FAMILY - Acanthuridae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Acanthurus Pyroferus
COMMON NAME - Chocolate Suregeonfish (Mimic surgeonfish)
SIZE - 9.8" (25 cm)
RANGE - Indo Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Varied diet with mostly vegetable fare, dried and frozen herbivores foods, marine algae, spirulina, pieces of zucchini, broccoli, leaf lettuce, sushi nori (dried seaweed no additives). Feed 3 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Rarely bothers corals unless underfed. Browses on filamentous microalgae and small flesh macroalgae. Feed 3 times a day.
CAPTIVE CARE - Juveniles tend to acclimate to captivity in a large tank, moderately aggressive, keep only one specimen of the same color per tank.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Acanthurus Pyroferus
COMMON NAME - Chocolate Suregeonfish (Mimic surgeonfish)
SIZE - 9.8" (25 cm)
RANGE - Indo Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Varied diet with mostly vegetable fare, dried and frozen herbivores foods, marine algae, spirulina, pieces of zucchini, broccoli, leaf lettuce, sushi nori (dried seaweed no additives). Feed 3 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Rarely bothers corals unless underfed. Browses on filamentous microalgae and small flesh macroalgae. Feed 3 times a day.
CAPTIVE CARE - Juveniles tend to acclimate to captivity in a large tank, moderately aggressive, keep only one specimen of the same color per tank.
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