Fish of the Day: Masked Rabbitfish

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Masked Rabbitfish / Siganus puellis

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Scientific Name - Siganus puellis

Common Name - Masked Rabbitfish

Size - 15" (38 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.
 
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