Mandarin Help!!

Baby Ray · Aug 27, 2016

So, I have been feeding her BBS 2 or 3 times a day for the past 2 or 3 days and she has not gotten much fatter :(. She is till pretty skinny. I am going to try to get her to take frozen really well in the next couple of days so I can fatten her up quicker.

code4 · Aug 27, 2016

Ray she will not be putting on weight over night. It will take time. Keep feeding her the BBS as fast as they hatch. Keep an eye on ammonia levels. And if you can get the feeder set up do that. You can offer her other food. But do not expect any sudden renewed interest in it. Time is what is needed. Keep feeding her. You will see a change in a few weeks. You can hatch eggs in other manners also. Just do a search and see if any appeal to you. The male I had perched on his feeder for weeks. He was also really thin. Now he is a little sausage. :D

Turn off any filters when you feed her. The BBS go towards the light. You could put one near the side of your glass to attract them to one area for her. Turn off, or down the over head lightening. Just a thought.

Shelley

Baby Ray · Aug 27, 2016

code4 said:
Ray she will not be putting on weight over night. It will take time. Keep feeding her the BBS as fast as they hatch. Keep an eye on ammonia levels. And if you can get the feeder set up do that. You can offer her other food. But do not expect any sudden renewed interest in it. Time is what is needed. Keep feeding her. You will see a change in a few weeks. You can hatch eggs in other manners also. Just do a search and see if any appeal to you. The male I had perched on his feeder for weeks. He was also really thin. Now he is a little sausage. :D

Turn off any filters when you feed her. The BBS go towards the light. You could put one near the side of your glass to attract them to one area for her. Turn off, or down the over head lightening. Just a thought.

Shelley

Thank you for the encouragement!!