For anyone looking to buy one of the captive bred mandarins from Biota be prepared, they are tiny. They advertise them as arriving at .75 to 1" but I was not prepared for this. Luckily I had a fish trap I could repurpose into an acclimation chamber in the main DT. It is going to be a lot of work injecting baby Brine and copepods from the refugium until I feel like this little girl can be released into the main tank. I sure hope she grows fast
There is really nothing I am afraid of eating her other than maybe the fire shrimps I have but she is so tiny like a pellet i sometimes feed or a piece of Larry's reef frenzy that she might get eaten accidentally so going to keep her seperated for a bit.
I am no cinematographer obviously but for reference the trap is 7" wide and the tank is 5', yes she is that tiny.
Wish me and her good luck
There is really nothing I am afraid of eating her other than maybe the fire shrimps I have but she is so tiny like a pellet i sometimes feed or a piece of Larry's reef frenzy that she might get eaten accidentally so going to keep her seperated for a bit.
I am no cinematographer obviously but for reference the trap is 7" wide and the tank is 5', yes she is that tiny.
Wish me and her good luck