Virgate Rabbitfish / Siganus virgatus
Scientific Name - Siganus virgatus
Common Name - Virgate Rabbitfish
Size - 11.8" (30 cm )
Min. Aquarium Size - 75 US Gal. ( 284 L)
Foods and Feeding - Varied marine diets of vegetable fare, dried and frozen hergivre foods, marine algae, blue green alga Spirulina, pieces of zucchini, broccoli, leaf lettuce, sushi Nori (dried seaweed), feed min 2 times a day.
Reef Compatibility - Will browse on algae, if well fed most will ignore corals, some nip or eat large polyped species and certain soft coral polyps. Keep in a reef with caution.
Captive Care - A hardy fish, fares well in captivity, young fish will tolerate each other, adults should be kept singly or in a male / female pair, will ignore unrelated fish species, venomous spines, handle with extreme care.
Scientific Name - Siganus virgatus
Common Name - Virgate Rabbitfish
Size - 11.8" (30 cm )
Min. Aquarium Size - 75 US Gal. ( 284 L)
Foods and Feeding - Varied marine diets of vegetable fare, dried and frozen hergivre foods, marine algae, blue green alga Spirulina, pieces of zucchini, broccoli, leaf lettuce, sushi Nori (dried seaweed), feed min 2 times a day.
Reef Compatibility - Will browse on algae, if well fed most will ignore corals, some nip or eat large polyped species and certain soft coral polyps. Keep in a reef with caution.
Captive Care - A hardy fish, fares well in captivity, young fish will tolerate each other, adults should be kept singly or in a male / female pair, will ignore unrelated fish species, venomous spines, handle with extreme care.