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Dan's 150 Rebuild

SeahorseKeeper

SeahorseKeeper

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I wouldn't treat a mandarin unless I was 100% certain they had a disease. They can be sensitive to copper treatments. Also, it's rare for them to have ich. This is because of the thick mucous coating they have and their scales. It makes it hard for the ich to attach. You can see the coating in the morning when lights come on because the mandarin will look really pale.


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SeahorseKeeper said:
I wouldn't treat a mandarin unless I was 100% certain they had a disease. They can be sensitive to copper treatments. Also, it's rare for them to have ich. This is because of the thick mucous coating they have and their scales. It makes it hard for the ich to attach. You can see the coating in the morning when lights come on because the mandarin will look really pale.


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Oh okay, good to know. How about parasites tho? Could I treat em for that? And how would I go about treating the tang with copper but not the mandarin?
 
MatteZ

MatteZ

The Aquarium center sells like brine and black worms. You can try and feed him those and mix in the frozen gradually to switch them over.
 
jgraz

jgraz

Black worms are a good choice too. While your training towards frozen, supplement with something living. Mine used to eat blackworms all the time until he jumped in the overflow and into the sump where I never saw him again.
 
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MatteZ said:
The Aquarium center sells like brine and black worms. You can try and feed him those and mix in the frozen gradually to switch them over.
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Thanks matt I'll check it out.
jgraz said:
Black worms are a good choice too. While your training towards frozen, supplement with something living. Mine used to eat blackworms all the time until he jumped in the overflow and into the sump where I never saw him again.
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Well that stinks John :/ hopefully mine won't do the same
 
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Lol you guys r not nice. In my defense, no one wants to see the mandarin in QT for too long anyway so he will be coming out sooner than the tang. Lol
 
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Ok the kole tang is eating LRS and pellets. The mandarin still isn't moving when I put food in the tank :/ guess I gotta go out and buy some live food for em
 
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