What size tanks do you keep em in I've heard they're kinda hit or miss some people can keep em no problem while others can't.Wild caught Mandarin easiest fish I have ever kept.
I have not fed him for over three years now.
Mandys are hunters, mine just watches everything else float by, he wants to hunt live food.
Any tank, with lots of live rock, mature 1 year, and no other exclusive pod eaters. I have been keep mandys for 30 years.
I have never added a pod from day one.