DASCYLLUS TRIMACULATUS

Scientific Name: Dascyllus trimaculatus.

Common Name : Damisela dominó.

Origin: Indo Peaceful, since the Red Sea and oriental Africa until the Islands of the Line, south of Japan and Australia.

Habitat: It lives in waters little deep (reefs coralinos, llacunes and waters costaneres).

Morphology: They Are of blue colour-black with dark margins. The juvenile have a white Stain in the front and one in the side of the body. When it ages, the points can reach disappear. They can arrive until 11 cm.

Water Features: Ph: 8.1 - 8.4 . Temperature : 25 to 28º C. Salinity: 1023 to 1024.

Behavior: It is a fish quite vivaç, that needs space to swim and zones with formations coralinas where take refuge in the moments of danger. The male adults can be quite aggressive with the individuals of his same species.Territorial

Feeding: Omnivorous. Accept the aliment prepared for tropical marine fishes, although it is necessary to acclimate it, offering him first aliment alive (crustaceans) or frozen.

Reproduction: It can reproduce in captivity.