How do you take care of a dottyback orchid?
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Having lots of caves in your aquarium is key to minimizing aggression. You can have corals in the tank too, Orchid Dottybacks will leave them alone. Maintain a temperature of 74°F-82°F, a pH of 8.1-8.4, and a specific gravity of 1.020-1.025. The water should have a slight current and be moderately lit.
What do you feed a purple Dottyback?
For food, the orchid prefers meaty food such as brine shrimp or Krill and they also will go after and eat bristleworms. They will also take flake, frozen and pellet fish foods.
How much is an Orchid Dottyback?
It was costly to acquire an Orchid Dottyback earlier (about $100 per fish). Thanks to aquarists and hobbyists, the fish can now be captive-bred and is available at a reasonable price of $25-$30. As we know, the fish requires privacy, so the minimum tank size of the aquarium should be about 30 gallons.
Can you keep more than one dottyback?
Do not keep more than one species of dottyback at a time in an aquarium. We also recommend not keeping smaller, slow eating fish in the same aquarium as dottybacks, as they can be quite aggressive and tend to eat quickly.
Is a Orchid Dottyback reef-safe?
The Orchid Dottyback is a reef-safe saltwater fish. The only invertebrates it will bother are the kind most people are happy to have removed from their tanks, like bristle worms and potentially small fan worms.
How do you take care of a purple Dottyback?
Purple Dottyback will consume a wide range of meaty foods including flake, freeze-dried, frozen and fresh varieties. It is best to feed them a mixed diet of meaty foods including a high quality flake food, quality frozen foods and possibly live meaty foods like brine shrimp or copepods and amphipods if available.
Is dottyback reef-safe?
Are Orchid Dottyback aggressive?
The Orchid dottyback is considered to be semi-aggressive and the personality you see may vary, based on the specific conditions and inhabitants in your tank. They may be shy when first introduced and remain shy if there are aggressive species preventing their peaceful acclimation.