Feeding a tamarin wrasse

[li76]

I added a yellow tail tamarin a few weeks ago. It's eating mysis and brine shrimp. I have moved to feeding in the morning because he's buried himself by the time I get home. I am concerned that he won't get enough food, and what to do if I'm away for a few days. It's easy to get the neighbor to dump a cup of pre-measured pellets, but frozen, not so much. The tank is a 93 gallon with a wetdry. Does adding pods (of some sort) directly to the tank every so often make sense? If so, what type and what would the routine be. Thanks for the guidance.

 

[MIKE NY]

Start mixing in small pellets into the feedings. I started with .5 and gradually larger. It took some time, but all of my Tamarins eat pellets.

 

[li76]

What brand do you use? New Life Spectrum is the only one (.5) I found.

 

[MIKE NY]

Yup ..that's what I used. I found that soaking them seems to help because it makes them softer.

 

[li76]

I'll try it. Thanks.

 

[MAMGM]

Yup ..that's what I used. I found that soaking them seems to help because it makes them softer.

I soak them with VitaChem . It's likegiving all my fish a One A Day vitamin

 

[kmbyrnes]

My tamarin is eating pellets, flakes and mysis, on top of foraging for pods