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Originally Posted by aaashleyy2
... But the guy who sold us him said all of that is a myth. Anyone in here have any experiences with this specie?? ...
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Welcome to RAG!
The guy that sold you the fish lied, period.
Of the fish commonly seen, mandarins are among the most difficult to keep. It is almost an expert level fish.
They usually will not take food you introduce, and require a diet of pods that live on the live rock. I have been lucky, I have gotten mine to take frozen blood worms and live black works, but this seems to be an exception.
I would consider your tank much too new to have a pod population large enough to support a mandarin, but it's hard to tell, because I don't know what came in on your live rock.
If at all possible, return the fish. Maybe in 6 months or so you can add one, if you have an established pop population, and no other fish competing for the pods.