 Flame and mandarin
Hi, just got your post. We have since added the flame. It is still quite small. It has been very friendly and peaceful with the other fish. It doesn't compete for food with the other fish because it likes to eat algae off the rocks. The mandarin only eats the live copepods in our tank. I have noticed the flame eating some of the artic-pods that I bought and squirt in once a day. All the fish go crazy for those...except the mandarin! He only eats the live ones. But my tank is filled with live pods, so everyone is happy. We have a great group of fish that all get along. The only one that stays clear of the others is our orchid dottyback. It still is very shy and stays at the vacant end of the tank. That is the funny thing. We have all these fish and all this room in the tank and all the fish hang together at one end. I have all these fish sharing one third of the tank and the other two thirds has just one fish, the dottyback. Of course, the crabs and snails go all over. We are probably considered overstocked by most, but we think it is working well. We have a backup tank if we needed to move any out. But our water quality is good, all are eating well and there is not fighting or territorial wars. In fact, the fish all seem very bonded with each other and even rub up against each other and share sleeping spaces. Hopefully it continues this way!  |