New Green Mandarin

[Tang77]

Whats up LivingReefers..just wanted to share my new addition. Not the best picture quality I know, but its a new camera and I will eventually get it right. Anyway, I got a green mandarin today and he loving his new home..lots of coepods to chow on and he already got the once over from Jacques the cleaner shrimp..more pictures to come, enjoy..

 

[dixiegirl21191]

How cute!

 

[Samhain]

Just make sure he's eating frozen too. Otherwise he'll decimate your pod population in a day or two and then starve to death....But he's such a cutie! Good luck.

 

[Tang77]

Thank you for the compliments, definitely a cute fish and fun to watch...Samhain, should I be looking at any brand in particular or just regular frozen mysis and brine shrimp? I currently use PE mysis shrimp 4oz cubes. Is there a way I can seed my refugium to have a copepod explosion? Im worried that even though I have a good population now like you said before, I know what these fish can do to a large copepod community.

 

[wontonflip]

Try the frozen mysis, and get some fish roe, too :D Congrats on the new addition!

 

[markrj]

Cute fish! I love watching mine. He seems fat and happy. I supplement with ArcticPods about once a week but I'm sure he's finding plenty to eat.

 

[Tang77]

Hey thank you, I will have to check out ArticPods, do they go right into your refugium or main tank?

 

[wontonflip]

Put some in both....they end up in the main tank eventually anyway. At least in the fuge, they can safely multiply some more.

 

[Tang77]

True, good call wonton. I'm trying your fish roe tip out today, I picked some up last night.

 

[spongeycrab]

Love these fish:bowdown: