littlefoxx
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Lol yes my target spot went from skinny when I rescued him from the store to a fatty in about a month! Its crazy they see the small pods, its like they dont even search for them they just grab one and on to the next!They eat a pod every 10 seconds when the lights are on. Watch any video of them in an established tank, and observe the behavior.
So no, they don't eat 4 times a day. They eat 4,000 times a day. They are not fish to be kept in any scenario when you can't feed it as often as possible, or in any tank without at least 50lbs of rock and a good pod population.
And based on what Ive researched about these guys captive bread and eating frozen foods isnt good for them in the log run as they get the nutrition they need from the pods. I dump pods into my tank every two weeks just to make sure my guy gets all the pods he needs! one of my favorite fish"Mandarins need to be fed 3-4 times a day or they'll starve!"
Is that true?
Or is it only true based on a diet of mass consumption of low nutrition copepods?
TDO pellets and mysis are much, much more nutritional.
Short digestive system or not - do captive bred, prepared/frozen fed mandarins have the same requirements for success?