copepods and amphipods....

**Nic** · Sun Nov 15, 2009, 10:12 AM

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....

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** · Tue Nov 24, 2009, 06:53 AM

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** · Tue Nov 24, 2009, 10:55 AM

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

**Namn8r** · Tue Nov 24, 2009, 11:20 AM

Live blackworms

fatten them up real quick!

**Nic** · Thu Nov 26, 2009, 01:51 AM

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** · Sun Nov 29, 2009, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by Namn8r

Live blackworms

fatten them up real quick!

Definately!!

Kind regards,
George

**nicholas76** · Sat Jan 09, 2010, 11:39 PM

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

**Nic** · Tue Jan 12, 2010, 03:51 AM

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

**nicholas76** · Thu Jan 21, 2010, 09:21 AM

Hey NIc

can you post pictures of yoru setup ?

**Nic** · Mon May 23, 2011, 05:35 AM

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

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