How to Identify Fairy Basslet Fish

By N.f. Mendoza

Instructions

Step 1:
See these fish in their natural habitat by diving in the Western Central Atlantic: Bermuda, Bahamas, and Central America to northern South America. Or, visit an exotic aquarium supply.
Step 2:
Look for fish with an average length of 5 inches and an average weight of 1 to 2 oz.
Step 3:
Find a fish (or fishes) that have 12 dorsal spines and 10 dorsal soft rays.
Step 4:
This fish features a purple front that appears blue underwater and a yellow/orange rear. Look for a dark spot on the fish's dorsal fin.
Step 5:
Fairy Basslets are a gentle harmless fish that swims upside-down (you read that right, they swim upside-down).
Step 6:
Be tenacious. The Fairy Basslet are very shy and may be hard to find in their natural habitat.
Step 7:
This fish's eyes are outlined in blue and their pelvic fins are lined with purple.

Tips & Warnings

Fairy Basslet are widely collected for home aquariums
You need to give this fish many hiding places in the tank to help make them feel secure.
They can be quite active and are great to watch if given the proper tank environment.
Fairy Basslets are sensitive to an acidic pH.
They are best suited to a species tank.
These fish are picky eaters and prefer small, live foods. Brine shrimp is usually accepted.
Bicolor Fairy Basslets live together in a large group.
This fish may not make a good choice for a reef tank because they will nip at smaller invertebrates such as red and blue leg hermit crabs and turbo snails.

Photo/Video Credit

www.oceanlight.com

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