whitecheek surgeonfish

acanthurus nigricans

This fish doesn't take pleasure in swimming in smaller aquariums, it needs at least 750 liter to feel good. Keep your salinity within 1.022-1.025 (at 25°C) and temperature between 23-27°C. The Whitecheek Surgeonfish likes to eat artemia, big frozen food, flakes, krill, mysis and seaweed.

No corals for the Whitecheek Surgeonfish. Your carefully maintained corals should be safe with this fish in your tank, because it is considered reefsafe.

We consider the Whitecheek Surgeonfish to be a semi-aggressive fish. Be careful when introducing it to your less (or more) aggressive fish. It is, however, not a fish that will be the terror of your tank.

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