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Tag: black
While it is a hardy coral for the reef aquarium, it is classified as moderately difficult to maintain because it has special dietary needs. It is one of the few corals that does not contain the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae. Instead, it must be regularly fed vitamin-enriched brine shrimp or micro-plankton from an eyedropper directly to each of its polyps....
Provide an aquarium with ample hiding places and room to roam. Being a nocturnal creature, the Black Longspine Urchin will hide during the day and only come out at night to forage for food such as algae and seaweed. These urchins are an excellent algae controller....
The Black Leopard Wrasse, has a dark body with light blue to yellowish spots....
This large trigger is a beautiful brown to olive-black colour with light blue stripes at the base of the dorsal and anal fins and edging the tail. Darker stripes also cross the top of the head and the chin of this fish
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This less commonly seen version mimics the Pearlscale or Half-black Angelfish Centropyge vroliki. Mimic Tangs borrow the coloration of Pygmy angelfish as juveniles as a from or protective mimicry. ...
They are not an overly aggressive fish, so may get picked on by more aggressive tangs. They will usually get along well with other tank inhabitants, with the exception of its own kind, and it rarely bothers invertebrates.
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The Black Tang, also known as the Longnose Sailfin Tang or the Longnose Surgeonfish, has a jet black oval body with blue pectoral fins, and an obvious white spot at the peduncle spines near the tail.
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The juveniles do not feature bright colouration, with maturity and proper care, this fish develops beautiful orange accent markings against deep blues, blacks, and browns....
This species displays differences between male and female. The Male is known as the Blue Boxfish and is attractively marked with rust colored spots on a bright blue body. The female, is more subdued but still striking with it’s white spots and black body coloration....
It is an aggressive fish and in the aquarium although it won’t bother corals it will eat any shrimps and fish it can fit in its mouth.
They are fast growing and thus need plenty of food....