FAMILY - Ostraciidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Ostracion Meleagris
COMMON NAME - Spotted Boxfish (Blue Boxfish)
SIZE - 6.3" (16 cm)
RANGE - Indo Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Varied diet, may need to start with vitamin enriched brine shrimp and once eating - Marine meaty foods, chopped shrimp, squid, clams, fish, mysid shtrimp, enriched freeze dried krill, herbivore preparations containing marine algae. Feed minimum 3 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF AQUARIUM COMPATIBILITY - No
CAPTIVE CARE - Do not feed floating foods (fish may ingest air at the surface), usually not compatible with tankmates, keep only one male per tank, most famous for poisoning the tank. A pair can be kept, but, two males should never be kept in the same tank. The male is dark with blue, the female is brown with white spots.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Ostracion Meleagris
COMMON NAME - Spotted Boxfish (Blue Boxfish)
SIZE - 6.3" (16 cm)
RANGE - Indo Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Varied diet, may need to start with vitamin enriched brine shrimp and once eating - Marine meaty foods, chopped shrimp, squid, clams, fish, mysid shtrimp, enriched freeze dried krill, herbivore preparations containing marine algae. Feed minimum 3 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF AQUARIUM COMPATIBILITY - No
CAPTIVE CARE - Do not feed floating foods (fish may ingest air at the surface), usually not compatible with tankmates, keep only one male per tank, most famous for poisoning the tank. A pair can be kept, but, two males should never be kept in the same tank. The male is dark with blue, the female is brown with white spots.
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