* kim gross wrote, On 9/28/2006 2:40 AM:
Cindy wrote:

I have an 8-gal. hex, and it is literally crawling with shrimp and
copepods. Probably about 15 lbs. of rock. There are no fish yet, just
blue-leg crabs, one red-leg crab, an anemone crab and various snails.

If I put a mandarin goby in there, do you think the tank is big enough
to keep him in pods, or would he clean them all out and then starve?

8 gallon tank. I would say there is no way you can keep a mandarin in
there, unless you are luckly enough to find one that will eat something
other than the pods. I would say you would need atleast 40 gallons with
lots of pods and a very small madarin, or even better 75 gallons or more.

Kim
www.jensalt.com

I was afraid of that. Thanks though!

Cindy