That being said, this concern is only one of the reasons why captive-bred mandarins are more preferable over the wild-caught kind. Some may even eat dry foods such as pellets.Īs diet being the most significant point of difficulty in terms of caring for a Green Mandarin Dragonet, it is important that it will eat what can feasibly be fed to it. Being able to feed frozen brine or mysis is very beneficial, as it gives more options for food for your Green Mandarin, especially if the copepod population in your tank is low.
These fish are born and raised in captivity so that when they are put into a hobbyist’s aquarium they will easily adapt to it. A percentage of wild-caught dragonets will stop eating altogether and will perish within days of being in an aquarium as a result.Ĭaptive-bred or aquacultured Mandarins either already eat frozen food or will easily be trained. It is possible to train wild caught dragonets to eat other foods, but it does not always happen or prove to be successful. The issue with this is in an aquarium we are limited to only feeding them copepods. Of these, they mainly eat copepods, which is good because those are available to the hobbyists of the reef aquarium hobby. In the wild, Mandarins feed off of small crustaceans or creatures, such as snail eggs, small shrimp, and copepods. The biggest difference between captive-bred Green Mandarin Dragonets and specimens that are collected from the ocean in the wild is the dietary needs of the fish. When it comes down to deciding which is better, the captive-bred kind is definitely it. They may look the same, but captive bred and wild-caught Green Mandarin Dragonets are different for many reasons.
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