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About True Percula Clownfish
The True Percula Clownfish displays bright orange coloration with three distinctive white bands outlined in black: one behind the head, one at mid-body, and one at the tail base. The body is robust and somewhat laterally compressed, with rounded fins and a small mouth adapted for picking food from coral crevices.
Key facts
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Diet
- omnivore
- Diet Details
- Feed a varied diet of small meaty foods (frozen mysis shrimp, small pellets) and vegetable matter. Small herbivorous or omnivorous frozen foods work well. Feed 1-2 times daily in quantities the fish can consume in a few minutes.
- Max Size
- 4.3
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific, specifically found in coral reef environments from Indonesia to the Great Barrier Reef and northward to the Philippines and Japan. Inhabits anemone-rich reef areas in their native habitat.
- Feeding Schedule
- 1-2 times daily
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 20 gallon tank • Maintain temperature 72–78°F • Keep salinity at 1.023–1.025 specific gravity • Provide a host anemone (Bubble-tip, Carpet, or Magnificent Anemone) for optimal behavior, though they adapt to tank life without one • Feed 1-2 times daily with varied small foods • Maintain stable pH 8.1–8.3 and good water quality; perform 20% monthly water changes
- Common Health Issues
- Marine ich, Fin rot, Swim bladder disorder, Bacterial septicaemia, Hole-in-the-head disease
- Care Level
- Easy
- Appearance
- The True Percula Clownfish displays bright orange coloration with three distinctive white bands outlined in black: one behind the head, one at mid-body, and one at the tail base. The body is robust and somewhat laterally compressed, with rounded fins and a small mouth adapted for picking food from coral crevices.
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