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About Masked Puffer
Canthigaster masked is a small, rounded pufferfish with a distinctive dark mask-like band across its eyes. The body is pale yellow to cream-colored with scattered white spots and blue-ringed markings, and possesses the characteristic ability to inflate when threatened.
Key facts
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Appearance
- Canthigaster masked is a small, rounded pufferfish with a distinctive dark mask-like band across its eyes. The body is pale yellow to cream-colored with scattered white spots and blue-ringed markings, and possesses the characteristic ability to inflate when threatened.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe with Caution
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Difficulty Level
- Moderate - Masked Puffer requires standard marine aquarium maintenance and intermediate fish keeping skills.
- Diet Details
- Feed frozen mysis shrimp, live copepods, small crustaceans, and meaty prepared foods. Multiple small meals (2–3 times daily) work better than large single feedings for optimal digestion and behavior.
- Diet
- carnivore
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 30 gallon tank with plenty of hiding spots and caves • Temperature range 72–78°F; maintain stable conditions • Salinity 1.020–1.025 SG • Feed small meaty foods (mysis shrimp, copepods, small crustaceans) 2–3 times daily • Highly aggressive toward conspecifics and other puffers; keep singly • May nip at softies, clams, and invertebrates despite "reef safe" designation
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including waters around Indonesia, Philippines, and the Great Barrier Reef. Found in coral reef environments from the Red Sea eastward to Fiji.
- Common Health Issues
- Ich (marine white spot disease), intestinal parasites, fin rot from aggression, bloating from poor diet
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