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About Lined Dartfish
The Lined Dartfish displays a slender, elongated body with distinctive blue to purple vertical stripes running along a yellowish or tan base color. The fish features enlarged pelvic fins used for anchoring near burrow entrances, and reaches approximately 4.5 inches in length.
Key facts
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Diet
- planktivore
- Care Requirements
- • 30+ gallon tank minimum with moderate water flow • Temperature 72-78°F, pH 8.1-8.3, SG 1.020-1.025 • Requires sandy substrate for burrowing behavior • Feed small meaty foods (copepods, mysis shrimp) 2-3x daily • Pair or small group; prefers established tanks with minimal disturbance
- Aka
- Lined Dartfish
- Feeding Schedule
- Feed 2-3 times daily
- Max Size
- 4.5
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region from Indonesia to the Philippines and Micronesia, typically found on coral reef slopes at depths of 5-50 meters.
- Diet Details
- Feed small zooplankton-based foods such as live copepods, brine shrimp, or quality frozen mysis shrimp and plankton blends. Multiple small feedings daily are recommended to match natural grazing behavior.
- Common Health Issues
- Marine ich, Fin rot, Swim bladder disorder, Bacterial infections, Parasitic infestations
- Appearance
- The Lined Dartfish displays a slender, elongated body with distinctive blue to purple vertical stripes running along a yellowish or tan base color. The fish features enlarged pelvic fins used for anchoring near burrow entrances, and reaches approximately 4.5 inches in length.
- Temperament
- Peaceful
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