fish personalities and characters

[jjkim]

But i thought tht mandarins didnt eat pellets

 

[tomtoothdoc]

generally they don't but can be taught to do so. i use the net breeder to train my mandarin. starting with just pods to more pellets and less pods, once he consistently eats both pods and pellets, i let him loose in the tank. after a year of him thriving, i got him a mate and he taught her to eat pellets.
even though they eat pellets, i think they still need a good population of pods to help sustaining them long term. they seem to be hunting pods all day long and eat the pellets when they get the chance. if housed with more aggressive eater which is pretty much everything even the cleaner shrimp, they aren't quick enough to get to the pellets. the glass jar is a good idea, i just may try that just to see.

 

[jjkim]

Do you feed then formula one pellets too? Because i hve formula two pellets and he doesnt seen to eat it maybe one works better than two

 

[BuGG]

LOL, the thread got derailed, sorry.

How about a pufferfish? my wife and i went snorkeling in mexico years ago and a pufferfish would follow us everywhere we swam.

 

[jjkim]

I love puffers i used to have freshwater ones but the saltwater arent reef safe

 

[tomtoothdoc]

Do you feed then formula one pellets too? Because i hve formula two pellets and he doesnt seen to eat it maybe one works better than two

i feed them hikari-s....learned this from domboski.
mandarin has really small mouth....the hikari-s is the perfect size.

 

[jjkim]

Who is domboski? A mr member?

 

[jjkim]

And do you think the red scooter blenny will also eat it as well?

 

[Cu455]

A sand shifting goby. Its cool to watch the sand come out of their gills.