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About Scissortail Dartfish
Yellow-orange body with distinctive blue horizontal stripes running the length of the fish. The caudal fin is deeply forked and is used in a scissor-like motion, giving this dartfish its common name.
Key facts
- Appearance
- Yellow-orange body with distinctive blue horizontal stripes running the length of the fish. The caudal fin is deeply forked and is used in a scissor-like motion, giving this dartfish its common name.
- Min tank size
- 30 gallons
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Difficulty Level
- Beginner
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Feeding Schedule
- Feed 2-3 times daily
- Diet
- planktivore
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 30 gallon tank with plenty of open space for darting behavior • Requires a sandy substrate with burrows or shelter to retreat into at night • Temperature range 72–78°F; maintain stable conditions to reduce stress • Feed small meaty foods such as copepods, amphipods, mysis shrimp, and quality flake foods 2–3 times daily • Peaceful but skittish; avoid housing with aggressive tank mates that chase or intimidate this species
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Great Barrier Reef and beyond.
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet Details
- Zooplankton, small crustaceans, marine worms, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp
- Max Size
- 5.5
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