ORA Mandarin @ LR&R
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Topic: ORA Mandarin @ LR&R
Posted By: 08TRDOFFROAD
Subject: ORA Mandarin @ LR&R
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 9:33am
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Has anyone purchased an ORA Blue or Red Mandarin from Live Rock and Reef. ORA claims that these fish will consume commercially prepared foods and are not dependant on pods to survive. I am just curious if anyone has actually purchased one of these fish and what their experience has been with them.
Thanks!
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Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 10:04am
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I havent personally, I have seen them and have witnessed them eat( not at LRR)
I would say tell them to feed it, if it doesnt eat dont buy it, even if they say it ate earlier that day. Go back another day. ------------- Next meeting: |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 11:56am
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Agreed, if I were going to buy a mandarin it would have to be captive raised. I'd watch it eat a couple times before I'd buy it.
Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: Josh95
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 2:49pm
| Agreed, but red mandarins are an extremely beautiful fish, I have been wanting one for a long time now. Anyone think i would have issues w/ a melanurus wrasse, bue hippo tang, yellow tang, niger trigger, yellow tail damsel, and a clownfish. |
Posted By: 08TRDOFFROAD
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 3:06pm
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Noone actually has bought one of these that cares to chime in....?
They seem to fly out of their tanks over there.
I always make a store feed a fish before I purchase it so I can observe that it is actually eating!
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Posted By: 08TRDOFFROAD
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 7:26am
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Here is the link to the ORA site as well as the link to LR&R's site.
http://www.orafarm.com/products/fish/dragonets/blue-mandarin.html - http://www.orafarm.com/products/fish/dragonets/blue-mandarin.html
http://www.liverocknreef.com/liverock/index.php?l=product_list&c=653 - http://www.liverocknreef.com/liverock/index.php?l=product_list&c=653
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Posted By: 96slowbra
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 8:46am
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i put one in my tank last night. after about an hour of hiding in the back it started just floating around, my clowns didn't know what to think. i haven't seen him yet this morning. i'll let you know how it eats.. ------------- 105 rimless |
Posted By: Josh95
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 9:39pm
| Great. No acclimation box? or would an acclimation box be the right thing to do for a fish who floats around rocks? |
Posted By: 96slowbra
Date Posted: December 16 2011 at 1:41pm
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not really sure, these fish usually stay on the sand bed. but feeding him seems to be tricky, everytime i put food buy him the crabs come and steal it... ------------- 105 rimless |
Posted By: nsfw dave
Date Posted: December 20 2011 at 4:25pm
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benny.. did you get your mandarin at live rocknreef or more local... i think LRNR is the only one who has ORA manderins
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Posted By: 96slowbra
Date Posted: December 20 2011 at 6:07pm
live rock & reef. i really hope i can figure out how to get this thing to eat, it looks awesome.
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Posted By: Studboyt
Date Posted: December 20 2011 at 6:52pm
| Beautiful fish, The Aquarium has had ORA Mandarins recently that I have seen eat frozen Mysis. |
Posted By: 96slowbra
Date Posted: December 20 2011 at 7:09pm
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i just saw a massive mandarine at aquarium masters in ogden, it isn't a tank raised, but it is huge! ------------- 105 rimless |
Posted By: rufessor
Date Posted: January 30 2012 at 2:33pm
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No information first hand, but I read about this and posts to other sites seem to be hit or miss... some long drawn out sagas of these fish not eating and dying while eventually some seem to be ok... I decided it was too much money to gamble... REALLY curious how it goes! Keep us updated. Super cool fish... strange thing is my wife thinks they are ugly!! ------------- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler -A.E. 57 Gallon RImless build in progress check the thread before if becomes boring and just full of nice pictures of colorful coral! |
Posted By: 08TRDOFFROAD
Date Posted: February 24 2012 at 5:53pm
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96slowbra wrote:Posted By: 96slowbra
Date Posted: February 24 2012 at 6:04pm
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funny you ask... normally very active in my tank, but haven't seen any signs of him in the last 2 days:( think he was crab food... i am surprised that i didn't see any signs of a feast?.? ------------- 105 rimless |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: February 24 2012 at 7:03pm
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Keep in mind even when eating frozen, these guys need to eat 2-3 times a day, everyday... to maintain weight... |