How many people have a Mandarin that...

kingsord0 · 12/08/2008, 06:10 PM

Who has a Mandarin that is eating food other than live. Just wondering because yesterday I got one who eats flake, frozen, and pellets. He also picks at the rocks but I'm glad that I got one who eats more prepared food than my Coral Beauty.

So who else has one on prepared food?

Playa-1 · 12/08/2008, 06:17 PM

Mine eats frozen blood worms and sometimes shrimp.

ludnix · 12/08/2008, 06:17 PM

I had one eating frozen food and then he went and got himself wedged under a rock.

rbrusletto · 12/08/2008, 06:33 PM

My psychadelic mandarine in my frag tank eats mysis, brine, and occasionally some flake foods, though I dont feed him much, the refugium chock full w/ pods does great for him(or her)..

jtma508 · 12/08/2008, 08:30 PM

Mine has pods-a-plenty but also will scoop up frozen brine and baby brine but they're live).

kingsord0 · 12/08/2008, 08:42 PM

Cool. I'm surprised that there are so many people that have mandarins that eat prepared food.

tcmfish · 12/08/2008, 08:51 PM

Its not too hard to get them to eat prepared foods, just people don't seem to want to accept the fact that they do. I have trained a few. None would eat pellets, but all ate mysis.

Its like regal angels before they were impossible and now people are keeping them. Same with moorish idols. It can be done.

snorvich · 12/08/2008, 08:54 PM

All of mine (4) eat mysis.

NCSUsalt · 12/08/2008, 10:21 PM

I don't think it is that people want people to think you can't get a mandarin to eat frozen. What I try to tell people is that it often takes a while, and during that period if you don't have a tank with a decent pod population they will often starve to death before they learn that there is easily accessable frozen food floating around.

12/08/2008, 06:10 PM	#1
kingsord0 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Warren CT Posts: 245	How many people have a Mandarin that... Who has a Mandarin that is eating food other than live. Just wondering because yesterday I got one who eats flake, frozen, and pellets. He also picks at the rocks but I'm glad that I got one who eats more prepared food than my Coral Beauty. So who else has one on prepared food? __________________ Charlie Current Tank Info: 55 Gallon Starting to go Reef

12/08/2008, 06:17 PM	#3
ludnix Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: California Posts: 3,031	I had one eating frozen food and then he went and got himself wedged under a rock. __________________ -Eric Sutter Current Tank Info: 14g Biocube

12/08/2008, 08:42 PM	#6
kingsord0 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Warren CT Posts: 245	Cool. I'm surprised that there are so many people that have mandarins that eat prepared food. __________________ Charlie Current Tank Info: 55 Gallon Starting to go Reef

12/08/2008, 08:54 PM	#8
snorvich Team RC member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Outlander Posts: 40,953 Blog Entries: 46	All of mine (4) eat mysis. __________________ Warmest regards, ~Steve~

12/08/2008, 06:17 PM	#2
Playa-1 Moved On Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Posts: 7,497	Mine eats frozen blood worms and sometimes shrimp.

12/08/2008, 06:33 PM	#4
rbrusletto Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 239	My psychadelic mandarine in my frag tank eats mysis, brine, and occasionally some flake foods, though I dont feed him much, the refugium chock full w/ pods does great for him(or her)..

12/08/2008, 08:30 PM	#5
jtma508 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MA Posts: 1,232	Mine has pods-a-plenty but also will scoop up frozen brine and baby brine but they're live).

12/08/2008, 08:51 PM	#7
tcmfish Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,658	Its not too hard to get them to eat prepared foods, just people don't seem to want to accept the fact that they do. I have trained a few. None would eat pellets, but all ate mysis. Its like regal angels before they were impossible and now people are keeping them. Same with moorish idols. It can be done.

12/08/2008, 10:21 PM	#9
NCSUsalt Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: raleigh, NC Posts: 619	I don't think it is that people want people to think you can't get a mandarin to eat frozen. What I try to tell people is that it often takes a while, and during that period if you don't have a tank with a decent pod population they will often starve to death before they learn that there is easily accessable frozen food floating around.