Mandarin is eating!!

[probe dms]

So i just got my first mandarin and not 2 minutes after being in the tank he was looking for food. i thought my copepod stash was good enough to supply him but today i caught him eating frozen brine!!guess the copepods werent enough. i'm relieved i actually saw him eat something today. he's a big sucker too!

 

[Cibo]

If the food is there it will eat most lfs keep them in a tanks with no food for them !!!

 

[marki24]

Being that your tank is a fairly new setup i would not recommend having a mandarin in there. These fish normally die out of starvation especially in new setups. But good luck with him. How about some pictures?

 

[ZANYMASTER]

That was my fear as well when my tank was new but now after close to a year,I have one and it's a fat little piggy but I make sure I buy him tigger pods every other week.

 

[marki24]

and how old was your tank when introducing him to it?

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Well,it's been in there for over 2 months now and the tanks a year old now.

 

[boardryder]

If you can get them to eat frozen brine and mysis after feeding live brine I don't see a problem with having one in a newer tank. I feed my scooter blenny with a sea squirt and his belly is nice and fat just about every day. Or you can try this, though it never worked for me http://www.melevsreef.com/video/diner4.wmv I've had mine in a 7mo old tank since it was 3 mo old. I do wish he could fend for himself so I didn't have to feed him like a baby every day