Mandarin Eating? (Biota CB)

[PotatoPig]

So I very recently got a Biota Mandarin, along with some other fish. They all arrived and colored back up fairly quickly after acclimating.

My only concern is I’ve not seen the Mandarin take food (TDO B2 or EasyReefs Masstick) in the couple days it’s spent in an acrylic acclimation tank.

OTOH, since releasing it into the DT it’s been going around “kissing” the rockwork. Should I assume every time it does this it’s chomping down a pod?

 

[James M]

Doesn’t always mean it’s eating when it pecks around, shouldn’t be an issue if you have a copepod population in the tank

 

[PotatoPig]

Doesn’t always mean it’s eating when it pecks around, shouldn’t be an issue if you have a copepod population in the tank

Oh, there’s pods in there…

 

[Rick's Reviews]

I tried various foods for mine, my aquriam was full of pods like yours, my mandarin seemed to favour frozen bloodworms and still does now after 3 years but I still regularly add artemia and pods

 

[homer1475]

Biota mandarin pair here. They came in eating TDO, and mastik.

After being in my tank which is loaded with pods, mine never looked at another prepared diet. Even to this day several years later, they still only eat pods.