I've had my Green Mandarin Goby now for 3 weeks. I've noticed she has been eating the food off the bottom instead of when it floats by her. Is that ok? Also how do you get them to come out of hiding?
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You’re welcomeThank you so much! Very helpful!
My tank is 32.5 gallons. I don't have any live rock, just dry rock. I've had the tank running for about a month and a half now. I did add some pods about a week and a half ago so she's been eating that and the food I'm feeding my clowns which is LRS Nano reef frenzy frozen food. Thank you!Need more info about your system. How big is your tank and how long has it been running? How much live rock do you have? Are they new live rocks or established ones?
Mandarins (well dragonets in general) will only feed off the rock and sand surface so letting the food floating in front of them won't help.
What are you feeding her?
You CAN train them to take frozen and even pellets but it takes time and pods to do so.
I added 3000 copepods about 2 weeks ago and she definitely found them. Every time I look at her she's eating LOL. Thank you!Mandarin gobies typically won’t eat the food you give them. They eat copepods and you need to have a decent population of them in your tank for her to survive and not starve. It’ll take time but once she’s comfortable enough with her surroundings she’ll come out on her own
She also is very active now and not timid at allI added 3000 copepods about 2 weeks ago and she definitely found them. Every time I look at her she's eating LOL. Thank yo
Mandarin gobies typically won’t eat the food you give them. They eat copepods and you need to have a decent population of them in your tank for her to survive and not starve. It’ll take time but once she’s comfortable enough with her surroundings she’ll come out on her own
Yeah I have copepodsget copepods they are ment to eat it if you don't want to add in copepods then don't have a dragonet