Feeding Mandarin Goby And Copperband Butterfly

[jellyfishjosh]

I just wanted to find out what bands of food work best for these fish. They came with a tank I recently purchased and they are finicky eaters. I have tried two different brands of food (frozen with mysis shrimp), but they seem uninterested. Suggestions?

 

[GrizFyrFyter]

Very hard to feed prepared food. The mandarin will eat pods but the copperband is worse. Ask the old owner what he fed them

 

[andyman]

If your having difficultes with butter fly I'd be happy to take him off you for a price. I've got a million pods in my tank he can eat.

andy

 

[GrizFyrFyter]

I don't think pods are enough to sustain a cbb

 

[taithao35]

Clam on half shell or live black worm

 

[SWBeginer]

mandarin: depends if it is wild captive or tank raised. will take PODS only if captive but if tank raised it should take frozen mysis and mine even eats pellets.

cbb: if the previous owner had it for awhile it should take live/frozen mysis along with pods. becareful though it will pick on clams and corals when it gets hungry.

 

[ampemployee1]

My mandarin is happy with pods. Never seen him eat anything else.