Mandarin

[Dantitan]

I bought a Mandarin last night. I will post some pics of it later, but here is the story: I went to the LFS just to get a couple of Nass' but then I saw this poor little Mandarin in one of the tanks. It was moving around fine and had steady gill movements. The problem was that its stomach was a little sunken. I felt sorry for the little guy and my tank has an EXPLOSION of copes and amphipods. I thought for sure that someone on here would know what I could do to help the little guy out. I know I shouldn't have gotten him, but like I said, I felt sorry for him. Any thoughts?

 

[Smitty]

Congrats on the addition...did you observe him eat anything at the lfs, or did they attempt to feed him before you bought him? Hopefully you have a good supply of pods for him to eat. Also, try seeing if he'll eat frozen foods too. That'll help a lot in the long run. Good luck.

 

[Bifferwine]

Your tank size is suitable for a mandarin. Hopefully you will get him eating!

 

[Dantitan]

Congrats on the addition...did you observe him eat anything at the lfs, or did they attempt to feed him before you bought him? Hopefully you have a good supply of pods for him to eat. Also, try seeing if he'll eat frozen foods too. That'll help a lot in the long run. Good luck.

No, I didn't see him eating at the LFS, but I do plan on trying to train him to eat frozen. I do have an arse load of pods in my tank. I was really more concerned about its sunken stomach.

 

[RyanG]

If you have a lot of pods it may fare well. Just try to keep its pod eating competition down.

 

[Dantitan]

Well, he didn't make it. I don't think that he had much of a chance anyway, but thought that I would try to help the little guy.

 

[ErinCahir]

That's a total bummer. Sorry. :(

 

[yote]

Hate that he didnt make it.
At the LFS I help at,we usually wont sale a mandrine thats acting weak or has sunken bellies.They usually cant stand the stress of the move and acclimation.

 

[sen5241b]

sorry he died. For future reference MDs will eat pellet food, orange sushi roe and blood wrms.