Aracana ornata - ornates cowfish

Somebody experience with this guy? I can get a pair of them. Reefsafe? How large they get? Temperatures?

Male
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Female
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No experience but cool looking fish. According to Quality Marine they are a cold water species.

Caring for this species is thankfully no more challenging than any of its tropical relatives, save for the fact that a chiller is a required piece of equipment. While it can occasionally be found in rather warm shallow lagoons, most sources recommend keeping the temperature anywhere between 55-65. The diet is typically described as including benthic invertebrates, though there is little specific information on what this entails. Aquarium specimens adapt readily to a mix of frozen, meaty foods, and this species has been successfully kept with a wide range of organisms, including urchins, crinoids, sea stars, snails, anemones, gorgonians and corallimorphs. For tankmates, it is recommended to stick with other cooler-water species, which might include the Australian Old Wife Enoplosus armatus, the Japanese Angelfish Centropyge interrupta or the Catalina Goby Lythrypnus dalli.
 
Somebody experience with this guy? I can get a pair of them. Reefsafe? How large they get? Temperatures?

Male
0bc0f0e5422f2e59f56032cd28b5a3e5.jpg

Female
60bb85ec55924d5611cf68edc8034378.jpg


Grüße Torben

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Cold water species, not sure those temperatures will mix well with some of the fish I know you like.
 
Thanks guys

I think that is not a species for my tank. I'm between 24 an 26 degrees Celsius. That means 75 till 79 F

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