FAMILY - Acanthuridae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Zebrasoma Veliferum
COMMON NAME - Sailfin Tang
SIZE - 15.7" (40 cm)
RANGE - Central and South Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 135 US Gal. (511L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Vegetable fare, fresh and frozen herbivore food, marine algae, spirulina, zucchini, broccoli, leaf lettuce, dried seaweed. Feed min. 3 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - If under fed may nip at stony corals and soft corals.
CAPTIVE CARE - Least aggressive member of the genus and family, may be aggressive toward members of its own kind, keep only one per tank, a diet of vegetable fare is a must to keep coloration and ward off head and lateral line erosion, browses on filamentous microalgae and small flesh macroalgae.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Zebrasoma Veliferum
COMMON NAME - Sailfin Tang
SIZE - 15.7" (40 cm)
RANGE - Central and South Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 135 US Gal. (511L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Vegetable fare, fresh and frozen herbivore food, marine algae, spirulina, zucchini, broccoli, leaf lettuce, dried seaweed. Feed min. 3 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - If under fed may nip at stony corals and soft corals.
CAPTIVE CARE - Least aggressive member of the genus and family, may be aggressive toward members of its own kind, keep only one per tank, a diet of vegetable fare is a must to keep coloration and ward off head and lateral line erosion, browses on filamentous microalgae and small flesh macroalgae.
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