Jeremy's 90 Gallon Build Mayhem!! - Page 51

plecosword · 04-26-2009, 12:35 AM

good! nice mandaring too, I hope you get him to eat.

Jeremy0322 · 04-26-2009, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by plecosword

good! nice mandaring too, I hope you get him to eat.

If I dont think hes getting enough within the next maybe 48 hours he is going in the DT, i know there is enough food in there for him. I know I said I would QT everything, but this seems almost safe to skip on, and I wont have him dying on me because there is a tiny change he is bringing something in.

BLAKEJOHN · 04-26-2009, 01:31 AM

If his belly is sunk in already chances are he is not eating. Buying live pods to feed this fishes appetite will prove very expensive. You can get a breeding net and place it in your tank with the manderine in it. Point a power head toward the net. Feed live brine into the net. The flow from the powerhead will help pin the brine to one side of the net and the manderine will have any easy time getting this food. And it will some what simulate the pods he eats naturally in the rocks. Once you are sure he is eating the brine then mix it with froxen brine and then on to mysis. Unfortunatley I found this information after I spent the money on live pods and my madarin had already passed.

Yes they can carry ICH. Mine did. Best to QT and start weaning him to frozen foods while in QT.

Jeremy0322 · 04-26-2009, 01:40 AM

Where can I get live brine from?

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Originally Posted by BLAKEJOHN

If his belly is sunk in already chances are he is not eating. Buying live pods to feed this fishes appetite will prove very expensive. You can get a breeding net and place it in your tank with the manderine in it. Point a power head toward the net. Feed live brine into the net. The flow from the powerhead will help pin the brine to one side of the net and the manderine will have any easy time getting this food. And it will some what simulate the pods he eats naturally in the rocks. Once you are sure he is eating the brine then mix it with froxen brine and then on to mysis. Unfortunatley I found this information after I spent the money on live pods and my madarin had already passed.

Yes they can carry ICH. Mine did. Best to QT and start weaning him to frozen foods while in QT.

BLAKEJOHN · 04-26-2009, 03:00 AM

Just about any LFS or chain will have the eggs. Just need to hatch them. Very easy to do.

Jeremy0322 · 04-26-2009, 03:08 AM

hmm...ill have to call around tomorrow and see.

Basile · 04-26-2009, 10:27 AM

I bough a mandarin last week and put it with my seahorses. He's got lots of pods, too many in fact; the reason i bought him in the first place.They where consuming some of my display algae, so the little guy is there to keep them at par. But i whish i've known about the ich. Too late now . Good luck with yours.

plecosword · 04-26-2009, 12:36 PM

Jeremy, is he ignoring food when he sees it? like a copepod?

Jeremy0322 · 04-26-2009, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by plecosword

Jeremy, is he ignoring food when he sees it? like a copepod?

I saw his head bobbing last night when most of the lights were off and he seemed to be getting around the tank easier, so i dont think he is actually ignoring them.

Basile · 04-27-2009, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy0322

I saw his head bobbing last night when most of the lights were off and he seemed to be getting around the tank easier, so i dont think he is actually ignoring them.

i just got a mandarin for my algae tank, my buddy lend it to me . I have an infestation of pods lol. They eat every algae i have. Not good for my algae tank and for my horses. So he lend it to me for a while.

plecosword · 04-27-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Basile

i just got a mandarin for my algae tank, my buddy lend it to me . I have an infestation of pods lol. They eat every algae i have. Not good for my algae tank and for my horses. So he lend it to me for a while.

Infestation of pod, id say thats a good thing!
too much of anything is usually bad though...

Jeremy0322 · 04-28-2009, 02:00 AM

So, what does everything think of this little guy...

pretty fish, Michael_cb is about to get a pm, lol

BLAKEJOHN · 04-28-2009, 02:56 AM

I think it may be hard to feed like a copperband

Basile · 04-28-2009, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy0322

So, what does everything think of this little guy...

pretty fish, Michael_cb is about to get a pm, lol

I wish i could have that in my tank but would be too big for my 65g.

Jeremy0322 · 04-29-2009, 06:57 PM

Figured I would throw an update up over here before I start studying for the "Biological Statistics and Experimental Design" test that I have tomorrow...

Everything is doing good. I decided a put the mandarin in the DT, he didnt seem to be really eating and on the last day just sat in the corner for hours on end, i honestly though he was going to kick the bucket, so I went ahead and put him in the 90. I caught a glimpse of him hunting today, tearing pods up, so all should be good now. No signs of ick either, which hopefully means that he doesnt have it. I would assume with all the stress over the past few days/weeks it would have presented with something, but he seems happy, very skinny, but happy and eating away

The ballast was sent into IceCap on monday afternoon, and now im just waiting to hear back from them, it is under warranty, i send the receipt in with it, so it should be a free fix, which is another one of those "thank god" moments.

EVERY coral is open completely and happy somehow under the 130 watts of Actinic PC light over the 90 gallon tank, its strange. However, this could be because I have been making sure the tank is getting as much natural sunlight as possible during the daytime hours, every window is open all the way and it seems to be working pretty well.

My package from reefcleaners.org came in today, which reminds me that I have to PM John. I like free stuff, dont get me wrong, but I ordered 20 cerith snails, 15 nassarius snails, and the penny algae thing because..well..it was a penny. I got all the nassarius snails and the algae, but there had to be atleast 50-60 ceriths in that bag, I think there may have been a mix up or something, and he is a good enough guy that im going to ask and see what happened.

question, where can I get a grounding probe, preferably inexpensive. I put my hand in the tank and felt a shocking sensation on one of my fingers, however this finger has a cut and it may have just been the saltwater, but im not taking any chances really.

Im also working on a way to get some awesome frags at some pretty low costs, so I will keep everyone updated on that. Lets just say its a little bit of everything, and a lot of some of them.

Pictures will be up sometime, camera isnt home right now.

04-26-2009, 12:35 AM	#751 (permalink)
plecosword Acropora Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: So CA Posts: 1,888 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Jeremy's 90 Gallon Build Mayhem!! good! nice mandaring too, I hope you get him to eat. __________________ --Mario/Andre "Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time" !!!20g for reals!!! 55G

04-26-2009, 01:31 AM	#753 (permalink)
BLAKEJOHN Elegance coral Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: KINGSTON, I.L. Posts: 1,073 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Jeremy's 90 Gallon Build Mayhem!! If his belly is sunk in already chances are he is not eating. Buying live pods to feed this fishes appetite will prove very expensive. You can get a breeding net and place it in your tank with the manderine in it. Point a power head toward the net. Feed live brine into the net. The flow from the powerhead will help pin the brine to one side of the net and the manderine will have any easy time getting this food. And it will some what simulate the pods he eats naturally in the rocks. Once you are sure he is eating the brine then mix it with froxen brine and then on to mysis. Unfortunatley I found this information after I spent the money on live pods and my madarin had already passed. Yes they can carry ICH. Mine did. Best to QT and start weaning him to frozen foods while in QT. __________________ 110 gallon acrylic 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Blue Tang, 2 Eng Gobies, 1 Six Line Wrasse, 1 Tomato Clown, 1 Lion fish RBTA, Longspine Urchin, Approx. 200 snails Red Monti, Purple Rim Monti, Leathers, Elegence, Yellow Polyps, various Zoa's, FrogSpawn, Ricordias, Greenbirdsnest, Pink Milli, Blue Milli, Bonzai, unknown Acropora's, Purple Digi, GSP, Bubble Coral, Staghorn, Slimer

04-26-2009, 03:00 AM	#755 (permalink)
BLAKEJOHN Elegance coral Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: KINGSTON, I.L. Posts: 1,073 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Jeremy's 90 Gallon Build Mayhem!! Just about any LFS or chain will have the eggs. Just need to hatch them. Very easy to do. __________________ 110 gallon acrylic 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Blue Tang, 2 Eng Gobies, 1 Six Line Wrasse, 1 Tomato Clown, 1 Lion fish RBTA, Longspine Urchin, Approx. 200 snails Red Monti, Purple Rim Monti, Leathers, Elegence, Yellow Polyps, various Zoa's, FrogSpawn, Ricordias, Greenbirdsnest, Pink Milli, Blue Milli, Bonzai, unknown Acropora's, Purple Digi, GSP, Bubble Coral, Staghorn, Slimer

04-26-2009, 03:08 AM	#756 (permalink)
Jeremy0322 Tridacna maxima Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 4,753 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Jeremy's 90 Gallon Build Mayhem!! hmm...ill have to call around tomorrow and see. __________________ UNCW 2011 -Marine Biology Major -Oceanography Minor The old 90 Gallon Build r.i.p Only after the last tree's cut And the last river poisoned Only after the last fish is caught Will you find that money cannot be eaten....

04-26-2009, 10:27 AM	#757 (permalink)
Basile Golden Moray Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gatineau/Ottawa canada Posts: 2,022 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Jeremy's 90 Gallon Build Mayhem!! I bough a mandarin last week and put it with my seahorses. He's got lots of pods, too many in fact; the reason i bought him in the first place.They where consuming some of my display algae, so the little guy is there to keep them at par. But i whish i've known about the ich. Too late now . Good luck with yours. __________________ My Rockwork Macroalgae Club. My slow 65 g build up Combination fish and Anemone 65g- Aquamedic 2X250wMH-T5 -Recirculating Octopus 150DNW- 2X Vortech Mp40W gen2 powerheads-Eheim 1262 910GPH return - Little fishes Carbon&Phosban reactors,GHL controllers and Dosing pump and ME!

04-26-2009, 12:36 PM	#758 (permalink)
plecosword Acropora Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: So CA Posts: 1,888 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Jeremy's 90 Gallon Build Mayhem!! Jeremy, is he ignoring food when he sees it? like a copepod? __________________ --Mario/Andre "Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time" !!!20g for reals!!! 55G

04-28-2009, 02:00 AM	#762 (permalink)
Jeremy0322 Tridacna maxima Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 4,753 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Jeremy's 90 Gallon Build Mayhem!! So, what does everything think of this little guy... pretty fish, Michael_cb is about to get a pm, lol __________________ UNCW 2011 -Marine Biology Major -Oceanography Minor The old 90 Gallon Build r.i.p Only after the last tree's cut And the last river poisoned Only after the last fish is caught Will you find that money cannot be eaten....

04-28-2009, 02:56 AM	#763 (permalink)
BLAKEJOHN Elegance coral Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: KINGSTON, I.L. Posts: 1,073 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Jeremy's 90 Gallon Build Mayhem!! I think it may be hard to feed like a copperband __________________ 110 gallon acrylic 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Blue Tang, 2 Eng Gobies, 1 Six Line Wrasse, 1 Tomato Clown, 1 Lion fish RBTA, Longspine Urchin, Approx. 200 snails Red Monti, Purple Rim Monti, Leathers, Elegence, Yellow Polyps, various Zoa's, FrogSpawn, Ricordias, Greenbirdsnest, Pink Milli, Blue Milli, Bonzai, unknown Acropora's, Purple Digi, GSP, Bubble Coral, Staghorn, Slimer

04-29-2009, 06:57 PM	#765 (permalink)
Jeremy0322 Tridacna maxima Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 4,753 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Jeremy's 90 Gallon Build Mayhem!! Figured I would throw an update up over here before I start studying for the "Biological Statistics and Experimental Design" test that I have tomorrow... Everything is doing good. I decided a put the mandarin in the DT, he didnt seem to be really eating and on the last day just sat in the corner for hours on end, i honestly though he was going to kick the bucket, so I went ahead and put him in the 90. I caught a glimpse of him hunting today, tearing pods up, so all should be good now. No signs of ick either, which hopefully means that he doesnt have it. I would assume with all the stress over the past few days/weeks it would have presented with something, but he seems happy, very skinny, but happy and eating away The ballast was sent into IceCap on monday afternoon, and now im just waiting to hear back from them, it is under warranty, i send the receipt in with it, so it should be a free fix, which is another one of those "thank god" moments. EVERY coral is open completely and happy somehow under the 130 watts of Actinic PC light over the 90 gallon tank, its strange. However, this could be because I have been making sure the tank is getting as much natural sunlight as possible during the daytime hours, every window is open all the way and it seems to be working pretty well. My package from reefcleaners.org came in today, which reminds me that I have to PM John. I like free stuff, dont get me wrong, but I ordered 20 cerith snails, 15 nassarius snails, and the penny algae thing because..well..it was a penny. I got all the nassarius snails and the algae, but there had to be atleast 50-60 ceriths in that bag, I think there may have been a mix up or something, and he is a good enough guy that im going to ask and see what happened. question, where can I get a grounding probe, preferably inexpensive. I put my hand in the tank and felt a shocking sensation on one of my fingers, however this finger has a cut and it may have just been the saltwater, but im not taking any chances really. Im also working on a way to get some awesome frags at some pretty low costs, so I will keep everyone updated on that. Lets just say its a little bit of everything, and a lot of some of them. Pictures will be up sometime, camera isnt home right now. __________________ UNCW 2011 -Marine Biology Major -Oceanography Minor The old 90 Gallon Build r.i.p Only after the last tree's cut And the last river poisoned Only after the last fish is caught Will you find that money cannot be eaten....

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