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About Margin Dartfish
A tiny, elongated goby with a pale tan-to-yellow body and distinctive darker brown or reddish margins along the dorsal and anal fins. It has a pointed snout and small mouth adapted for picking at micro-organisms.
Key facts
- Diet Details
- Feed small, frequent meals of finely crushed prepared foods, high-quality micro pellets, and copepod-rich foods. Live or frozen food (copepods, amphipods, small mysis) is highly beneficial and should form the bulk of the diet.
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region from Indonesia and the Philippines to Papua New Guinea and the Great Barrier Reef.
- Common Health Issues
- Marine Ich, Fin Rot, Swim Bladder Disorder, Hole in the Head Disease, Columnaris Disease
- Family
- Microdesmidae
- Care Level
- Hard
- Max Size
- 2.5
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.026
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Appearance
- A tiny, elongated goby with a pale tan-to-yellow body and distinctive darker brown or reddish margins along the dorsal and anal fins. It has a pointed snout and small mouth adapted for picking at micro-organisms.
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 20-gallon tank with sandy substrate for burrowing • pH 8.1–8.3, salinity 1.023–1.025, temperature 72–78°F • Require live sand and rubble for natural behavior • Feed small foods: copepods, amphipods, mysis, quality flake • Keep singly or in bonded pairs; gentle, shy species
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
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