nothingfishy
05/19/2014, 09:22 PM
Hi guys,
About two weeks ago, a friend of mine went online and ordered some fish for his newly cycled 90 gallon tank, which had been up and running for about 5 weeks. He bought a clownfish, some blue devil damsels, and some snails. Well low and behold, the online retailer, sent him a green mandarin as well.
He took it to the local pet store, and they refused to take it outside fish for purposes of protecting their livestock (cool to know, since they would have gotten a free fish to make money on). He then brought it to my house, told me what happened, and I placed it in my tank. My tank has only been running since January, however, its a 60 gallon tank, with only about 40 lbs of liverock. He has been in there two weeks, and looks to be getting skinny. I am now sure I do not have a sustainable copepod population in my tank.
I have tried to be proactive, placing him on craigslist, etc, however the one response I got was someone who wanted to know if it would get along with rosy barbs and tetras.
So needless to say, I want to do something to keep it alive. Are they any such frozen foods that may entice him? I have added a bottle of pods, but I think they were quickly disposed of by him, and at 20 a bottle, would go broke feeding him that way.
Any advice you may have for my fish friend, please let me know.
About two weeks ago, a friend of mine went online and ordered some fish for his newly cycled 90 gallon tank, which had been up and running for about 5 weeks. He bought a clownfish, some blue devil damsels, and some snails. Well low and behold, the online retailer, sent him a green mandarin as well.
He took it to the local pet store, and they refused to take it outside fish for purposes of protecting their livestock (cool to know, since they would have gotten a free fish to make money on). He then brought it to my house, told me what happened, and I placed it in my tank. My tank has only been running since January, however, its a 60 gallon tank, with only about 40 lbs of liverock. He has been in there two weeks, and looks to be getting skinny. I am now sure I do not have a sustainable copepod population in my tank.
I have tried to be proactive, placing him on craigslist, etc, however the one response I got was someone who wanted to know if it would get along with rosy barbs and tetras.
So needless to say, I want to do something to keep it alive. Are they any such frozen foods that may entice him? I have added a bottle of pods, but I think they were quickly disposed of by him, and at 20 a bottle, would go broke feeding him that way.
Any advice you may have for my fish friend, please let me know.