[kenske]

I have a pair of mandarins in my 24 nanocube. They are doing great. They both eat frozen mysis and cyclopeeze. Last week fed them frozen blood worms and they went for it immediately. I am happy that i can add another food type to their diet.

[Timbo]

Fill the tank up to the top.

[crox99]

Welcome to MR and IMO I would stay away from a green carpet. They get very big!!!

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[cali_reef]

Green carpet anemone(and most anemone) loves to have mandarins as tank mates, fresh fish food for them .

[ellebelle]

Quote: Originally Posted by cali_reef Green carpet anemone(and most anemone) loves to have mandarins as tank mates, fresh fish food for them .

I was just about to say that.

Also, IF you go for the mandarin, you will need one eating frozen foods unless you are planning to cultivate pods (a time consuming and annoying process). If you find an LFS or vendor with one that they claim is eating frozen foods, BE SURE TO ASK FOR A DEMONSTRATION. I made that mistake - I was told my mandarin would eat cyclopeez, and it was not true. This led me to all sort of strategies to improve pod production in my 29g, but nothing really worked.

[mstrofdisaster]

What kind of lighting do you have in the tank? I'm pretty sure anemones will not thrive under PC lights, which is the stock on these units. Did you order a MH light for this?

	MH Metal Halide Lighting, typically used for high intensity light demanding corals such as SPS. Bulbs come in varieties of spectrums (7k, 10k,20k), and intensity (175W, 250W, 400W).

	PC Power Compact Lighting, typically used in lower light aquariums supporting soft corals, LPS, and fish. Their low cost and cooler operating temperatures are an excellent choice for beginner aquariums and smaller tanks.

[rookie07]

The lighting is as follows.
1x32w SunPaq Dual Daylight & 1 x 32w SunPaq Dual
Im waiting to fill the tank till Ive put everything in the tank, Ill be adding alot more rock/coral, so the water lever will rise.
....So you guys are saying that anemones will kill the mandarin?
Should I buy small clown fish, or a med/large pair? The little ones look so small and they might be the only fish I have. or should Ibuy them small and have more time for them to grow.

[Chiefmcfuz]

You really need to upgrade the lighting before thinking about an anemone. The stock lighting isn't good.

All anemones eat fish.

[rookie07]

What type of lighting do I get?
Should I get the SUNPOD PRO 20" HQI from fosters and smith (250 w with 6 blue/6 white led 's $330)?

Thanks

[Chiefmcfuz]

The 150 should be fine for the anemone and for most corals esp sps. I upgraded to the 250 because I had some higher light requirements for some of my sps.

	SPS Small Polyped Scleractinians - Sometimes known as Small Polyped Stony corals. These are hard corals that have extremely small polyps. They are typically on the difficult side and require Metal Halide lighting or dense Power Compact or T5 arrays. These corals are prized for their rareness and ability to be easily fragged into multiple colonies.