I've got a biota pair. They eat both live and dead and are very easy in my case. My male has grown a lot and is very colorful, my female less but still seems quite healthy. My tank is a fairly young 110gal with a halichores wrasse and they still seem to find enough food.Very fun and worth it.
Also nothing ever bothers them even large fish that bully everything else completely ignore them. Mandarins produce a mucus from their skin that is odorous and toxic so nothing should mess with them. https://www.australiangeographic.co...-of-the-beautiful-but-poisonous-mandarinfish/
I don't know if captive bred ones are capable of producing this as it may require elements form natural prey but it certainly works for mine. (as in nothing messes with them)
Also nothing ever bothers them even large fish that bully everything else completely ignore them. Mandarins produce a mucus from their skin that is odorous and toxic so nothing should mess with them. https://www.australiangeographic.co...-of-the-beautiful-but-poisonous-mandarinfish/
I don't know if captive bred ones are capable of producing this as it may require elements form natural prey but it certainly works for mine. (as in nothing messes with them)
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