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About Blue Assessor
A small, vibrant blue fish with a stocky, elongated body. The coloration ranges from deep blue to cobalt with darker blue bands or bars along the body. It has a large head with a distinctly blunt snout and a relatively small mouth positioned anteriorly.
Key facts
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, ranging from the Philippines and Indonesia westward to the Great Barrier Reef and the Australian coastal waters. Found in rocky crevices and cave systems of coral reef environments.
- Family
- Plesiopidae
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.026
- Max Size
- 3.5
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Min tank size
- 30 gallons
- Diet
- carnivore
- Difficulty Level
- Moderate difficulty. Blue Assessors require stable water conditions, adequate hiding places, and appropriate small meaty foods. They are shy and do best in established systems with live rock providing shelter and natural food sources.
- Care Level
- Moderate
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 30 gallon tank with plenty of live rock caves and crevices for shelter • Temperature range 72–78°F • pH range 8.0–8.3 • Salinity range 1.020–1.026 SG • Feeds on small meaty foods; offer mysis shrimp and copepods 2–3 times daily • Peaceful and reef safe; excellent addition to community reef aquariums
- Common Health Issues
- Parasitic infections (ich), starvation if not adequately fed small prey, bacterial infections from poor water quality
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