Royal Gramma : Care and Requirements Of The Gorgeous Royal Gramma
The royal gramma (Gramma Loreto), and the percula clownfish (percula and ocellaris), flame angelfish (Centropyge Loriculus), yellow tang (Zebrasoma Flavescens) and the blue tang (Paracanthurus Hepatus) make up the five most familiar fishes in the saltwater aquarium hobby. It is also identified as the fairy basslet.
The royal gramma is intensely colored. It is blueish-purple from the front as it fades into a bright orange/yellow towards the back half. It has a thin dark stripe that runs from its snout through its eyes.There is also a single black spot at the front of its dorsal fin.
Royal Gramma’s can be caught throughout the Caribbean Sea. They sell for as little as $15 dollars and are disease resistant and tough. A successful mixture. Always obtainable, cheap, exquisite and easily kept in a home aquarium. It shares extremely similar colors with the bicolor dottyback Pseudochromis Bicolor). Luckily, they are easily discernible. The bicolor dottyback does not have a black streak running from its snout through its eyes.
The royal gramma is a good candidate for a extensive variety of aquariums. They are peaceful provided they have a small territory of their own. I have personally kept the royal gramma with clown, dwarf angels, large angels, gobies, damsels and dottybacks and have caught that it does well with all of them. Their territory though, is especially significant. If any fish attempts to enter its domain however, there will be trouble.
Royal grammas can reach lengths of nearly 4 inches in the wild. In captivity however, they mostly reach a maximum of 3 inches. Royal grammas have been successfully kept in tanks as small as 10 gallons. Seeing as how thy eventually reach a length of 3 inches in captivity, it is best if a 20 gallon or large tank is used.
Royal grammas are carnivores that eat copepods and plankton in their natural habitats. Your corals are safe with them as they are reef safe. A variety of meaty foods ought to be offered. Krill, Mysis shrimp and Prime Reef (A top blend of seafood) are all great frozen foods to feed. They usually begin eating especially quickly after introduction.
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