Atlantic horse mackerel Aquarium Care Guide

Keeping Atlantic horse mackerel in an aquarium requires the right conditions.

Aquarium Information

• Care level: expert
• Temperament: semi-aggressive
• Diet: carnivore
• Minimum tank size: Not suitable for typical home aquaria due to size, schooling behavior, and pelagic nature. Requires very large public aquariums.
• Compatibility: Best kept in species-specific tanks or with other large, fast-swimming pelagic species in very large public aquariums. Not suitable for community tanks.
• Special requirements: Requires immense swimming space, strong water flow, and a constant supply of live or frozen prey. Highly sensitive to water quality fluctuations. Schooling species, so multiple individuals are necessary, further increasing space requirements.

Water parameters

Temperature

10-20°C (50-68°F)

pH level

7.8-8.4

Hardness

10-15 dKH

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