FAMILY - Cyprinodontiformes
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Pseudochromis Aldabraensis
COMMON NAME - Arabian Bluelined Dottyback
SIZE - 3.3" (8.5 cm)
RANGE - Arabian Gulf to Sri Lanka
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 20 US Gal (76 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Varied Marie live or frozen fare for carnivores, chopped fish, squid, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, feed daily.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 10
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will eat small tubeworms and ornamental shrimps.
CAPTIVE CARE - Keep in a moderately aggressive community tank. May be a threat to many cohabitants. May damage tankmates of smaller or equal size. Best kept with larger and more aggressive species (Large angelfishes, surgeonfishes, large damselfishes, hawkfishes). Will feed heavily on fireworms (including ones too large to swallow whole). Keep only one per tank.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Pseudochromis Aldabraensis
COMMON NAME - Arabian Bluelined Dottyback
SIZE - 3.3" (8.5 cm)
RANGE - Arabian Gulf to Sri Lanka
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 20 US Gal (76 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Varied Marie live or frozen fare for carnivores, chopped fish, squid, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, feed daily.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 10
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will eat small tubeworms and ornamental shrimps.
CAPTIVE CARE - Keep in a moderately aggressive community tank. May be a threat to many cohabitants. May damage tankmates of smaller or equal size. Best kept with larger and more aggressive species (Large angelfishes, surgeonfishes, large damselfishes, hawkfishes). Will feed heavily on fireworms (including ones too large to swallow whole). Keep only one per tank.
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