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Fish
Blue Tang
Paracanthurus hepatus
Key facts
- Temperature24–26 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank400 l
- Adult size31 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific
- Size
- 31 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 26°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Type of aquarium
- Reef / FOWLR
- Swimming level
- medium (needs a lot of space)
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive (with other blue tangs)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1
- Minimum aquarium size
- 400 liters
- Diet
- herbivore – omnivore (algae, nori, brine shrimp)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: The "Dory" from the movie. Very susceptible to marine ich. Needs large aquariums to swim in. Eats mainly filamentous algae and nori. NOT suitable for small aquariums.
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