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Adam, would you please quantify a very,very long time.  What type of pod density do you consider sustainable for a mandarin?  I am not trying to be argumentative here, just trying to learn....Geek
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Gahlen,
Good question.  Not sure if I have a good answer.  Hmmm.  I've had aquariums that were a couple years old and I just never felt good about buying a mandarin.  And if anyone was going to have luck it would have been me, because my tanks were packed full or random small life. 
I'm not sure how much emphasis I put on pods, and how much I put on macro substrate.  It seems that the swimming style and feeding nature of mandarins make me think that they would do very well in a chaotic over grown mess of a tank (like I typically own). 
In other words, I think Suzy could do very well with them in her beautiful planted tanks, or Mark in his sponge sumps. 
But I don't think they typically do well in pretty coral tanks (although tileman has the prettiest tank and a mandarin). 
So it is hard to say for me, but lush growth certainly seems to be the best bet.
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Adam,  That makes sense.  Mine is in a tank with different types of macro algae and spends most of its time swimming in and out and about.  You may be on to something there!
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The psychedelic dragonet (Synchiropus splendidus) is one of my favorite fishes. When I set up my current aquarium, it was with this fish primarily in mind. The information at the time recommended a large aquarium with a large amount of mature, live rock. A refugium was also highly recommended.
I have kept my female mandarin fat and "happy" for years in my reef tank. She was one of only a handful of fish that survived the "incident" earlier this year.
 
However, I added a red scooter dragonet (Synchiropus stellatus) to my aquarium a few years ago. Both fish appeared to do fine for the first six to eight months. But the smaller, scooter dragonette eventually died after about a year. My only conclusion was that my 120 gallon aquarium was just two small to adequately feed two fish with such a specific diet.
 
Anyway, that's my take - and that's why I think a 140 gallon, mature aquarium would make a great environment for a single dragonet.
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I'm just weighing in because I'm still waiting for my tank to mature, but I have set things up in mind to support Manderin (or pair??).  I have a large refugium in the basement to which I've added pods and the phyto from Readmariculture.  Many folks from here have given me macro and LS and I've got all kinds of diversity in the substrate and LR and the macro is really growing well.  
 
I can see that the main tank continues to go through changes of differnt types of algeas and small life (display in an east facing bay window, but the 'fuge has exploded with pod life and macro algae.  I would hope that as long as I'm willing to grow live food, I would be able support a manderine after 6 mos or so. 
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