Where to buy Mauritian Clownfish
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About Mauritian Clownfish
The Mauritian clownfish is a small damselfish with a bright orange body and white vertical bands on the head and body, with darker edging on fins. It closely resembles other orange clownfish species but has subtle color variations specific to its Mauritian population.
Key facts
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 20 gallon tank • Requires an anemone host (such as Entacmaea quadricolor or Heteractis magnifica) for optimal well-being • Maintain temperature 72-78°F and salinity 1.020-1.025 • Feed a varied omnivorous diet of high-quality flakes, small pellets, and frozen foods like mysis shrimp and copepods 1-2 times daily • Hardy and well-suited to reef aquariums; generally peaceful but may exhibit territorial behavior near host anemone
- Max Size
- 4.3
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Common Health Issues
- Ich (white spot disease), fin rot, bacterial infections, rarely velvet disease
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Care Level
- Easy
- Difficulty Level
- Amphiprion mauritian is an excellent beginner clownfish with hardiness, peaceful temperament, and simple care requirements. It adapts well to captive conditions and thrives in established reef aquariums.
- Diet Details
- Feed high-quality marine flakes, small pellets, frozen mysis shrimp, and copepods. In captivity, most clownfish thrive without a host anemone but do better with one present.
- Diet
- omnivore
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Origin
- Endemic to the coral reefs of Mauritius in the Indo-Pacific region, found in association with anemones in shallow reef environments.
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