candy hogfish
bodianus bimaculatus
candy hogfish
bodianus bimaculatus
Moderate This fish is considered a moderately difficult one. Read well into how to care for this fish and which tank mates it needs, so you can take good care of it. Place this fish in a tank of at least 400 liter to make it at home. Keep your salinity within 1.022-1.027 (at 25°C) and temperature between 23-28°C. The Candy Hogfish likes to eat artemia, big frozen food, cyclops, flakes, krill and mysis.
No corals for the Candy Hogfish. Your carefully maintained corals should be safe with this fish in your tank, because it is considered reefsafe.
This fish is peaceful, which means it probably won't attack other fishes. Alas, a lot of peaceful fish do get easily harassed by other, bigger and more aggressive fish. Keep this in mind when mixing different types of fish. Having a lot of hiding places might help in the process.