All About the Roundface Batfish
- May 07, 2022
- Anshika Mishra
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This article will focus on the Round face Batfish, also famous as Longfin Batfish or Platax Teria Batfish. This fish goes by a whole variety of names in the market, but overall, we will learn about this beautiful Batfish.
Prices: You will usually spend about $80 to get one, and that is just a Juvenile. If you want more adult versions of this fish, you might have to pay a pretty penny to get one.
Tank Size: Keeping this fish in at least a 250-gallon tank is recommended because they get huge. Even if you are to start with a juvenile, they grow quickly, and you will need to accommodate them in a big enough tank by the end of their lifespan.
Care Level: Moderate.
Temperament: They are very peaceful fish. They aren't going to mess with any other fish. They are a great fish that you do not have to worry about being a bully.
Reef Compatibility
Sadly not!
This beautiful fish doe snot needs to go into a reef mainly because they will pick at your corals. They will even eat your shrimp and other corals and chase them in the wild, so they will clean your tank's inverts and smaller fish population once they grow up to the size. Therefore, you have to keep them with big enough fish and in a fish-only live-rock tank.
Water Parameter
- Temperature: 72-78
- dKH: 8-12
- Salinity: 1.020-1.025
- pH: 8.1-8.4
Make sure you keep your level in check with no sudden spikes. Keep your water changes up.
Appearance
Max Size: This fish can get up to 2-feets long. This is a very big fish. Fish that get this significant need plenty of room to swim in, and that's why it is recommended to keep them in at least a 250-gallons tank.
The juveniles look entirely different from when they become an adult. Juveniles will have tall, skinny fins, going from the top to the bottom. But as they get older, those fins shorten and round out within the body. In the end, you are left with a circular fish.
Colors: This fish has a dark silver-grey body and a white striped face, and what's good about them.
Diet
They are omnivore fish. It is recommended to feed them some algae and some very meaty food. A carnivore is swimming around in the tank, looking for shrimp to eat. So, make sure they get perfect frozen cubes like the Mysis and brine shrimp.
Origin: These fish come from the indo-pacific area of the world. Most of them can be found along the coast of Australia.
Tankmates
It is recommended to keep them by themselves in the tank. You can even keep them in pairs in a big enough tank, and you can also see them schooling together in the wild.
You want to make sure they are paired with peaceful fishes. For example, you can put them in a tank with Tang fish, larger Wrasses, Angelfish, etc.
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