[B]FAMILY [/B]- Ostraciidae [B]SCIENTIFIC NAME[/B] - Ostracion Meleagris [B]COMMON NAME[/B] - Spotted Boxfish (Blue Boxfish) [B]SIZE[/B] - 6.3" (16 cm) [B]RANGE[/B] - Indo Pacific [B]MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE[/B] - 55 US Gal. (208 L) [B]FOODS AND FEEDING[/B] - 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. [B]AQUARIUM SUITABILITY[/B] - 6 [B]REEF AQUARIUM COMPATIBILITY[/B] - No [B]CAPTIVE CARE[/B] - 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. [CENTER][ATTACH=full]20603[/ATTACH][/CENTER]
