Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Christmas Island, Indonesia, Philippines, southern Japan, Great Barrier Reef, Palau

Size: Up to 8 in (20 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabit heavy coral growths on outer reef areas at depths to 100 feet (30 m)

General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 75 - 82°F (24 - 28°C) and has a natural diet of benthic invertebrate. Requires a meaty diet, including fortified brine shrimp, mysis, black worms and other meaty type frozen foods with two or three feedings per day. Need lots of swimming room. Sometimes bury themselves if frightened. Usually, they sleep under rock shelves, on or under a coral branch, in a crevice, or directly on the sand surface, however, providing a deep sandbed of about 3 inches (7.5 cm) of fine-grained sand would be a good idea.

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