Bicolor Parrotfish
Cetoscarus bicolor
(1 Reviews)
Bicolor Parrotfish
Cetoscarus bicolor
(1 Reviews)
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Bicolor Parrotfish Care Facts
Care Level: | Moderate |
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Temperament: | Peaceful |
Diet: | Omnivore |
Reef Safe: | No |
Minimum Tank Size: | 150 gallons |
Max Size: | 30 inches |
Parrotfish are also known for building mucus cocoons to protect themselves while they sleep at night, so providing plenty of live rock with naturally forming algae and live Coral is essential to help the Parrotfish adapt.
The Bicolor Parrotfish use their specialized beak like teeth to scrape the algae off of dead Coral skeletons, and at times they will do this to living Corals as well. They attain the algae by biting off a sizeable piece of the calcareous skeleton and processing any present algae by means of its digestive system. Once digested, the excreted waste from this material becomes new sand in the system. Unfortunately the Parrotfish cannot determine whether a Coral is living or dead, and will scrape at it all the same.
I had never purchased fish for my aquarium online before and I was thrilled when the Bicolor Parrotfish arrived and very healthy.
Reviewed by: Susan Miller on Sept. 12, 2021