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This species is interesting to observe and is easy to keep if your tank contains some microalgae growth. It spends most of its time perching on the substrate. Provide with plenty of hiding places.

This fish is an herbivore and should be fed vegetable matter, including foods containing marine and blue-green algae. It will also feed on algae growing in the aquarium. This is a peaceful, reef tank safe fish which requires lots of rocks to perch on and hide behind and under.

The Tail Spot Blenny is a herbavore should include vegetable matter, including frozen and dried foods containing marine and blue-green algae. This Blenny needs plenty of live rock for grazing, perching and hiding and should not be kept with aggressive species.

Care for the Ecsenius stigmatura is relatively easy care should be very similar to that of blennies in the Ecsenius Genus such as the Bi-Color Blenny (Ecsenius bicolor). Provide a tank with plenty of live rock for grazing accompanied by a varied diet and you should be fine.

The Forktail Blenny, also known as the Lyretail Fang Blenny or Yellowtail Fang Blenny, has a caudal fin that resembles a fork, with two long exterior spines and five much shorter middle spines. The body is a pale blue that runs like watercolor into a bluish-yellow at the tail. Males are generally larger than females and experience a succession of color changes when breeding. The Forktail Blenny needs a live rock for hunting and grazing. It is best to keep only one per tank unless a breeding pair is maintained. The diet should consist of finely chopped crustacean flesh, mysid and vitamin-enriched brine shrimp, as well as frozen herbivore preparations.

This attractive blenny spends most of its times swimming or hovering in the water column. It is often seen hanging above the substrate, with its head down, searching for food. It may be picked on by more territorial species, like dottybacks and damsels. This species will ignore its tankmates, with the possible exception of close relatives and members of its own kind.

This odd-looking longhorn cowfish makes for a fascinating display animal if you have the right captive venue, which the typical home aquarium is not. It should be housed with exceptionally passive, non-aggressive tankmates. This fish will fare best if kept with docile, dissimilar fishes such as bottom dwelling fishes such as gobies, etc. Any fish that is an active swimmer and good feeder will likely put the cowfish in the position of never getting enough food. It is possible to keep more than one in the same tank (especially young individuals), but adults may quarrel. It is an active species that can grow quite large with ideal care, so make sure you provide it with plenty of swimming room. It is best not to house it with cleaner wrasses, as these wrasses will incessantly chase and try to clean them, which will result in problems. Note that the horns of this species grow shorter as the fish gets larger. The tail is longer in older specimens.

Small = .75" - 1"
Medium = 1.5" - 2.5"
Large = 3" - 4"
X-Large = >4"

This boxfish exhibits considerable color change through its life. As a juvenile, it looks like a bright yellow dice. As it grows, the color becomes brown overall, retaining its dark spots. It is best housed with non-aggressive tankmates. It is possible to keep more than one in the same tank (especially young individuals), but adult males may quarrel. It will not usually bother other fishes. It is a larger boxfish that will need lots of open swimming space. Make sure you do not keep it with fishes that will pick on it and remove it immediately if it is being harassed or looks as though it may die. It is best not to house it with cleaner wrasses, as these wrasses will incessantly chase and try to clean them.

These are Medium sized.

Small - .5"-1"
Medium - 1"-1.5"
Large - 1.5"-2"

This boxfish is sexually dichromatic. Juveniles and females are brown or black with white spots. Males are blue with white spot with yellow lines on the dorsal surface. Like its cousins, it is best housed with non-aggressive tankmates. It is possible to keep more than one in the same tank (especially young individuals), but adult males may quarrel. It will not usually bother other fishes. It is a larger boxfish that will need lots of open swimming space. Make sure you do not keep it with fishes that will pick on it and remove it immediately if it looks as though it may die. It is best not to house it with cleaner wrasses, as these wrasses will incessantly chase and try to clean them.

This unmistakable Hawaiian species is yellow with blue diagonal stripes usually acclimates well to the home aquarium. Provide it with a varied diet. It can be employed to clean live rock of glass anemones; however, it will also feed on some of the more desirable invertebrates living on the rock, like fan worms. Often adopts its fright, or nocturnal, color pattern during the day when held in captivity, which consists of a dirty yellow, or blotchy, color overall, with blue lines, when first introduced.

This species can be successfully housed in the home aquarium if you keep it with peaceful tankmates and provide it a varied diet. Like any butterfly, if it is picked on initially or feels a threat from tankmates, it may refuse to feed. It should be kept in a big tank with plenty of swimming room. It may quarrel with other Butterflies, but usually ignores other fish species. Provide it with a varied diet. It can be employed to clean live rock of glass anemones; however, it will also feed on some of the more desirable invertebrates living on the rock, like fan worms.

Current specimen is 5"-6".

If you want a hardy buytterfly, this is one of the top choices. Like all butterflies, It should be kept with peaceful tankmates and provide it a varied diet. And also any butterfly, if it is picked on initially or feels a threat from tankmates, it may refuse to feed. It should be kept in a big tank with plenty of swimming room. Keep one per tank unless the tank is very large. It is generally bold as butterflies go, and gets along well in the peaceful community tank. It can also be used to clean live rock of Aiptasia anemones, however, it may also pick at corals once it has taken care of the anemones. If you're considering a butterfly for Aiptasia anemone control, the Raccoon Butterfly will work well, just be aware you may have to remove it after the anemones are gone.

Small - <2"
Medium - 2"-3"
Large - 3"-4
X-Large - >4"