KurtG wrote:

btw, I was able to get the mandarin to eat frozen brine shrimp. Poor
thing must be starved. It should hold him for a few days until the
copepods show up.

I ordered some from
http://www.inverts.com/Merchant2/mer...Store_Code=CRA

$17.50 for a 4 oz. bottle, plus $15.00 shipping.

My situation is a bit different. I thought I had enough pods established, so I
ordered a Mandarin. My wife works near the store, so I sent her down to pick it
up when it came in. The store owner was on the phone, the kid bagging fish put
two in the bag, and Elisabeth didn't know any better. So I ordered some pods and
hope they'll co-exist ok. So far, one stays on the left end of the tank, and the
other one tends to roam. There are brief fireworks when he/she roams over to the
left end (which is to be expected). Neither one seems to be losing or gaining
weight.

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.