My red sea max

[Nathan]

well a quick update for those interested, unfortunately lost the mandarin (refused to eat).

since then ive bought a couple more corals, still on my list is a couple of roayl grammas an a tunze nanostream powerhead.

[Robdog]

Spewing about the Mandarin Nathe. They are one of the most beautiful fish that we can keep in a tank.

I really like that coral in the last pic.

Are you using the RedSea substrate that came with the pack?? If so, do you have problems keeping it clean??

[Nathan]

yea its a shame, the colours on it were just awesome, but the bugger wouldnt eat.

yeah i am using the red sea substrate that came with it, and yes it does get dirty really quickly, same as the glass, the algea builds up really quick but its easy to get rid of, i just stir the gravel up most of the time it gets rid of it but yeah i do have problems with it, do you?

[Robdog]

If I leave an area untouched for a little while it turns poo brown(with algae I guess) Looking at Dee's pics I was thinking it may be due to insufficient flow around the tank but looking at Xteme's standard in shop display yesterday(which was clean as a whistle) I'm not so sure.

[Namn8r]

Nathan feed madarins live black worms when you first get them, they rarely turn them down. Once they are feeding and accustomed to the tank they will start feeding on frozen food. Years go when I had mandarins they spawned after heavy feedings of live black worms

[Nathan]

well im not sure if ill try another mandarin, well not anytime soon anyway.

thanx for the tip if go down that path again ill certainly give it a go