Splendid Dottyback
From Microcosm Aquarium Explorer
A beautiful but fiesty fish. Scott W. Michael
[edit] Overview
These are wonderful reef aquarium fishes and are some of the most elegant of all the dottybacks. These medium-sized dottybacks can be quite scrappy in the home aquarium, especially in a smaller tank. They may pester smaller and more passive fish tankmates, but this is less of a concern in a larger reef aquarium.
Family: Pseudochromidae
Other common name(s):
Native range:
Habitat: In the wild, it lives in close proximity to corals and sponges where it can find shelter from larger predators. Provide a live rock cave or overhang.
Maximum length: 13 cm (5 in)
Minimum aquarium size: 114 L (30 gal)
Water: Marine 24 °C (297 K, 75 °F) - 28 °C (301 K, 82 °F)
General swimming level: Bottom.
[edit] Feeding
Meaty foods, including finely shredded frozen seafood, mysid shrimp, frozen preparations, pigment-enriched flake food, and Cyclop-eeze. Feed every other day in a reef tank.
[edit] Aquarium Compatibility
While perfectly safe with all corals and giant clams, they will feed on ornamental shrimps and will prey on bristleworms.
[edit] Breeding/Propagation
Demersal spawners that produce masses of eggs in caves. See Wittenrich The Complete Illustrated Breeder's Guide to Marine Aquarium Fishes for a captive-breeding protocol.
| Common name | Splendid Dottyback + |
| Family | Pseudochromidae + |
| Genus | Manonichthys + |
| Image credit | SWM + |
| Maximum length | 5 in + |
| Minimum aquarium size | 30 gal + |
| Native range | Indo-Pacific +, Philippines +, Indonesia +, and Australia + |
| Reference | A PocketExpert Guide to Reef Aquarium Fishes + |
| Specific name | splendens + |
| Swimming level | Bottom. + |
| Text credit | SWM + |
| Water max temp | 301 K (28 °C, 82 °F) + |
| Water min temp | 297 K (24 °C, 75 °F) + |
| Water type | Marine + |