Wrasse, Anthias, and Other Marine Fish
Cleaner Wrasse
Labroides dimidiatus
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank400 l
- Adult size11 cm
- Difficulty★★★★★
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Labridae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific
- Size
- 11 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★★★★
- Water type
- marine
- Swimming level
- middle
- Behavior
- peaceful
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1
- Minimum aquarium size
- 400 L
- Diet
- carnivorous (parasites and mucus from other fish)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: It removes parasites from fish in the wild, but in an aquarium it almost always starves to death. Purchasing this species is not recommended; captive-bred cleaner gobies are the alternative.
