You might have missed this part of the post
Of course, if you dont want your fish to survive and you are unwilling to take it back to the store, here's to hoping your allowance is cut off and you cant buy any more fish.
While I hate to see animals suffer, and your spotted mandarin is starving to death, I only posted what I did to attempt to help the fish. I really do not think that fish will survive past this coming weekend. I have plans on getting the same fish. I plan on "seeding" my tank with pods at 6 months. I also plan on adding more pods at 8 months. A month later, if the pods are still there in the tank, then I will get the mandarin. If the pod population is not to my liking, then I will not be getting the mandarin. You do realize that these fish eat thousands of pods a day. 1 bottle of that stuff is just not going to fix your problem.