FAMILY - Pomacentridae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Amphiprion Sandaracinos
COMMON NAME - Orange Skunk Anemonefish
SIZE - 5.5" ( 14 cm)
RANGE - Western Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 30 US Gal. (114 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Marine frozen and live fare for carnivores, omnivores, and herbivores
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Excellent
CAPTIVE CARE - A varied diet is important, vitamin enriched foods are a plus, will do well in smaller aquariums, purchase captive bred specimens if possible, not uncommon for wild caught specimens to suffer from clown fish disease (Brooklynella hostilis) present when copious amounts of slime sloughs off the body of the fish. Larger females can be aggressive to conspecifics or related species. Best kept in pairs with a host anemone, in the wild hosts Merten's Carpet Anemone (Stichodactyla Mertensii), Leathery Sea Anemone (Heteractis crispa).
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Amphiprion Sandaracinos
COMMON NAME - Orange Skunk Anemonefish
SIZE - 5.5" ( 14 cm)
RANGE - Western Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 30 US Gal. (114 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Marine frozen and live fare for carnivores, omnivores, and herbivores
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Excellent
CAPTIVE CARE - A varied diet is important, vitamin enriched foods are a plus, will do well in smaller aquariums, purchase captive bred specimens if possible, not uncommon for wild caught specimens to suffer from clown fish disease (Brooklynella hostilis) present when copious amounts of slime sloughs off the body of the fish. Larger females can be aggressive to conspecifics or related species. Best kept in pairs with a host anemone, in the wild hosts Merten's Carpet Anemone (Stichodactyla Mertensii), Leathery Sea Anemone (Heteractis crispa).
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