Description
Appearance
Females have a brown/black body with white spots, while males have similar coloured body but with a blue pattern on its sides and yellow spots crowning the top.
Care Level
Expert
Diet
These fish are mainly carnivorous and will enjoy an array of foods like brine, mysis shrimp, and scallops and hard shelled shrimp that were down its teeth so the don't become overgrown.
Minimum Tank Size
180 gal.
Growth Size
10"
Facts
Recommended for the expert aquarist. These Boxfish can release a toxin when stressed that will kill other fish that are in the system. Caution when used in a reef tank, because they may eat tubeworm species.
(Ostracion meleagris)
Sizes vary, please contact for details.
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