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Convict Surgeonfish / Acanthurus triostegus
Scientific Name - Acanthurus triostegus
Common Name - Convict Surgeonfish
Size - 10.2" (26 cm)
Min. Aquarium Size - 75 US gal. (284 L)
Foods and Feeding - Aquarium Suitability - Varied diet with mostly vegetable fare, dried and frozen herbivores foods, marine algae, Spirulina, pieces of zucchini, broccoli, leaf lettuce, sushi Nori (dried seaweed no additives) Feed 3 times a day.
Reef Compatibility - Rarely bothers corals unless underfed, browses on filamentous micro algae and small flesh macro algae.
Captive Care - Most passive of the Surgeonfish, has a small caudal spine, one of the least aggressive Acanthurus spp. Usually will not bother hetero specifics, juveniles, but may squabble with each other, if more than one is to be kept add at the same time, can be kept with Naso and Zebrasoma.
Scientific Name - Acanthurus triostegus
Common Name - Convict Surgeonfish
Size - 10.2" (26 cm)
Min. Aquarium Size - 75 US gal. (284 L)
Foods and Feeding - Aquarium Suitability - Varied diet with mostly vegetable fare, dried and frozen herbivores foods, marine algae, Spirulina, pieces of zucchini, broccoli, leaf lettuce, sushi Nori (dried seaweed no additives) Feed 3 times a day.
Reef Compatibility - Rarely bothers corals unless underfed, browses on filamentous micro algae and small flesh macro algae.
Captive Care - Most passive of the Surgeonfish, has a small caudal spine, one of the least aggressive Acanthurus spp. Usually will not bother hetero specifics, juveniles, but may squabble with each other, if more than one is to be kept add at the same time, can be kept with Naso and Zebrasoma.
