Flyingfish Aquarium Care Guide

Keeping Flyingfish in an aquarium requires the right conditions.

Aquarium Information

• Care level: expert
• Temperament: peaceful
• Diet: carnivore
• Minimum tank size: Not suitable for typical home aquariums due to their pelagic nature and need for open space for gliding. Specialized public aquariums may house them in very large, open-ocean exhibits.
• Compatibility: Generally peaceful with other large, pelagic species that do not pose a predatory threat. Not suitable for reef tanks or small community tanks.
• Special requirements: Requires extremely large, open-ocean-mimicking environments with significant surface area for potential gliding. Highly sensitive to confinement and stress. Diet consists of zooplankton and small invertebrates, requiring live or specialized frozen feeds.

Water parameters

Temperature

22-28°C (72-82°F)

pH level

8.1-8.4

Hardness

8-12 dKH

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