozen except the Brine shrimp I hatch and feed to everything. Gives them live prey to keep them active. Plus i enjoy watching the Zoas and acans catch them and close up.	Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Bethany,IL Posts: 465 Gameroom cash: $150315 Rep Power: 16
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[8 (permalink)] Posted by icsd71 08-24-2011, 07:07 PM	Reef-Geek
Yes i agree. Something about them damn worms!	Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Bethany,IL Posts: 465 Gameroom cash: $150315 Rep Power: 16
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[10 (permalink)] Posted by Variko 08-25-2011, 12:32 PM	Big-Geek
Hopefully well get to see him breed some fancy land crabs soon	Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Posts: 1,427 Gameroom cash: $358075 Rep Power: 36
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[11 (permalink)] Posted by icsd71 08-31-2011, 11:20 AM	Reef-Geek
Just recently bought and tried Cyclops as well. He really enjoys these too.	Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Bethany,IL Posts: 465 Gameroom cash: $150315 Rep Power: 16
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[12 (permalink)] Posted by inlander 09-03-2011, 09:15 PM	Big-Geek
+1 Great news,,	Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,743 Gameroom cash: $509710 Rep Power: 58
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