everytime im in an LFS and see some mandarins i always ask if they are accepting frozen foods. the answer is always no, and im sure there are dozens of other ppl who ask the same thing. but i still get my hopes up
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in thailand my dad has one in his tank (id say between 35 and 45 gallons). the thing is so healthy. at one point i noticed (via pictures) that it was getting skinny and harassed my dad about. he got his "fish guy" to dump a bunch more pods in there to reestablish it. now the mandarin is back to being plump.