8 gallons is too small for a green mandarin. their diet consists mainly of copepods and other micro-organisms found on live rock, in an 8 gallon there will, in no way, be enough organisms to feed the mandarin and it will starve. It’s rare for mandarins to accept prepared food.
catxcatxx on 21 May 2008 at 6:11 am #
8 gallons is too small for a green mandarin. their diet consists mainly of copepods and other micro-organisms found on live rock, in an 8 gallon there will, in no way, be enough organisms to feed the mandarin and it will starve. It’s rare for mandarins to accept prepared food.