Hawaiian squirrelfish

jhnrb

Reef enthusiast
FAMILY - Holocentridae

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Sargocentron Xantherythrum

COMMON NAME - Hawaiian Squirrelfish

SIZE - 6.7" (17 cm)

RANGE - Johnston and Hawaiian Islands

MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)

FOODS AND FEEDING - Chopped seafoods, live or frozen brine shrimp, mysid shrimp, varied diet of marine frozen preparations. Feed 2 times a day.

AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8

REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will eat smaller fish, motile invertebrates, worms, crustaceans, snails, serpent stars.

CAPTIVE CARE - A nocturnal fish, needs plenty of hiding places when lights are on, greedy feeders, food must be moving in water column in order for the fish to feed on it, may be aggressive towards their own kind, aggression is more pronounced as the systems size is decreased.

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