Pod eating fish

[L/B Block]

Yah I really like the looks of the dragonets but I am 99% sure it will starve =\. If the dragonets would only eat prepared foods. I have heard of some people that have trained some to eat prepared foods but have heard too many stories of the opposite and how they would just starve to death.

I actually have two dragonets in my 90 gal. They both eat pods but also eat frozen mysis/brine shrimp as well. Not sure what I did to “train” them but they learned. Only thing I heard was to kill all the circulation pumps at feeding so they have a chance to actually catch something.

Depending on how many pods you have with one mandarin it may be enough. and if you are really worried about them starving you can always add more until they start eating frozen food .


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[L/B Block]

You might try a leopard wrasse. Will tear through the pods and there's a decent chance that by then it will also take frozen or pellets. Also if you truly want a mandarin order a captive bred.

My leopard does eat frozen but does not touch pellets.


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[ltrot92]

IDK if this is common, but I have seen shrimp gobies go for smaller pods.