General
Aggressive to other red fishes such as flasher wrasses.
Can be kept as a group or pairs in a suitable larger tank (over 400L)
Can be kept as a group or pairs in a suitable larger tank (over 400L)
Oblique-lined dottyback
- Added by Dave_P
- Create date
- Latin
- Cypho purpurascens
- Family
- Pseudochromidae
- Maximum Size
- 8cm, 3"
- Minimum Tank Size
- 51 to 100 Litres
- Care level
- Easy
- Reef Compatibility
- Yes - with caution
- Group compatibility
- Keep singly
- Can be kept in groups in large tanks
- Temperament
- Aggressive to similar species
- Aggressive to smaller species
- Compatibility with hard corals
- No Issues
- Compatibility with soft corals
- No Issues
- Compatibility with Invertabrates
- Do not keep with crustaceans
- Feeding
- Mixture of good quality flake, pellets, frozen food
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Origin (from Fishbase)
- Western Pacific: Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea to Tonga.
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