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About Split-Banded Cardinalfish
Apogon compressus is a small, laterally compressed cardinalfish with a reddish-orange body and distinctive white or pale bands running across its sides. The head is proportionally large and rounded, and the mouth is terminal and relatively large. A dark band passes through the eye, and the split-banded pattern (giving the species its common name) is most prominent along the dorsal and ventral portions of the body.
Key facts
- Max Size
- 3.5
- Diet Details
- Feed small meaty foods such as finely chopped frozen mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and small marine copepods. In established aquaria with plentiful pod populations, cardinalfish will graze on natural zooplankton; supplemental feedings of 1–2 times daily are typically necessary in captive systems.
- Common Health Issues
- Parasitic infections (ich, velvet), starvation in new aquaria, bacterial infections
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea and East Africa eastward through the Indian Ocean and throughout the Indo-Pacific to Hawaii and the Great Barrier Reef. Found in coastal reef environments at depths typically between 20–100 meters.
- Diet
- carnivore
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Appearance
- Apogon compressus is a small, laterally compressed cardinalfish with a reddish-orange body and distinctive white or pale bands running across its sides. The head is proportionally large and rounded, and the mouth is terminal and relatively large. A dark band passes through the eye, and the split-banded pattern (giving the species its common name) is most prominent along the dorsal and ventral portions of the body.
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Care Level
- Moderate
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-82°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Family
- Apogonidae
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