FAMILY - Perciformes
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chellodipterus Quinquelineatus
COMMON NAME - Fivelined Cardinalfish
SIZE - 4.7" (12 cm)
RANGE - Indo Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 30 US Gal. (114 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Small chopped marine fare, live baby guppies, grass shrimp, and frozen brine shrimp, frozen preparations for carnivores.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will eat small snails, crabs, shrimps, and fish.
CAPTIVE CARE - Keep only one per tank, introduce after more passive tankmates are acclimated, will feed day and night, spends most of its time in the open, provide hiding places, younger fish will spend time in the tentacles of sea anemones, or long spine urchins, keep only with fish its own size or larger and with passive tankmates.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chellodipterus Quinquelineatus
COMMON NAME - Fivelined Cardinalfish
SIZE - 4.7" (12 cm)
RANGE - Indo Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 30 US Gal. (114 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Small chopped marine fare, live baby guppies, grass shrimp, and frozen brine shrimp, frozen preparations for carnivores.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will eat small snails, crabs, shrimps, and fish.
CAPTIVE CARE - Keep only one per tank, introduce after more passive tankmates are acclimated, will feed day and night, spends most of its time in the open, provide hiding places, younger fish will spend time in the tentacles of sea anemones, or long spine urchins, keep only with fish its own size or larger and with passive tankmates.
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