FAMILY - Chactodontidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Parachaetodon Ocellatus
COMMON NAME - Ocellate Coralfish
SIZE - 7" (18 cm)
RANGE - India, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Ryukyus, Bonin Islands, Great Barrier Reef, New South Wales
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Algae, small crustaceans, sponges
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF COMPATIBILITY - With caution
CAPTIVE CARE - Feed live brine shrimp, mysid shrimp, black worms and once feeding provide chopped fresh seafood, frozen brine shrimp, frozen priparations for carnivores, and omnivores, flake foods. Fares better if kept in pairs or a small group if introduced at the same time, provide plenty of swimming room, provide a peaceful non aggressive community, a potential threat to sessile invertebrates, small shrimp, an established reef tank with plenty of hiding places is a plus.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Parachaetodon Ocellatus
COMMON NAME - Ocellate Coralfish
SIZE - 7" (18 cm)
RANGE - India, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Ryukyus, Bonin Islands, Great Barrier Reef, New South Wales
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Algae, small crustaceans, sponges
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF COMPATIBILITY - With caution
CAPTIVE CARE - Feed live brine shrimp, mysid shrimp, black worms and once feeding provide chopped fresh seafood, frozen brine shrimp, frozen priparations for carnivores, and omnivores, flake foods. Fares better if kept in pairs or a small group if introduced at the same time, provide plenty of swimming room, provide a peaceful non aggressive community, a potential threat to sessile invertebrates, small shrimp, an established reef tank with plenty of hiding places is a plus.
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