suitable with care

purple surgeonfish

acanthurus xanthopterus

2500 liter minimum

Up to 65

reefsafe

purple surgeonfish

acanthurus xanthopterus

You can't give it enough space, give it a 2500 liter tank to enjoy a healthy and happy fish. Keep your salinity within 1.023-1.028 (at 25°C) and temperature between 23-28°C. The Purple Surgeonfish likes to eat artemia, banana, big frozen food, flakes, lettuce, life food, mysis, nori and seaweed.

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

We consider the Purple 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.