Any tricks to get a Manderin to eat anything?

[naesco]

Originally Posted by Douglas

I have a pair of Manderins, a male, eating pellets and frozen, and a female, that is "skin and bones". She won't eat....anything. The tank has some natural food. Any thoughts on getting her to eat?

Please try to arrange to have another reefer that has a tank teeming with pods take her.

Mandarins require larger mature tanks that are teeming with pods to survive. While it is true that some force themselves to eat other foods and live. the majority do not do so and perish in our tanks.

[toytech]

newly hatched baby brine shrimp work and are easy to hatch , but if she is as skinny as you say and your tank isnt swarming with pods there is no hope.They dont eat much in a sitting and if you get them to eat frozen your only giving them a snack so they dont eat so many pods.