Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Not Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: East Africa to Hawaiian, Marquesas, and Pitcairn Islands, north to Southern Japan, and south to Lord Howe and Rapa Islands.
Size: 5 inches (14 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits lagoon reefs, reef channels, and outer reef faces at depths between 3 to about 40 feet (1 – 12 m) and feeds on stony coral polyps, sea anemones, crustaceans, small fishes, hydroids, and filamentous algae.
General Husbandry: Rarely seen in the trade, having a whitish yellowish body with a black vertical band on the rear body.
Should be housed with very aggressive tankmates, e.g., dottybacks, hawkfishes, large wrasses, large angelfishes and surgeonfishes, and triggerfishes.
As to diet, a meaty diet, e.g., live fortified brine shrimp and/or finely chopped various frozen or fresh meaty foods such as mysis, squid, fish flesh, shrimp, clam and plant material, e.g., flake foods, especially those containing Spirulina should be offered several times daily.
Taxonomy:
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Labroidei
Family: Pomacentridae
Subfamily: Pomacentrinae
Genus: Plectroglyphidodon
FYI: Not suitable for reef aquariums.
Will pester/annoy peaceful species.
Easy to keep well fed, yet problematic as to tankmates!
Must have aggressive tankmates.
One per aquarium.
Experience Level: Intermediate
Temperament: Feisty/belligerent
Diet: Omnivore
Coral Safe: No
Invertebrate Safe: No
Acclimation Time: 30 minutes+
Aquarium Environment: Fish-only aquarium
Tankmates: Aggressive
Minimum Tank Size: 55 gallons
Temperature Range: 74 - 84°F (23 – 28°C)
Specific Gravity: 1.020 - 1.026
pH: 8.0 - 8.5
