Concern is that my new mandarin dragonet is sticking to one small area of the tank and have not seen it forage for pods for several days despite seeing copious copepods and amphipods on the glass.
Background: have waterbox 190.5 for appt. 1.5 years that started with TBS rock and sand. Added extra pods just for good measure to DT and fuge a few weeks before adding the mandarin. Got the mandarin about 2 weeks ago from trusted LFS. Within a day seemed to be exploring and eating consistently but maybe not as much as I’d expect. Came in well nourished from what I could tell. This behavior lasted for about a week but always stayed on 1/3 of my tank. For last 5 ish days has remained on the same side but just goes back and forth at the back wall of the tank. Haven’t seen him peck at anything. Still see pods all over the glass. Never seen another fish even glance at him. Plan on getting another thing of pods tomorrow to add to the display just in case but don’t think it is a food issue as he has about 4 feet of rock/sand he has never even looked at let alone depleted of pods. Is he just acclimating? If so why was he eating for a bit and then stopped? Is it a disease and if so what do I do?
Will try to get a video of him when I get home just in case that will help but might be hard due to where he has set up camp.
Background: have waterbox 190.5 for appt. 1.5 years that started with TBS rock and sand. Added extra pods just for good measure to DT and fuge a few weeks before adding the mandarin. Got the mandarin about 2 weeks ago from trusted LFS. Within a day seemed to be exploring and eating consistently but maybe not as much as I’d expect. Came in well nourished from what I could tell. This behavior lasted for about a week but always stayed on 1/3 of my tank. For last 5 ish days has remained on the same side but just goes back and forth at the back wall of the tank. Haven’t seen him peck at anything. Still see pods all over the glass. Never seen another fish even glance at him. Plan on getting another thing of pods tomorrow to add to the display just in case but don’t think it is a food issue as he has about 4 feet of rock/sand he has never even looked at let alone depleted of pods. Is he just acclimating? If so why was he eating for a bit and then stopped? Is it a disease and if so what do I do?
Will try to get a video of him when I get home just in case that will help but might be hard due to where he has set up camp.
