green mandarin

I have a 16-gallon cycling. I am already dosing phytoplankton and when the cycle nears completion will begin dosing tisbe, tigriopus, apocyclops, and oithona. I am well aware that even if my tank is well established a mandarin would completely wipe them out very fast. If I dose pods and phyto...

Hello all, I recently purchased a captive-bred mandarin, and was wondering how big they will grow. Anyone here have experience with growing CB mandarins out? I've seen huge ones at LFS before. Does sex affect size? (i.e males are biggger than females?)

Good evening. my apologies if this discussion has already been had but I am a bit worried and hoping someone with some experience can help shed light on this for me. Picked up a Green Mandarin last weekend from my LFS. Yesterday I noticed he started hanging out at the top of the tank around my...