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$15

feeding on frozen brine shrimp.

Reason for selling:

i've got another mandarin in my tank, dont wanna keep 2.

wanna reduce my bioload to make way for other fishes.

collection in Bishan

PM me if you are interested.. thanks :upsidedown:

My Decomissioned 2ft Cube: (31st March 2011)

Carpe Diem~!!!

My Current 4ft X 2ft X 2ft:

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will be a good buy...eating on frozen food... :P

Jacky, where are you???

My Setup:

3x2x2 tank with IOS

Equipment List:

Chiller: Artica 1/5HP

Chiller Pump: Sicce 4000

Return Pump: OR3500

Skimmer: Deltec APF600

Wavemaker: Tunze Wavebox/2x Hydor K2/SCWD wavemaker

Lights: DElighting 2x150W MH + 2x 39W T5 Atinic

FR: Skimz

FR Pump: Atman AT-104

Tubby ATO, Kalkweisser Reactor with magnetic stirrer.

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will be a good buy...eating on frozen food... :P

Jacky, where are you???

I want red mandarin and must be male...... hehe... unless if it is a pellet eating one :)

Eqpt: Deltec MCE 600, Tunze 6055 with Tunze 7091 controller, Artica 1/15 HP chiller, AquaIllumination Sol Blue LED Light System

2011 resolution : Do it simpler, better and in an easier way!

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$15

feeding on frozen brine shrimp.

Reason for selling:

i've got another mandarin in my tank, dont wanna keep 2.

wanna reduce my bioload to make way for other fishes.

collection in Bishan

PM me if you are interested.. thanks :upsidedown:

Hi bro, when can collect ? me keen sms me at 97258836

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Hi kikobananas,

How did u get ur mandrin to eat frozen food!

I bought mandrin fish twice & both times it refused to eat anything except pods...

I gave up now i have a spotted mandrin, which eats well!!

But i still love the green madrin, its so beautiful!!

Any tricks to get it to eat?

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Hi kikobananas,

How did u get ur mandrin to eat frozen food!

I bought mandrin fish twice & both times it refused to eat anything except pods...

I gave up now i have a spotted mandrin, which eats well!!

But i still love the green madrin, its so beautiful!!

Any tricks to get it to eat?

you should ask other pros here..

i got it from another reefer here...

it was already feeding when i got it...

alternatively u can take a look at ML...

i got my other mandarin from Henry,

it was trained by Henry to take Henry's food...

i've read of reefers starving their mandarin for a few days in the betta box,

after a few days, they would try squirting some frozen food in..

but thats a risk i wouldnt want to take..

there're many success stories out there,

there are even mandarins who take pellets!!! :D

maybe other more experienced reefers can chip in?

My Decomissioned 2ft Cube: (31st March 2011)

Carpe Diem~!!!

My Current 4ft X 2ft X 2ft:

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i've also read somewhere that some mandrains take it live brine shrimps..

so maybe you could try feeding it with live brine,

slowly you can get it to feed on frozen brine...

This method always works for me.

Always something more important than fish.

http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/

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ah!

i remember!

i got it from bro FuEl!

I even tried feeding live brine shrimp! but the mandarin wasn't interested in it! I even saw it biting once, & then spitting it out!

Marine Lifes Mandrin's do eat, but i don't wanna to feed henry's gourmet!

Only success i had is spotted mandrin. They arent so fussy as the green Mandrin & will eat frozen brine & Mysis shrimp!

But the aren't as beautiful as the green mandrin!

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Got mine from Henry after he weaned them to feed on Henry's gourmet. Initially wanted to train him to eat mysis inside beta box but Henry advised me against it. So I let him out and target fed him for 2 weeks with my balloon stick. Have to make sure you feed your other fishes and shrimps first and switch off all pumps before feeding him. Funny he was never afraid of the stick wavering in front of him. Squirt out and and make sure the mysis lands within his vicinity. Took to eating mysis very quickly actually. Prob was feeding on mysis this way after 2-3 days. He soon learnt to expect food out from the balloon stick and would just wait patiently everytime he sees it.

Got lazy using balloon stick after 2 weeks, and figured he recognised mysis already, so I did away with the stick. At first he would only eat mysis that landed in front of him, which was v. random. Really happy now that he has gained experience and confidence in 'hunting' for his food. Will start chasing down mysis from a distance and play a prowling game with the mysis, eventually pouncing on the mysis. Really have to see it to believe it!

Just wondering now how can I train him to eat pellets now...

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Got mine from Henry after he weaned them to feed on Henry's gourmet. Initially wanted to train him to eat mysis inside beta box but Henry advised me against it. So I let him out and target fed him for 2 weeks with my balloon stick. Have to make sure you feed your other fishes and shrimps first and switch off all pumps before feeding him. Funny he was never afraid of the stick wavering in front of him. Squirt out and and make sure the mysis lands within his vicinity. Took to eating mysis very quickly actually. Prob was feeding on mysis this way after 2-3 days. He soon learnt to expect food out from the balloon stick and would just wait patiently everytime he sees it.

Got lazy using balloon stick after 2 weeks, and figured he recognised mysis already, so I did away with the stick. At first he would only eat mysis that landed in front of him, which was v. random. Really happy now that he has gained experience and confidence in 'hunting' for his food. Will start chasing down mysis from a distance and play a prowling game with the mysis, eventually pouncing on the mysis. Really have to see it to believe it!

Just wondering now how can I train him to eat pellets now...

yea.. agree with what u said...

the mandrain i got from Henry, started taking in mysis after awhile...

now he takes whatever frozen food i gave him... mysis, brine or henry's...

but i'm still "target feeding" it... squirt the frozen food at the area near it...

now whenever i feed, there's this area specially for him....

and i believe he knows it as well...

My Decomissioned 2ft Cube: (31st March 2011)

Carpe Diem~!!!

My Current 4ft X 2ft X 2ft:

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