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					Originally Posted by Doug Lowey
					
				 
				I must add, I dont advocate mandarins being kept by inexperienced aquarists. 
			
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 I plan to wait for 18 - 24 months before even thinking about adding the Mandarin.  By then I should have 150 - 200 lbs of mature live rock plus a stable refugium.  I have used J & L's online information plus other sources to come up with a list of my livestock.  Luckily for me J & L has a lot of their stock from the Indo-Pacific region, same as the Mandarin - Splendidus.  After a bit more thinking I will post the most likely candidates and see what people say about putting those fish and corals together in a tank along with Mandarins.
Thanks for the help.