Copepod dwellings

[zcatzmeow]

Oh, Sachs and LiveBrineShrimp both have ulva. Sachs is also a good source for starter pod cultures (a mix of different species).

Wonderful links! Thank you!

[Rychek]

What about this isopod? Maybe too big?

I'd like to see a mandarin big enough to eat that sucker!

[longhorna95]

this article is great! I am getting a nano 24 gallon, down sizing from a 75, and putting a fuge with it to help out my mandarin! Its my favorite fish and i was worried how he would do but after all this I feel ok to try and keep him! I do see him eat some frozen mysis shirmp so that also gives me hope!

[ErikH]

Let's not get crazy here, don't go putting mandarins in too small of a tank. 29 is alright, 24, meh, no smaller IMO. Any smaller would probably make them feel like they were in jail. My tiny mandy is ALL OVER my 75. Not the police, but it's better to be able to keep one successfully without praying for it to eat frozen. PLEASE know that you may end up buying live foods for these animals, and the above mentioned advice is great, but unless you follow the advice given, you'll just end up killing fish.

Sorry, I have a thing for mandarins...

[crabman]

for people interested in the group orders, there has been one started in the group order section! go sign up!

[longhorna95]

scorpino, I understand what you are saying, I hate loosing fish exspecially when it the owners fualt, I am adding a refuge to my nano so hopefuly myn will do ok. I have read other suggestions that every week swap out refuge rocks where copepods live and it will help make sure they have food. And I also understand that I will sometimes have to supplement live copepods until I can visibly see a "big" copepod population in my refuge.