My friend likes to buy coral he can't care for...

As a rule, i dont like the idea of mandarin fih in aqauriums becuase of their tendancy to die, but if ur tanks developed, then in a tank like yours he would do good!

before you buy one.. see if you can find one that eats brine shrimp.. before i bought mine i made the LFS feed him.. he eats like crazy every night..

it is extremely hard to keep a mandarin. you shouldnt keep one in anything less than 100g. they eat pods only and usually never eat prepared foods or even brine shrimp. usafox got very lucky and has a rare find. check wetwebmedia.com they have a large amount of info on mandarins

u sh!thead. just to let u know (oosurfin im talking to), if u have a decent refugium, and can keep the copeods up to par in there... then u dont need a large tank. just need enough copeods. and, brine shrimp is not to healthy for a mandarin. try to ween it toward mysis shrimp, and frozen copeods.