[Sad day] My ORA Mandarin - Progress Log

Congrats on have the mandarin fill out.

 

Thanks! I hope it's a good sign - I'm afraid to get too excited about it.

 

Yeah I know, but everything definitely seems to be on the right track. You can always supplement with pods since that is their natural food. It may well eat some of the other food in your tank but you just can't see it.

 

no the only way to go is frozen... freeze dried is no good

 

+1 on the frozen cyclopeeze. My LFS has some that comes in a long bar. It is real easy to just break off a small chunk, thaw it in some water and then use a turkey baster to target feed to her area. My gobies and pistol shrimp will come over and eat right from the turkey baster.

 

I really hate to do this too you but the pic police are slackin these days....

 

ya where are the pics???

 

Here are the two my LFS got in, this is from the store.
I know 1 ate right away.

 

I had a mandarin at one point, the only thing it would eat (that I tried) was frozen bloodworms.

All my fish loved them actually, so I still feed them bloodworms occasionally. The coral seem to really like blood worms too.

 

Thanks for all the tips. I'll try to find some frozen bloodworms and frozen cyclopeeze. She seems interested in the food, just won't go after it. She loves to watch it fall - right in front of her face!! LOL

I can't get pictures. She pretty much just hangs out in the rocks and she is so tiny (barely bigger than my clown goby), I would never be able to get a picture. Plus with her coloring, she is pretty camouflaged in the rocks!