Striped Bonito Aquarium Care Guide
Sarda orientalis
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Aquarium Information
- Care level: expert
- Temperament: aggressive
- Diet: carnivore
- Minimum tank size: Not suitable for home aquaria due to size and pelagic nature. Requires massive public aquarium facilities.
- Compatibility: Only compatible with very large, fast-swimming pelagic species in extremely large public aquariums. Highly predatory towards smaller fish.
- Special requirements: Requires immense swimming space, high water quality, strong filtration, and a constant supply of live or fresh dead prey. Not a species for typical aquarium keeping.
Water parameters
- Temperature
- 20-28°C (68-82°F)
- pH level
- 8.1-8.4
- Hardness
- 8-12 dKH
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