Description
Naso elegans
Care: Beginner
Diet: Algivorous
Light: Medium
Place of origin: Western Indian Ocean
Temperature: Tropical: 24-27 deg C (75-81 deg F)
Water Parameters: SG: 1.020-1.025, pH: 8.1-8.4
Occurs on coastal and sheltered reef flats in small groups and schools in oceanic locations such as the Maldives or Christmas Island. Identified by its orange peduncular spines and distinguished from its Pacific cousin by its yellow dorsal fin, and dusky to black ventral and anal fins. The two species were found together in Bali where Naso. lituratus greatly out-numbers and dominates N.elegans. Length to 45cm
Small 6 cm
Medium 10 cm
Large 15-20 cm
XXXL 25 cm