Hi Fin Blue Lined Snapper

Provide an aquarium with plenty of rockwork, cracks, crevices and caves for hiding. Snappers also require wide open swim areas and a deep sand bed. They will sift through the sand looking for prey. They are not reef safe and will eat any fish or invertebrate they can fit in their mouth. Provide a diet of meaty based foods three times a day. Snappers may not eat prepared foods when first acclimated, try feeding enriched live adult Brine Shrimp or Black Worms. Juveniles are colorful but as the fish matures their coloration will fade. Snappers should be housed with other peaceful tank mates. Keep only one per aquarium and provide a tight-fitting lid as they may jump. Hi Fin Blue Lined Snapper are also sometimes known as the Chinaman Snapper, Galloper or Thread Finned Sea Perch. They are occasionally seen in the aquarium trade. The Hi Fin Blue Lined Snapper are an overall gray to brown or red color. They have thick broken vertical bars alternating between black and white. Juveniles are a light orange to brown with irregular blue lines and spots on its head and flanks. The Hi Fin Blue Lined Snapper can grow up to 39 inches in length.

We recommend a minimum aquarium size of 360 gallons or larger for this species.

Water conditions: Salinity 1.020 - 1.025, Temp (F) 72 - 78, pH 8.1 - 8.4, Alkalinity 8 - 12 dKH