Magnificent Rabbitfish / Siganus magnifica

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Magnificent Rabbitfish / Siganus magnifica

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Scientific Name - Siganus magnifica

Common Name - Magnificent Rabbitfish

Size - 9.1" (23 cm )

Min. Aquarium Size - 75 US Gal. ( 284 L)

Foods and Feeding - Varied marine diets of vegetable fare, dried and frozen hergivre foods, marine algae, blue green alga Spirulina, pieces of zucchini, broccoli, leaf lettuce, sushi Nori (dried seaweed), feed min 2 times a day.

Reef Compatibility - Will browse on algae, if well fed most will ignore corals, some nip or eat large polyped species and certain soft coral polyps. Keep in a reef with caution.

Captive Care - A hardy fish, fares well in captivity, young fish will tolerate each other, adults should be kept singly or in a male / female pair, will ignore unrelated fish species, venomous spines, handle with extreme care.
 

Form or function: Do you consider your rock work to be art or the platform for your coral?

  • Primarily art focused.

    Votes: 7 7.9%
  • Primarily a platform for coral.

    Votes: 15 16.9%
  • A bit of each - both art and a platform.

    Votes: 60 67.4%
  • Neither.

    Votes: 3 3.4%
  • Other.

    Votes: 4 4.5%
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