Mandarin health?

[PeterEde]

Just put a female Mandy in last week.
She's doing well and taking frozen brine from pippet.
Question is what does a well fed Mandy look like?
I have now added 2bottles of pods (approx 3000 if bottle spec is accurate)
The tank has a lot of amphipods as well which have been breeding like mad.

 

[MaxTremors]

It looks skinny. You shouldn’t see the contours of its skull or the line down its side. It should look stocky and plump. Keep feeding it several times a day and maybe start a refugium to keep up with the pod demands (they can eat hundreds if not thousands a day).

 

[PeterEde]

It looks skinny. You shouldn’t see the contours of its skull or the line down its side. It should look stocky and plump. Keep feeding it several times a day and maybe start a refugium to keep up with the pod demands (they can eat hundreds if not thousands a day).

It was in the store a month. Probably no pods at all but was taking brine. So I hand feed her multiple x a day. She comes to the pipette

 

[MaxTremors]

It was in the store a month. Probably no pods at all but was taking brine. So I hand feed her multiple x a day. She comes to the pipette

That’s good, I would feed her as often as you can or as often as she’ll eat until she puts on a little weight. You could also try some blood worms or culture some white worms to give some variety.

 

[i cant think]

She’s definitely skinny - I agree with the above about feeding her as often as you can. These usually only eat pods so I’m surprised she took to mysis. Try getting some fish or starfish eggs in her - If you have breeding asterinas in the tank then those eggs would be good for her.