Mandarin Dragonet thin or alright?

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Hey guys! I’ve had this girl for 2 months now. To my understanding she is wild caught, but she will eat almost anything I give her (mysis, enriched brine, pellets, frozen pods) I try to feed her twice a day at least, and she will typically eat around 10 mysis or frozen brine in one sitting. She eats straight from the pipette haha. I do keep lots of macroalgae for pods as well. Does she look like she’s keeping weight on? Would she have lost weight by now if I wasn’t keeping up? I have a hard time being able to tell through her patterns and coloring.







Sorry if the pics aren’t the best quality, she won’t sit still 🙂‍↕️
 
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Looking good and sustainable. Not skinny like we sometimes see going into these threads. I personally would prefer to see a little thicker around the mid section. I’m thinking of mine for comparison but maybe mines just fat. I get paranoid with these little critters not getting enough so I’m always ordering more pods to supplement the pop. Actually just got done placing another order 5 min ago.
 
Looking good and sustainable. Not skinny like we sometimes see going into these threads. I personally would prefer to see a little thicker around the mid section. I’m thinking of mine for comparison but maybe mines just fat. I get paranoid with these little critters not getting enough so I’m always ordering more pods to supplement the pop. Actually just got done placing another order 5 min ago.
Haha got a picture? Would love some reference for peak mandarin dragonet physique goals.
 

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