hello! after a month of practically eating nothing, my mandarin goby started to take pellets. he has gotten really skinny from the past month, how often should i be feeding him? i have been feeding him 6 - 8 spectrum 1mm pellets about 2 to 3 times a day. I also have a leopard wrasse taking pellets. I've read both fish have a fast metabolism and need constant feeding, is this true?
feeding mandarin goby and leopard wrasse
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davocean
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I won't say it is impossible to keep those fish alive in that size of a system, but not sure it is practical to do what it would take to do it.
You would need to be culturing pods and feeding often, very often.
Personally I would never try even one of those in that small of a tank.
You would need to be culturing pods and feeding often, very often.
Personally I would never try even one of those in that small of a tank.
What he said. The odds are greatly against you sadly for those fish.
Getting a fish to eat is great, but you need to feed to match their metabolism. Both of these fish eat constantly and require constant availability of food.
Donkeykong
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Do you have a refugium on that tank? If you are bound and determined to keep both in that size system I strongly suggest adding one. You then can periodically add bags of copods to your main tank and refugium to help maintain a good level of natural food in the system. I have a scooter dragonette in my 75 gallon with 10 gallon refugium, He eats mysis shrimp like a champ but also eats all day long from the rocks. I have and will continue to replenish the system with copods to ensure the little guy not only survives but thrives.
