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About Yellowtail Blue Damsel
A small damselfish with a brilliant electric blue body and a distinctive bright yellow tail. The body is uniformly bright blue with a slightly deeper blue dorsal surface, while the caudal fin is entirely yellow, creating a striking color contrast. Juveniles display more vivid coloration than adults.
Key facts
- Diet Details
- Feed a varied diet of high-quality marine flake food, small pellets, and frozen foods such as mysis shrimp and brine shrimp. Include occasional vegetable matter like spirulina-based preparations. Feed 2–3 times daily in small portions.
- Temperament
- Semi Aggressive
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific coral reef regions from the Great Barrier Reef to the Philippines, Indonesia, and surrounding areas. Found in tropical reef environments across the Western Pacific.
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Care Level
- Easy
- Common Health Issues
- Ich (white spot disease), fin rot, parasitic infections
- Max Size
- 3.5
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Appearance
- A small damselfish with a brilliant electric blue body and a distinctive bright yellow tail. The body is uniformly bright blue with a slightly deeper blue dorsal surface, while the caudal fin is entirely yellow, creating a striking color contrast. Juveniles display more vivid coloration than adults.
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 20 gallon tank • Temperature range 72–78°F • pH range 8.1–8.3 • Salinity 1.020–1.025 SG • Can be territorial and aggressive toward conspecifics and similar-sized fish; provide adequate space and hiding places with rocks or corals • Generally reef-safe but may nip at small ornamental crustaceans or polychaete worms; monitor behavior in established reef systems
- Diet
- omnivore
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