Urchin Clingfish

[Alexnlasf]

Does anyone had any experiences keeping urchin clingfish?

 

[Monkeyfish]

Do you have a pic or a latin name?

 

[Alexnlasf]

I believe the latin name is Diademichthys Lineatus.

 

[Monkeyfish]

No personal experience and I have rarely seen them in the trade. The few people I've heard of who have purchased them had hit or miss success rates. Many simply dissappeared after a few weeks. If you decide to try caring for one I'd place it in an established reef tank with a good pod population and a diadema urchin for company. According to the fishbase.org, this species does consume some copepods, zooplankton, and other benthic animals.

 

[Sports Girl]

I had one a while back, and as Monkey said above, after a few weeks, it was gone. It seemed to be doing okay, ate flake food, and then just vanished. Very interesting fish, if you can do it.

 

[Alexnlasf]

Got three of them. It is great to see them swim together and then cling onto the side of the tank. Been eating cyclopeeze. Hope they will survive.

 

[Razzagas]

where did you find them?

 

[Alexnlasf]

Got them from my lfs. They were around $20 each. I think Liveaquaria.com has them in the past.