Defuse
02/10/2012, 10:31 AM
I got an ORA mandarin last week. After introducing him to the tank I have never seen him "hunt" for food like I have seen other mandarins do. I have tried several different food preparations and he will ignore all of them.
Prior to putting him in my DT I would constantly see pods on the glass and moving around. I do not see those pods anymore so I am hoping that he is eating them instead of the prepared food but I am still worried. He essentially just sits on the bottom and will move to a different spot every couple hours or so. I know they have a slime coat but I can't tell if it is the coat that is making his colors look off or something else. Here is a picture.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d122/Samewow/Nano/9572da97.jpg
Prior to putting him in my DT I would constantly see pods on the glass and moving around. I do not see those pods anymore so I am hoping that he is eating them instead of the prepared food but I am still worried. He essentially just sits on the bottom and will move to a different spot every couple hours or so. I know they have a slime coat but I can't tell if it is the coat that is making his colors look off or something else. Here is a picture.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d122/Samewow/Nano/9572da97.jpg