Locally, pricey, at an LFS I believe you are not fond of. I'll be keeping a close eye on them as far as that is possible. The adult male is out cruising all day and the juvi stays put in the rock pile on the right side of my tank. So far no conflict, thankfully. The juvi initially got more flack from my Blue Devil Damsel, but that has since eased to a non issue as well.

The little guy is out a little more this morning, nonchalantly cruising the right side pile of rocks as only a Mandarin can. Looks good, great colour and the small bit of tail fin he lost to the Damsel on day two is almost completely healed up. No other injuries apparent, but as I mentioned, if it is a male, once he starts growing larger and my big guy feels his territory is threatened, things could take a turn for the worse.

$16.95 at j&l. I'm not going back in there but I can guess what you paid.
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