Firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica)
1000,00 EGP
Facts
| Latin name | Nemateleotris magnifica – Fowler, 1938 |
| Local name | Firefish |
| Family | Microdesmidae – Nemateleotris |
| Origin | East Indian Ocean, West Indian Ocean, Indonesia, East Pacific, Central/West Pacific |
| Max length | 9 cm (3,5″) |
As aquarium fish
| Minimum volume | 200 l (53 gal) |
| Hardiness | Hardy |
| Suitable for aquarium | Suitable for most aquarium |
| Reef safe | Reef safe |
| Aggressiveness | Docile but might be aggressive towards similar species |
Feed
| Recommended | Small crustaceans (Krill, mysis, artemia…) |
| Mostly | Zooplankton (Cyclops, pods…) |
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Description
Description
Beware of
| Jumps out of open aquaria |
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| This species is known to jump out of open aquaria. |
Keep in mind
| Lives in a pair |
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| This species can live as a pair (male and female). |
| Hiding places |
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| This species needs good hiding places, for example, between live rocks. |
| Docile |
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| This species is very shy and docile, so one should be careful when keeping it with more aggressive fish. |
| Enriched food |
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Over time this species can lose some of its colour when the food does not contain sufficient vitamins. It pays therefore, to use a some type of enriched food, or one, specific to this species. |
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| Size | S, M, L |
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