Let me begin by saying there are exceptions to every rule. According to Fenner my Mandarin should be pushing up daisies. I just checked my records, and I bought him on February 1st of this year. He ( all my fish are male until proven different) was one inch long. Today he is twice that size. He lives happily in my 33 gallon semi cube with two Purple Firefish, and a Yellow Clown Goby. There is X number of pounds of LR. The tank is 18 inches deep. I know he eats Mysis, as I have seen him rise to half the depth of the tank to get some at feeding time. Is he an anomaly
, perhaps, but I know for sure I have saved this little guy from certain death had I not gotten him away from my LFS. Not only that but he has brightened my life just watching him.
