Quote Originally Posted by Brownbear88 View Post
i have also done a lot of reading and still am a little unsure. its a 36 gallon tank with 50+ lbs of Live rock but still. is there a way to know if you have a large enough pod population? if i have to feed him his own food thats not a problem, i pay a lot ( almost to much ) attention to my tank so that wouldn't be a problem. i donno any more thoughts/suggestions ?
I would say dumping a bottle of pods monthly would be pretty good for one mandarin. Like Ben said, they hunt all day long. You might not see them for hours at a time because they are perched in a rock just picking away at pods. Chris and I can tell when the tank is running low because ours will be much more active and we will see her more often. Ours was wild caught and she does, as far as I can tell, pick at some frozen food.