Biota Captive Bred Golden Lined Rabbitfish

Siganus lineatus - The Golden Lined Rabbitfish is a beautiful, interesting, and hard working algae eater for larger aquariums. They are ravenous herbivores that spend most of their time visibly swimming out in the open, grazing on nuisance algae.  They have a light blue body with metallic gold lines, dots, and dashes and a big bright lemon yellow blotch at the base of the tail. Rabbitfish may be added to a reef tank "with caution," but they may eat many coral species like some soft corals and fleshy LPS. We have many customers who report that our captive bred Rabbitfish are completely reef safe and don't even eat corals this species is usually attracted to. Keeping them very well-fed can help to curb their appetite for coral. We recommend a mixed diet of commercial herbivore blends, frozen foods, nori, and TDO Small Pellets. These fish can grow large - more than a foot in length, but 9" is more typical. They are also very fast, active swimmers, so they should be housed in an aquarium o