how did you get your mandarin to feed on somthing other than pods

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how did you get your mandarin to feed on somthing other than pods. live brine, frozen, flakes, etc.

 

[brian'sreef]

you can't really make them eat flake or frozen food.. some people just happen to have a mandarin that has no problem eating prepared foods but by nature these animals are live feeders and for the most part that's all that they will eat.. so really like i said there's no way to MAKE them eat prepared foods.. maybe if you shouted at it enough it would but i doubt it..
EAT IT!!!
Brian

 

[maryc137]

Back when I had a FO tank I tried a mandarin twice. Both times, they would eat other things such as brine shrimp, but they still wasted away, got skinny and died. I didn't know what it was they needed to eat. Now that I know they need pods, I'm going to wait til my current tank has been running for maybe 1 year and then I might try another one. Just wanted to let you know that mine did eat other things, but still wasted away and died. Just didn't get them the right nutrients.

 

[lerch]

If you can get one to feed on brine or something else then come by Oklahoma some time and I will buy you a 12-pack because every mandarin I have ever had will not touch anything but pods, and the last one I had I only saw him when I put him in the tank and after that he disapeared neve to be seen again.

 

[chicki1957]

I guess I just lucked out. Mine is getting fat on mysid shrimp. He was only about a inch long when I got him, so I think since he was such a baby, that maybe he took to it easier???