| Re: mandarin fish
One suggestion that I got from my LFS, Inland Aquatics, was to put sections of 3/4" PVC pipe behind the live rock structure, as to provide a safe place for the pods to live and breed. I have always kept this pvc pipe in my tanks, but I am just now planning on adding a mandarin, so I can't vouch for this method's effeciency, but to me, it makes perfect sense.
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55 gallon reef tank. 100 lbs of Fiji live rock, 6" live sand bed, 1 pink haitian/condylactis anemone hosting 2 percula clowns, 2 green chomis', 1 lawnmower blenny, 1 neon goby, 1 firefish, 15 blue legged hermit crabs, 1 brittle starfish, 2 mexican turbo snails, 4 other snails, much more to come! Equipment includes a Coralife power compact setup with 2 65w 8k bulbs and 2 65w actinics, a CPR backpak and a wavemaker powerstrip running 3 powerheads. Rock on!  |