FAMILY - Acanthuridae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Acanthurus Tristis
COMMON NAME - Indian Mimic Suregeonfish
SIZE - 9.8" (25 cm)
RANGE - Indian Ocean
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 - Not overly aggressive except to members of its own kind, does well in a 75 US Gal. (284 L) tank, will feed on a wide variety of aquarium fare.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Acanthurus Tristis
COMMON NAME - Indian Mimic Suregeonfish
SIZE - 9.8" (25 cm)
RANGE - Indian Ocean
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 - Not overly aggressive except to members of its own kind, does well in a 75 US Gal. (284 L) tank, will feed on a wide variety of aquarium fare.
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