copepods and amphipods....

[Nic]

gday again, i may have stuffed up here
i have recently bought a spotted mandarin fish as my first addition.
hes looking rather thin and need to feed him 'copepods' as the world wide web has told me.... :oops: i have some live rock in my tank but i need to make sure he survives.....any help with this would be greatly apprieciated as always

cheers
nic

[Tommo]

They are best off being in a reef tank that has been going for a fair few months at the least .
Unless you can train it onto frozen food .

Cheers

[Robdog]

Baby Brine Shrimp. Get some going NOW! If he's wasting then you are already behind the 8ball so get some asap.

[Namn8r]

Live blackworms ;) fatten them up real quick!

[Nic]

thanks guys,
got some brine shrimp going for him...only froZen but hes eating it at least.

thanks for the advice as always guys
nic

[SLS]

Live blackworms ;) fatten them up real quick!

Definately!!

Kind regards,
George

[nicholas76]

Often the last addition to an estabilished tank. We live and learn , how is it doing?

[Nic]

i have lived and learnt for a very short 17 years...sadly i lost my VERY expensive MAndarin fish a couple of days ago...not happy at all.
Shouldve done some more reading id say :oops:

[nicholas76]

Hey NIc

can you post pictures of yoru setup ?

[Nic]

Yea sure, will do....when i get a chance. Hopefully within the next couple of days