New Mandarin is extremely shy

michaelr · 06/12/2012, 08:33 PM

Hey everyone,

Like i said in the title i recently (5 days ago) got a Green Mandarin from LA. She is extremely shy and stays in the rock work all day. So much so in fact, i look for her for a good 5-10 minutes every time i feed all the fish.(3 times a day) If im lucky i will see her for only 4-5 minutes hiding in the rock once a day. What scares me, however is that out of all the times Ive observed her Ive only seen her eat one off the rocks once. And if my memory serves me correctly shouldnt she be eating aprox every 5 seconds? shes not wasting away but shes not fat. Am i being nervous or should i be worried? I just want to be proactive.
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
Michael R
Ps. anyone know a way to encourage it to come out a little more?

michaelr · 06/12/2012, 08:37 PM

oh i forgot to mention. i know there are plenty of pods in the tank. i see them all over the glass constantly and its a 120 gallon no fuge but set up for almost 2 years now. plus i added pods in a long while back

S14Swap240sx · 06/12/2012, 08:39 PM

well it seems to be hit or miss with these as far as what they will eat.

i would possibly consider switching this fish to some sort of qt, and test with various live, then frozen, and hopefully flake foods.

michaelr · 06/12/2012, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by S14Swap240sx

well it seems to be hit or miss with these as far as what they will eat.

i would possibly consider switching this fish to some sort of qt, and test with various live, then frozen, and hopefully flake foods.

hmm. ill try this if this behavior keeps up. like i said she stays in the LR all day so id have to tear it all down just to get her out

06/12/2012, 08:33 PM	#1
michaelr Young Reefer Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Missouri Posts: 507	New Mandarin is extremely shy Hey everyone, Like i said in the title i recently (5 days ago) got a Green Mandarin from LA. She is extremely shy and stays in the rock work all day. So much so in fact, i look for her for a good 5-10 minutes every time i feed all the fish.(3 times a day) If im lucky i will see her for only 4-5 minutes hiding in the rock once a day. What scares me, however is that out of all the times Ive observed her Ive only seen her eat one off the rocks once. And if my memory serves me correctly shouldnt she be eating aprox every 5 seconds? shes not wasting away but shes not fat. Am i being nervous or should i be worried? I just want to be proactive. Thanks in advance! Sincerely, Michael R Ps. anyone know a way to encourage it to come out a little more? __________________ I wish there was an undo button on reef keeping Current Tank Info: 55 long and 28 gallon biocube

06/12/2012, 08:37 PM	#2
michaelr Young Reefer Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Missouri Posts: 507	oh i forgot to mention. i know there are plenty of pods in the tank. i see them all over the glass constantly and its a 120 gallon no fuge but set up for almost 2 years now. plus i added pods in a long while back __________________ I wish there was an undo button on reef keeping Current Tank Info: 55 long and 28 gallon biocube

06/12/2012, 08:39 PM	#3
S14Swap240sx Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 258	well it seems to be hit or miss with these as far as what they will eat. i would possibly consider switching this fish to some sort of qt, and test with various live, then frozen, and hopefully flake foods.