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    Mandarin larvae

    Hi Everyone I am happy to report that Mr. and Mrs. Mandarin from aquarium #5 have been reunited in aquarium #1.
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    Mandarin larvae

    Nikki In my zeal to report to all of you I missed it. After I typed that , what I thought was a quick statement, I returned to fine that the light for the Greenwater reactors had cycled off. It was so beautiful. Then when I got back to #6 I lay down in front of it to let my eyes acclimate to the...
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    Mandarin larvae

    Nikki The mandarin pair in #6 are swimming check-to-check. Snuggling every once in a wile. The lights in the aquarium are off, but the light for the Greenwater reactors are still on. Two times they went from the bottom in their dancing stile but I didn't yet see a small white cloud under then as...
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  5. J

    Mandarin larvae

    Thank you so much for your gracious help Nikki.
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    Mandarin larvae

    Nikki's Correct Hi Nikki That's certainly my observation, too. This one, in fact, eats only inert feed. I read the article and I hope everyone else will too. Remember that #5 was the aquarium that had the most Amphipods. I reason it was because of abundance of food animals that the...
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    Mandarin larvae

    Hi Fred Thanks for the kind words. When you build your Amphipod Condo be sure to put a very coarse scrub pad on the bottom and set that flat down on the substrata. It will not produce nitrates because the amphipods will keep it clean. Build it as large as you can get it and still be able...
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    Mandarin larvae

    The Tare down of #5 Hi Everyone This has been one long day. I started the complete cleaning of #5 about six this morning. It was that late was because I was building the Baby-Safe system till 2:00 o'clock a.m. It's 8:21 o'clock p.m. now and #5 is back on-line. The Baby-Safe system amazes...
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    Mandarin larvae

    I guess you checked out my photos of the Amphipod bucket but now i am trying to show everyone how to make an mechanical filter that Amphipods will live in. It started when the mandarins learned to eat directly off the scrub pads. All you need do is make the mechanical filter accessible to the...
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    Mandarin larvae

    Hi Fred Start with the Oyster eggs the 2nd day. Did you check-out the Adelaide's Copepod websight. Jeff
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    Mandarin larvae

    This is just a mechanical filter that is placed over the suction side of a pump. This photo is of an Amphipod Condo its envisioned, aimed at, or designed for an Emperor 280 power filter (photo exceeds file size limit). Its intended to provide food for detritivores like the Amphipod and is...
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    Mandarin larvae

    If I am correct the Amphipods should come right up to the Amphipod Condo and harvest detritus directly from the mechanical filter. Mandarinfish will in turn feed of the Amphipods directly from the sides of the Amphipod Condo.
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    Mandarin larvae

    The Amphipod Condo Move the Mechanical filter to the Amphipods Rick! Build a egg grate case to house the pads and use the assembly as the Mechanical filter on the suction side of the pumps. It will only need to be large enough to incase the intake sponges with scrub pads. When you put the "Pod...
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    Mandarin larvae

    I've been thinking about this for two months. About using it in filtering. Jeff :idea: Use egg grate to incase the pads. We've all been putting the mechanical filter in the wrong place. The Amphipods can't survive in them. Put the mechanical filter down in the aquarium water so Amphipods can...
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    Mandarin larvae

    The Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab (Paguristes cadenati), sometimes called the Red Reef Hermit Crab or Red Legged Hermit Crab, has red legs and a yellow face. It is found along the reef faces and coral rubble of the Caribbean and Western Atlantic. It scavenges animal matter and algae, but will only...
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    Mandarin larvae

    Hi Nikki 6-line wrasse Pseudocheilinus hexataenia eat food spiecies Aiptasia too and at this point there were almost no pods, of any kind, left. So it was eating only inert feed like the rest of the fish. I was hopping against hope that it would start picking on the Aiptasia's food spiecies...
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    Mandarin larvae

    Hi Everyone I have lost the battle against Aiptasia in #5. It is now being torn down. In the tare-down I could find only two Amphipods. When I rebuild #5 I will install the Baby-Safe system. Jeff
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    Mandarin larvae

    Hi Everyone I just observed the male mandarin in #6 feeding directly off the blue scrub pad.
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    Mandarin larvae

    Aiptasia proliferation Hi! Thank you. 1 Entacmaea quadracolor 2 Lysmata wurdemanni 2 Synchiropus splendidus 1m and 1f 1 Premnas biaculeatus 1 Pseudocheilinus hexataenia Clibanarius tricolor Paguristes cadenati Astraea tecta Nassarius sp The Pseudocheilinus hexataenia has been installed as an...
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    Mandarin larvae

    Hi Everyone The female Mandarin in Aquarium #6 is eating frozen blood worms. I observed this yesterday. But I don't know which fish she learned this from. From the way she avoids the Clownfish and stays close to the male Mandarin it would likely have been by observing him eat. Aquarium #5...
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