Range: Indo-Pacific Ocean and along north and east Australia

Size: Up to 3 inches (7 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabit inshore course sandy areas and areas below large overhangs at depths between 75 to 150 feet

General Husbandry: Prefer a temperature range of 72 - 82°F (22 - 28°C) and natural diet consists mainly of benthic invertebrate. Requires a meaty diet, i.e., enriched brine shrimp, mysis, finely chopped fish or shrimp flesh, with one or two feedings per day. They should not be housed with aggressive fishes such as groupers, dottybacks, triggerfishes or angelfishes. Small sinking enriched shrimp meal pellets are an excellent way of keeping them well fed. Forms symbiotic partnerships with nearly blind alpheid shrimps, yet does not need a shrimp partner to survive. This bottom dwelling animal should have a course substrate (2 - 4 mm) and some rubble to move around as desired. Non-aggressive.

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