Spotfin Dottyback / Labracinus melanotaenia
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Labracinus melanotaenia
COMMON NAME - Spotfin Dottyback
SIZE - 7.8" (20 cm)
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 30 US Gal (114 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Feed a varied diet of frozen and live marine meaty fare, fish, crustacean flesh, Mysid shrimp, Feed daily.
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will eat smaller docile fishes and crustaceans, pestilent species in reef aquariums such as bristleworms, small mantis shrimps.
CAPTIVE CARE - A potentially destructive fish in the community tank, do not house with smaller passive fish or other Dottybacks, can be housed with Eels, large Squirrelfishes, Groupers, Snappers, larger Angelfishes, large Hawkfishes, and Triggerfishes. Keep singly or a proven mated pair in a larger aquarium.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Labracinus melanotaenia
COMMON NAME - Spotfin Dottyback
SIZE - 7.8" (20 cm)
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 30 US Gal (114 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Feed a varied diet of frozen and live marine meaty fare, fish, crustacean flesh, Mysid shrimp, Feed daily.
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will eat smaller docile fishes and crustaceans, pestilent species in reef aquariums such as bristleworms, small mantis shrimps.
CAPTIVE CARE - A potentially destructive fish in the community tank, do not house with smaller passive fish or other Dottybacks, can be housed with Eels, large Squirrelfishes, Groupers, Snappers, larger Angelfishes, large Hawkfishes, and Triggerfishes. Keep singly or a proven mated pair in a larger aquarium.