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About Striped Shrimpfish EXPERT ONLY
The Striped Shrimpfish has an elongated, transparent to translucent body with distinctive dark vertical stripes running along its length. It possesses a tubular snout and typically swims with its body held at a near-vertical angle.
Key facts
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 40 breeder/tall aquarium; prefers sheltered caves and structures • Stable water: 72-78°F, pH 8.1-8.3, sg 1.023-1.025 • Requires live foods (copepods, amphipods) or small frozen preparations • Peaceful, nocturnal; keep singly or established pairs • Low flow areas preferred; easily stressed by aggressive tankmates
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Max Size
- 5.5
- Diet
- carnivore
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Care Level
- Expert
- Family
- Aulostomidae
- Min tank size
- 30 gallons
- Difficulty Level
- Moderate - Requires some experience due to specific dietary water or tank requirements. Best suited for intermediate aquarists.
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific, from Indonesia and the Philippines through the Great Barrier Reef to Australia and northward to the Indo-Pacific reefs.
- Diet Details
- Feed small live or frozen foods such as mysis shrimp, copepods, and amphipods 2–3 times daily. This species is a specialized microphage and requires frequent small meals of appropriately sized prey.
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