Fringe-scale Sardinella Aquarium Care Guide

Keeping Fringe-scale Sardinella in an aquarium requires the right conditions.

Aquarium Information

• Care level: expert
• Temperament: peaceful
• Diet: filter_feeder
• Minimum tank size: 500 gallons
• Compatibility: Best kept in large schools of their own kind. Not suitable for typical home aquariums due to size and schooling requirements. Compatible with other peaceful, large pelagic species in public aquariums.
• Special requirements: Requires extremely large tanks with strong filtration and water movement to simulate open ocean conditions. Highly sensitive to water quality and stress. Diet consists of live and frozen phytoplankton and zooplankton. Not typically kept by hobbyists.

Water parameters

Temperature

24-28°C (75-82°F)

pH level

8.1-8.4

Hardness

8-12 dKH

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