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12/27/2007, 02:13 PM
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Mandarin Gobys
I made a mistake and bought 4 Green Psychedelic Mandarin Gobys for my 75 gal tank. I need to find good homes for 3 of them. Anyone who has an adaquit tank and lives in driving distance can have one for free. I live in Irvine CA.
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12/27/2007, 02:24 PM
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Just remember that any fish store that allowed you to leave the store with four Mandarins isn't a fish store you should be shopping at. But, good luck...I'm sure there'll be plenty of people to take you up on an offer like that.
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12/27/2007, 02:28 PM
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Agree on the fish store comment. I've been to several stores that refuse to even sale a mandarin to anyone with a tank less than 6 months old. let alone, 4 of them for a 75g. Could house 1 in that tank, maybe two if ya got a nice, well stocked fuge and they were a male/female pair.
Great job on realizing the problem and taking appropriate measures to correct the situation though. Keep it up!
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12/27/2007, 02:46 PM
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I've got 4 males. They are quite nice looking but also hungry. I've tried feeding them but they only want live food.
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12/27/2007, 02:49 PM
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Oh, ow. I'd contact the fish store and see if you can trade them in on something.
As a stopgap, feed phyto to your fuge and see if you can up pod production. If you had a 50g fuge you might be able to keep them, but there's one other problem: they will ultimately fight. Mandys are the most peaceful fish in the world---except with other mandys.
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12/27/2007, 02:51 PM
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4 males is ALOT. I hope you have a huge pod population.
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12/27/2007, 02:57 PM
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Post this in the So. Cal. reef club thread, too. [I'm thinking Irvine is SOcal...] But there are reef clubs all over CA. Check the district in the club forums area.
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12/27/2007, 04:17 PM
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I had a huge pod population, but once I introduced the Mandys the population dropped allot.
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12/27/2007, 07:30 PM
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Mike, try some frozen mysis and turn the pump off so it will settle to the bottom: give it an hour that way. If you can get ONE of those mandys to eat it, there's a chance he'll teach the others. Try it more than once, while you try to find them homes---because they WILL fight, I fear, if left together.
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