Glass Eye Squirrelfish - Heteropriacanthus cruentatus - Glass Eye Squirrel Fish

The color of the Glass Eye Squirrelfish, also known as the Dusky-finned Bullseye, changes through its life. Unlike many other fish, this fish actually becomes brighter in color as it ages. As a juvenile, the body and fins are covered in brown to red patches. With maturation the coloration changes to a bright red.

The Glass Eye Squirrelfish may be housed in a dimly-lit, reef aquarium, although, it will eat serpent stars, snails, worms (including fireworms) and crustaceans, and requires a tank with plenty live rock with caves, overhangs and crevices for hiding¿.

It can be housed as a single specimen or in small groups if they are in a larger tank and introduced at the same time. Caution is needed when maintaining the tank due to their spines.

The Glass Eye Squirrelfish do well in a larger aquarium with plenty of live rock and room to swim. A small group is suitable as long as there are adequate hiding places and space in the aquarium. It is a nocturnal fish, hiding while the lights are on and waiting for the cover of darkness to swim around in search of food.

Maximum Size: The Glass Eye Squirrelfish grows upto 12 inches in length.

General Size: This fish generally comes in size varying between 4 to 8 inches.

Minimum Tank Size: A 70 gallons or larger aquarium provides good environment for Glass Eye Squirrelfish .

Tank Conditions: The Glass Eye Squirrelfish should ideally be kept in temperatures between 72 and 78 degrees Fahrenheit. A pH value of 8.1 or 8.4, and a specific gravity of 1.020 to 1.025 should be maintained. When kept with invertebrates, the specific gravity range should be 1.020 to 1.025, for the invertebrate species. In a fish only aquarium, the specific gravity should fall between 1.020 and 1.023.

Habitat: The Glass Eye Squirrelfish occurs on coral reefs through out the world from southern Red Sea and East Africa to New Caledonia, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. In Australia it is known from the offshore reefs of north-western Western Australia and from the northern Great Barrier Reef to northern New South Wales.

Diet and Feeding: The Glass Eye Squirrelfish is an carnivore that can be fed a mixed diet of shrimp, squid, clams, fish, and other meaty fares suitable for carnivores, as well as marine algae and vitamin-enriched herbivore foods.

• Orders not received on the first delivery attempt.
• Orders not held for pick up at the FEDEX/UPS facility when temperatures are greater than 90 degrees or lower than 40 degrees.
• Orders placed during extreme weather will not be cover under our alive arrive guarenteed.
• If the weather delay a flight, or closes an airport, you live stock will be delayed. Fedex has no control over the weather, nor does Freshmarine.com.
• If your Live Stock is delay, Damaged, or Never Delivered due to severe weather condition, Fedex will not honor GUARANTEES, and therefore neither can Freshmarine.com.